Beasts of 42nd Street
by Preston Fassel
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Pub Date Mar 17 2023 | Archive Date Mar 09 2023
Cemetery Dance Publications | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
From the award-winning author of Our Lady of the Inferno comes another tale of New York in the Bad Old Days: A saga of murder, bloodshed, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Times Square at the height of its decadence and depravity.
In the kingdom of the damned that is 42nd Street, there’s no lowlier subject than Andy Lew. An unrepentant junkie, voyeur, and degenerate, he’s only tolerated by the more dangerous men around him because he keeps the projectors at the Colossus theater running on time, entertaining them with the most extreme horror cinema money can buy.
There’s something unique about Andy, though. He owns a movie. It’s the only one of its kind. No one knows who made it. Only he knows where it came from. The woman it stars is beautiful beyond imagination—and the images it depicts are more nightmarish than the darkest depths of Hell. The beasts of 42nd Street will do anything to possess it, but there’s something they don’t understand. Andy loves the woman in the movie—and he’ll go to any lengths to protect her…
A savage love letter to 70s exploitation cinema and a biting satire of toxic fan culture, Beasts of 42nd Street makes horror dangerous again as it ventures into the mind of a psychopath like no other— one that will have readers recoiling even as they keep coming back for more.
Advance Praise
"This is a story about the darkest impulses of humanity, the quiet shameful desire to witness violence and death, a primal voyeuristic compulsion. I found myself glued to the page."
—Kendell Reviews
“Preston Fassel has proven himself as one of our most powerful upcoming voices in horror literature with Beasts of 42nd Street. Fassel simultaneously winks at past horror sub-genres while delving into new and innovative territory, creating both a love letter to 70s exploitation cinema while weaving a tight, contemporary, psychological horror tale.”
—Rebekah McKendry, PhD
“Like the bastard lovechild of Paul Schrader and Abel Ferrera, Preston Fassel’s Beasts of 42nd Street is a sleazy, audacious, razor-sharp slice of bloody exploitation…You may be able to wipe away the grime after reading this book, but the smile will stay for days.”
—Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Sour Candy
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Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781587678387 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 248 |
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