Happy Goat Horror

Three female vampires have the perfect set up—they trade sex for blood. Of course, the proposition doesn’t always go as smoothly as they’d like. But they have a remedy for that which involves body disposal courtesy of the pet they keep in their basement. Things are going well until an acquaintance from their past rolls into town, a hunter with a score to settle. He has a secret to levelling the playing field, but things don’t go as planned.

What will happen when a deadly encounter creates something even vampires fear?

Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. I’m here to talk about a short-but-full-of-carnage read today.

Dusk Bunnies is the story of Charisma, Lilith, and Lucretia – vampire sisters. It’s also about James, a misogynistic asshole that picks up Charisma for some sexy, paid for activities, only for her to bite his man meat. He’s pretty pissed off the next day and sets about looking for her, only to become involved in a long-standing, bloody beef between the sisters and a vampire hunter (who might or might not be totally human). There are also werewolves in this world, and a Terry Miller staple, wererats. Yes, rats. Fiendish, I know.

I’ve been entertained and deeply disturbed by Terry Miller’s work before, and Dusk Bunnies didn’t let me down in that regard. It contains such classic lines as:

“Lucretia ripped the woman apart and drank from the spurting geysers that were her arm sockets.”

I liked it but I have to say that I didn’t love it. For my personal tastes, this book is a bit too crass for me and sometimes I didn’t understand what motivated some of the characters (for example, the vampire sisters trade sex for blood, but I don’t know why they bother luring the men in with their sexiness when they could just eat them). That said, I was expecting (and looking forward to) carnage, and carnage was provided.

The story is heading towards something big, and Miller knows how to build towards a finale. I wish there’d been a bit more depth to the characters, because I’m quite the character-obsessed reader, but I do think the dynamics were interesting and there was great variety with the creatures.

I’d recommend this to readers who like Miller’s work already (obviously), and to extreme horror fans that enjoy supernatural elements with their sadistic shenanigans.

If you’d like to check out the book, I’ve popped the link below for you:

DUSK BUNNIES

Bleeeeat!