Publisher's Synopsis
"This book isn't for everybody. You've got to be willing to take a trip through some pretty dark places and entertain some of the most perverse ideas committed to paper, completely free of moral judgement." - Author, Alex Swery (sharpobjectspress.com)
If sins, vices and illicit encounters are what makes transgressive fiction, then this book is its wet dream... or some might say nightmare. Inside this "disturbingly well-written collection of stories" (Linda, Amazon Reviewer) you'll be confronted with a cast of debauched characters who view desire as the solution to their problems without realising it to be the main cause of their woe.
Opening this collection of disturbing short stories is the suitably ceremonious, 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue', where a womanising, drunk and depressed late-teen has his life thrown out of balance after he's sloppily seduced by an older woman and the traces of white powder under her nose, only to find himself inside the midst of a dirty divorce, an even dirtier, decaying friend and a videotape which gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Revenge Porn'.
The Importance of Safe Sex
Max likes Hannah. Hannah likes Max. They've seen each other naked, but never actually met. How? Through the wonders of modern technology, of course. Take a trip down memory lane as Max reminisces over the events surrounding his first time and how they made him into the man he is today. You'll never look at your favourite childhood toy in the same light again.
A few drinks in we take a turn into 'A Lesson Worth Unlearning', where a father and son bond over their mutual appreciation for teachers, pornography and the best places to masturbate during a mysterious road trip out of town. A 'coming of age' story dripping with debauchery.
The Perfect Client
As a mysterious stranger struggles to knock on the door beyond which a seventeen-year-old prostitute waits, we're left to wonder what he's actually doing there as the girl recalls the reasons why she ended up hooking in the first place. Abandonment is never clear-cut.
Bloodhound Lust
A man with a missing dog shows more concern over his pet than his newborn son, who he finds difficult to even look at. Using his absent best friend as an excuse for eyes to go wander, we soon begin to question the mindset of our protagonist and the disjointed thoughts he expresses. It seems that the missing best friend isn't his dog but more the beast between his legs, which a certain ex-fling clutches the leash of
