Rot

Prologue Horror

By: Gary Brandner

Narrated by: sly sylcox

Kyle Brubaker, a carefree California surfer, finds little to celebrate in a small Wisconsin town until he meets beautiful and spirited Marianne Avery. But their budding romance is snuffed when they are brutally attacked by three hoodlum brothers. With his life unraveling around him, Kyle accepts an offer of help from a mysterious carnival fortune-teller. Soon after that, things really go to hell....

©1999 Gary Brandner (P)2022 Mark Alan Miller

Beauty is skin deep

As Jud said in Pet Sematary, “Sometimes dead is better.”
Kyle can’t catch a break. Shipped off from California to help out on his sick uncles farm in the middle of nowhere. No friends, not much to do, and gets no respect from anyone in the town until he stands up to an adult beating on a kid. He slowly finds out that no good deed goes unpunished.
This was a great short story and while it may have been a little predictable in some areas, it had good pacing and kept you interested.
Definite triggers for sexual abuse. Some scenes had me squirming with horror and pity at what these people went through. Be cautious what you wish for or at least be very specific.

ROT is Another Horror Classic

Encyclopocalypse Publications has once again produced another classic horror book in audiobook. I read ROT by Gary Brandner about 20 years ago and was excited to revisit this book this time via Audible. I was not disappointed, the narration is top notch and I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this book. ROT was even better than I remembered, careful for what you wish for, you just might get it.