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Basil the demon king has come to a crossroads. He has grown tired
of life underground and regretful of the atrocities he has
committed to maintain his hold on power. Wanderlust leads him to
the surface, to live freely among humans. Considering the state of
the world, most humans seem unfazed by his arrival - but not all. A
religious zealot with murderous intentions and a vengeful biker
gang seek his end. Meanwhile, Basil must contend with two internal
forces: the disturbing dreams that suggest he once walked the earth
as a human; and the pull of the underworld, drawing him back to
deal with the troubles he left behind - namely, a cunning foe who
craves the throne, a monstrous kraken, and an ancient evil as cold
and dark as the soil. 'Burn, Beautiful Soul is The Wizard of Oz
with a demon Dorothy... It is a loving but unsentimental dissection
of America and its people. It is a story you will never forget.'
John Schoffstall, author of Half-Witch
Is there hope for humankind? Monsters the size of skyscrapers
terrorize the mainland. Psycho-killers lurk in the shadows with
glistening blades and cracked smiles. Salivating shape-shifters tap
bony fingernails against first-floor windows. Reduced to the point
of irrelevance, once-powerful men now cower behind reinforced doors
rimmed with deadbolts.
In the nine gloomy tales of "Filthy Beast: Fiendish Lullabies,"
come face to face with undersexed fish-monsters, hard-drinking
demons, superhuman ninjas, incompetent werewolves and other absurd
antiheroes. Hope, it seems, has joined the endangered species
list.
Take two parts horror, one part dark comedy and a pinch of
erotica, let them fester in a stagnant puddle and serve chilled.
That's the recipe for "Filthy Beast's" fiendish fables of love,
death, sex and biological weaponry--humanity at its very worst.
Everybody's afraid of something snakes or spiders, God or the
Devil, death or life. The list seems to unravel into infinity,
spiraling into the abyss.
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