Elderly Londoner Augustus has lived a long, miserable life. Having driven his few remaining loved ones away years ago, he now whiles away his time drinking rum and hoping for the end.
One night his death wish is nearly granted by a mugger, but a local youth called Michael intervenes. Much to the old man’s horror (and fascination) Michael promptly begins to devour the mugger’s body.
Slowly, Augustus and his mysterious saviour form an unlikely friendship, one built on sharing the gifts of trust, camaraderie, and acceptance.
And one last gift: a secret. It is the cause of Michael’s cannibalistic nature. And, perhaps, a reason for Augustus to go on living…
Dark bleatings, my wonderful tribe! A lot of you already know the greatness of C.C. Adams, but for those that don’t, what you need to know is that he’s an incredible writer and weaver of horror. And – oh look! – he has a new book out!
I work for the publisher that put this out, so I feel iffy about writing a review, lest you guys think I’m just being biased. Here’s what you need to know about my involvement; I receive no part of the royalties for this book whatsoever, and I tend to read submissions and then recommend what I think is brilliant to the boss, and I loved this and heartily conveyed that (and then he agreed).
In lieu of a full review (though I’m posting one elsewhere and no one can stop me!), I’d like to tell you a bit about it, and some general musings.
This is an eerie, fairly fast-paced novella about the development of a sort of friendship between two men who met when one of them witnessed the other doing something not only diabolical, but horrifying and bizarre. It escalated into some of the most disturbing and excellent body horror I’ve had the pleasure to read. It’s not the kind that leans into grossness, more the kind that will sear yourself into your brain, make you feel very lucky that you won’t ever be in this situation, and then plague your nightmares.
I’ve read a bit of C.C.’s work outside of this, and I personally think this is his best character work to date, and it exemplifies his creativity and his ability to subvert expectations. His imagination makes for awesome horror fiction, and creepy nightmares.
If you’d like to check it out (and I highly recommend that you do!), I’ve popped some links below for you:
Bleeeeat!
Happy Goat Horror 
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