Bullet Tooth
by Grant Wamack
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Pub Date Feb 06 2024 | Archive Date Jul 15 2024
Description
"With Bullet Tooth, Grant Wamack has created a horror icon for our time. Unlike Freddy and Jason who commit their violent acts with their own two hands, the titular antagonist gorges himself on the violence he encourages in people just like us. The classical sensibilities that made those previous texts work are fully intact here too, but Grant brilliantly reinterprets them for our new dark age in a voice uniquely his. If you like cursed media, iconic horror villains, or urban legends, this book is an absolute must-read." - Lucas Mangum, author of Gods of the Dark Web and Bladejob
The latest cult classic from Wonderland award nominee Grant Wamack is a high-octane, hyperviolent mash-up of analog horror, crime, and cutting social commentary highlighting a part of Chicago that’s notorious for making headlines. Fans of The Backrooms, Jordan Peele, and Chief Keef will love this adrenaline-fueled narrative as it follows a black teenage artist who is battling depression and grieving the loss of his best friend to gang violence. He unwittingly summons Bullet Tooth, an entity with an insatiable hunger for chaos and violence with an enigmatic VHS tape found inside a dumpster.
The polar vortex of violence brewing inside the heart of Chicago sucks two others into its gaping mouth: A Palestinian orphan/fashion influencer with a love for deadly weapons and a gangster/ex-boxer who equips people with the finest artillery.
How long can these three Chicagoans survive before they succumb to the seductive song of Bullet Tooth?
“Wamack’s prose is immersive in its authenticity, bringing the streets of the ‘Raq to the pages of this book. Vengeance and violence, gangs and guns, load up your extendos and hundred-round drums and join me in songs of praise for Bullet Tooth.“ —David Simmons, author of Ghosts of East Baltimore
Advance Praise
“Grant Wamack’s clean and fluid prose allows for complete immersion in the neatly interwoven stories of his compelling characters and their eventual coming together to overcome the evil unleashed from a dumpster VHS tape. Bullet Tooth as a villain is right fucked in the best way, while the lives of those who are fated to battle him have all provided unique skill sets that coalesce toward a satisfying conclusion. Hilarious, sincere, and grotesque, Wamack isn’t fucking around.”—Charlene Elsby, author of The Devil Thinks I’m Pretty & Violent Faculties
“Hip, fresh, with buckets of imagination and no punches pulled. I guarantee you’ve never read anything quite like this one, it’s as deadly and unexpected as a bullet!’ Paul Kane – Award-winning #1 bestselling author of Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Before and The Storm.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781940885643 |
PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 164 |
Links
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Hellraiser fans are going to LOVE THIS STORY!
Bullet Tooth gives a shocking and terrifying glimpse into an all too real landscape within our world. Who doesn't love exploring and investigating some old VHS tapes when they find them? That's exactly what one character in this story does, unknowingly unleashing a centuries old evil that's thirsty for fresh blood.
This story had me hooked and unable to look away from the very start. The way that Grant Wamack blends these storylines and characters together truly shows how much he loves horror and how great of a writer that he is. It's bloody, it's disgusting, it felt so real at times and through it all, I found myself really enjoying all of these components. I've enjoyed other stories that Grant has put out, but this one by far is my favorite. It's so nuanced and shows a love for classic horror while also giving a fresh take and a unique perspective!
Move over Pinhead and Candyman, Bullet Tooth is blowing a new hole in horror as we speak!! Check this out!!
As far as thrillers go, first class. The characters are very believable if sometimes difficult to like. The story revolves around an ancient and seemingly unstoppable evil, a creature with the ability to take almost any form who feeds off the violence of other, especially gun related violence. The gritty alleyways and backstreets of Chicago are well captured in these pages where every moment could be your last and every one looks out for themselves. Well written scary read.
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