Friday Reads | Sluggo Snares a Vampire

May 5, 2017February 12, 2019 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ Leave a comment

Friday again! This week I’ve read Sluggo Snares a Vampire by Rick R. Reed. It was just what I was in the mood for and I might have laughed at the end…I’m sure that says more about me than the story, though.

Sluggo hangs around a lot of chatrooms looking for love. He’s presenting himself as Sir Raven, a wild-eyed Cuban stud, in reality, he’s not that much of stud. But, despite his receding hairline, a man takes interest in him. They’re chatting and then things turn weird.

I loved how this story turned creepy really quick. A good horror story where vampires don’t sparkle and piercing fangs don’t result in a mind-blowing orgasm. Not that I mind those kinds of stories now and then, but sometimes it’s nice when the monsters stay evil.

This is a free story (for now at least) so give it a go!

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When Sluggo cruises online chat rooms, he isn’t looking for a hook-up; he’s looking for love. But love has a way of being elusive, especially when you’re not being honest. Presenting himself as “Sir Raven,” Sluggo promises his chat room cohorts he’s the “master of the night.”

And then he meets someone who challenges him — someone who claims the title “master of the night” as his own. TepesAllure’s enigmatic and flirtatious messages to Sluggo start out as fun banter, but quickly turn to eerie disquiet.

As the night unfolds, so do the advances of TepesAllure … and even when Sluggo tries to escape, he finds that getting out is not nearly as easy as getting in.

NOTE: This story appears in the author’s collection, Unhinged.

Genres: Gay / Erotic Horror / Dark Fantasy / Vampire

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Friday Reads | Resurrection Man

March 17, 2017February 12, 2019 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ Leave a comment

I’ll be super quick today because I’ve been working, and my kids are jumping up and down waiting for us to go to my mother. But I have read, I have read Resurrection Man by Laylah Hunter.

It’s short, it free, and it’s a little gruesome. A nice bring-your-partner-back-from-the-dead-and-suffer-the-consequences story.

The copy I downloaded was, sadly, mostly filled with excerpts from other stories and I don’t think I’ve ever read something where 60% of the book is other stories. So that pissed me off, which is unfortunate because I enjoyed the story, a little Frankenstein with your coffee is never wrong!

Check it out!

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Necromancy means never having to say good-bye.

Consumption has claimed the life of Adel St. Claire, cutting him down in his prime. But his lover, Josef Leitner, isn’t ready to let him go. To get Adel back, Josef is willing to risk the anger of Adel’s family, make unsavory deals with a corrupt mortician, and challenge the authority of death itself.

Even if he can reanimate Adel’s body, Josef’s next challenge may be more daunting still: when a man returns from the dead, what will it take to satisfy his needs?

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Friday Reads | Body of Work

October 28, 2016February 12, 2019 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ Leave a comment

Most of the books I’ve written about this last month have included vampires, and I’m continuing the theme—it’s that kind of month. In Amy Spector’s Body of Work (Cold Fingers #2), it isn’t the MC that’s a vampire. If you’ve read Cold Fingers (Cold Fingers #1), you know that Christopher Minnick is special in his own way but a vamp he is not. No, here it is the fabulous Lee Hellstrom is finding his way back into the limelight and by his side, he has everyone’s favourite boy, Grant Cooper, flashing fangs. Grant isn’t the only having fangs, though.

I love this story, it’s funny and yet quite bloody. The characters are amazing, and I really sympathise with poor Christopher. It’s not easy when you’re trying not to draw attention to yourself, and your old friend drags a TV team to your house. And it’s not easy when the shit hits the fan, and the same old friend goes missing.

This time of year I always envy everyone celebrating Halloween. We Swedes are so boring. If you want to get in the mood for the holiday, bring out the garlic, and check out Body of Work (after you’ve read Cold Fingers of course).

Have you seen that cover? I can look at that bloody mouth all day! Amy is the artist behind it, and many other book covers worth more than a quick glance.

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Life with Vic isn’t exactly what Christopher Minnick was expecting. His boyfriend has given him a new lease on life – literally – but he doesn’t have a job, Jessie thinks he’s a ghost, and there are only so many closets on hand for shoving Jonathan into. Now, with Lee back in the limelight, things just might become more than Christopher can handle.

Lee Hellstrom is hitting the big screen after more than three decades and, with the much younger Grant Cooper at his side on the red carpet, he plans to make a lasting impression. The only problem is that not all the attention Lee has drawn is good.

When Lee goes missing, it’s up to Christopher, Vic, and Grant to save the old man from a most horrible of fates.

Christopher’s life may not have been perfect, but his death is a pain in the ass.

*** Includes special link for BONUS Hidden Chapter short story Dalton Sikes Finds a Body (Grant Cooper Book 2/Cold Fingers Book 2.5)

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