The Daily Death How I Killed My CoWorkers In 30 Days eBook Thomas Scopel
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Death can come from anywhere, at anytime and in any form. It can creep up on you while you are at work. It can ambush you while you are out having fun. And, it can even strike as a side effect of a practical joke gone wrong.
Once known as The Daily Death series on his blog, Thomas Scopel, author of Twitch, has rewritten and compiled these 24 horrific and fictional macabre tales of demise into one book that will cause shivers and chills while it takes you on a demented tour of eventuality that may very well have you pondering your very own ending.
The Daily Death How I Killed My CoWorkers In 30 Days eBook Thomas Scopel
Thomas Scopel's latest work is every bit as twisted and morbid as it sounds, and that's high praise for a horror writer!Scopel, like most independent authors, has a "day job." Based on actual accounts from his co-workers, Scopel has imagined what would have happened to his colleagues had their scrapes with mortality met with, say, less than happy endings.
The book is set up like an anthology, where the story of each co-worker's "death" is told in short, entertaining little pieces.
Twisted? You bet, but when you read the book, I recommend you read the author's introduction so that you get a clear understanding of why he wrote the book. It's a nifty premise, sort of like dark Hallmark greeting cards for his friends, many of which were written at their own request! Hallmark cards from Hell, to be sure, but hey - this is horror fiction, friends and neighbors!
Scopel may be onto something with this concept. I can easily imagine independent horror authors out there making a little extra cash by "killing off" customers at their own request in short stories to be gleefully shared with their friends and families!
What I like most about this book apart from the concept is the writing itself. The author's crisp, tight writing style moves the stories right along. It's clear he's having fun here, and so it's fun for the reader as well.
The drawback? Repetition. While the concept is terrific, when the stories are compiled in anthology form, the concept runs out of gas, quickly going from fun and morbidly curious to the same ol' same ol', very much like reading through a rack full of say, Halloween cards.
Still, it's a fun book and Scopel is an independent horror author to watch. I love the concept of this book - almost enough to steal it!
Almost.
Scopel would kill me.
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The Daily Death How I Killed My CoWorkers In 30 Days eBook Thomas Scopel Reviews
I enjoyed this book of short horror tales. Each had it's own storyline with graphic details. I liked how the author engineered these disasters around different environments. Very well thought out tales. A great read.
I must admit, I was intrigued by this book simply by the name. I mean, everyone has probably wanted to kill a co-worker or two in their lifetime. But still, lamenting over well placed break room knifes and scalding coffee only gets you so far so let's read some good stories, shall we?
While reading down the books Table of Contents I started off a little worried about what was ahead of me. With chapter titles such as "The Death of Dennis", "The Death of Dylan" and "The Death of Donna" I had an early impression of spit-fire style executions, no real narration and some unoriginal plots. Thankfully I was very wrong. (For the record, Jane has my favorite death sequence.)
After reading the Introduction I started on the tales. For the most part, most of the deaths reminded me of the elaborately setup sequences you might find in a `Final Destination' type movie. Some involve actual killers and some just a huge amount of bad luck and karma on the part of the victims. Meat grinders, darts in the forehead, being crushed under a car or electrocuted on stage, and even a brought-to-life video game antagonist whose online avatar was killed one too many times will make these people wish they had done something a little different that day. At 24 deaths throughout the book, keeping them all from being copycats of each either was a small feat and one that was pulled off well.
The beginning of each chapter contains an anecdote which I almost found myself looking forward to more than the next tale itself (but not quite). Scopel's writing style works well for short stories that need as much description as possible in as few words as possible and it was easy to plow through page after page because of it.
Chapter lengths varied quite a bit, some taking up only 2 pages while others take up to almost 6. In looking back through the book a second time, I think I appreciated the longer length tales myself; they had better character development and a bit more visual description on the events that occur. I read this book in only two sittings myself, but given its nature that every chapter stands on its own and doesn't require any other chapter for storyline, it could be spread out into a lot more if needed which is good for us nighttime and weekend readers.
Two short written essays appear after all the tales of carnage, both of which were rather interesting reads. They, combined with the Introduction, give you an idea of who the author is, what his mindset is and how he got his start writing horror fiction. Following this are four short horror tales. The Choice, a tale about two friends trapped by a horde of zombies, and While You Sleep, a tale about a wannabe serial killer who can't quite bring himself to make the first kill, are the best ones.
To finish the book, the usual last pages are present, an excerpt from another book published by the author, Afterward and Acknowledgements, and an About The Author page with blog and web links. (A warning for those afraid of creepy clowns, Scopel's alter ego, Wee Willie Wicked, is prominent on his front page and is out to get you.)
Overall, the book was definitely entertaining and a fun read. As a writer myself, I'm hoping my first entry into the short horror fiction genre works as well as this one did.
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This is a collection of short stories, but with a bit of a twist - it's a themed collection. The author had the audacity to kill his coworkers, using no weapons except his pen. There are no peaceful deaths here; each person leaves this world in gruesome and strange ways. The author narrates the beginning of each story, becoming kind of a twisted Rod Serling foreshadowing the events to follow.
This is a "Faces of Death," literary style instead of on the screen. Which might be worse, because what we imagine in our minds is usually far worse than what is being portrayed by actors and fake blood. Most of the stories aren't supernatural, either - they can accidentally happen. Some of the deaths are a little exaggerated; similar to the crazy deaths in the "Final Destination" series. In other words, gross and squishy, but lots of fun.
If you get a kick out of The Darwin Awards, then this is a book you will love.
Thomas Scopel's latest work is every bit as twisted and morbid as it sounds, and that's high praise for a horror writer!
Scopel, like most independent authors, has a "day job." Based on actual accounts from his co-workers, Scopel has imagined what would have happened to his colleagues had their scrapes with mortality met with, say, less than happy endings.
The book is set up like an anthology, where the story of each co-worker's "death" is told in short, entertaining little pieces.
Twisted? You bet, but when you read the book, I recommend you read the author's introduction so that you get a clear understanding of why he wrote the book. It's a nifty premise, sort of like dark Hallmark greeting cards for his friends, many of which were written at their own request! Hallmark cards from Hell, to be sure, but hey - this is horror fiction, friends and neighbors!
Scopel may be onto something with this concept. I can easily imagine independent horror authors out there making a little extra cash by "killing off" customers at their own request in short stories to be gleefully shared with their friends and families!
What I like most about this book apart from the concept is the writing itself. The author's crisp, tight writing style moves the stories right along. It's clear he's having fun here, and so it's fun for the reader as well.
The drawback? Repetition. While the concept is terrific, when the stories are compiled in anthology form, the concept runs out of gas, quickly going from fun and morbidly curious to the same ol' same ol', very much like reading through a rack full of say, Halloween cards.
Still, it's a fun book and Scopel is an independent horror author to watch. I love the concept of this book - almost enough to steal it!
Almost.
Scopel would kill me.
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