Bøger af Andy Rausch

From the warped mind of author Andy Rausch comes Death Rattles, a unique collection of sixteen chilling short stories. These macabre tales cover all the bases of classic horror, from ghosts and zombies to demonic possession, but each are handled in such a way as they've never been before. Aficionados of the genre won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind collection of horrifically twisted tales. "Andy Rausch grew up reading Stephen King and watching great stuff like Twilight Zone, Carrie, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, from the time he was ten-years-old. He took inspiration from all of it, but his writing has its own powerful uniqueness. His tough, muscular, hard-hitting prose is married to thought-provoking concepts that make you question your own opinions, your own moral stance, your own preconceptions of right and wrong. Don't miss Death Rattles! It will rattle your brain and tingle your spine!"-John Russo, author, Night of the Living Dead"The classic horror short story not only lives and breathes. In the imaginative brain of Andy Rausch, it's totally reanimated. Want proof? Sample, from this brain-busting collection, 'The $10,000 John Wayne Magnum Opus.' But not just before you go to sleep, unless you want to risk nightmares."-Herschell Gordon Lewis, author, Blood Feast"I believe that Death Rattles by Andy Rausch contains the absolute best short stories of the year!"-Lloyd Kaufman, author, The Toxic Avenger

"I can guarantee you. Read this book and you'll never look at Elvis the same way again!" -- Douglas Brode, author of Elvis Cinema and Popular Culture. In 1970, singer Elvis Presley secretly met with President Richard Nixon. This new comedic novel imagines that Presley became a Central Intelligence Agency operative, eventually moving up through the ranks to become a skilled assassin. Presented in an oral history fashion, the book tells us about Presley's secret transformation by the people who knew him best. Did he fake his death in 1977? Was Presley involved with the Watergate scandal? The Iran hostage crisis? Communicating with aliens? Read this book to find out the answers to these and many more questions.

"Relentless... Addictive... The kind of nightmare you don't want to wake up from."-Heywood Gould, screenwriter of Rolling ThunderHe was just an average Joe. But when he finds his family held at gunpoint by merciless thugs, he's told he must murder a Mafia chieftain if he ever wishes to see his loved ones again. Against all odds, Joe keeps his end of the bargain, but the criminals don't. Now at his wits end, Joe is pushed beyond his breaking point and forced to exact bloody revenge against those who've done him and his family wrong in this powerful and violent novella by author Andy Rausch (Mad World). "Andy Rausch has a tight noir style that combines gritty, realistic drama with a cinematic flair that makes for a powerful, compelling (somewhat Stephen Kingesque), authentically visual reading experience."-Stephen Spignesi, author of DialoguesPUBLISHER'S NOTE: This book was previously published under the title "Riding Shotgun."

This quirky collection of short stories (and one novella) by Andy Rausch contains something for readers of every stripe. Rausch touches on a variety of genres, including horror, comedy, crime, and even Western, but every story features his unique, offbeat wit, superb writing, and razor-sharp dialogue, all delivered from a decidedly off-kilter perspective. His work has been praised by the likes of Cape Fear screenwriter Wesley Strick and Fort Apache the Bronx author Heywood Gould. Author Peter Leonard once compared his writing style to that of his father, Elmore Leonard. Storylines include a naive little boy mistaking a burglar for Santa Claus, bumbling white supremacists attempting to resurrect the dead body of Adolf Hitler, a man who develops an unexplainable craving for the taste of human flesh, a would-be author summoning the spirit of dead novelist Charles Bukowski to assist him writing, a showdown between legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and a deadly serial killer on the dusty streets of Tombstone, and many more. So ask yourself: are you a little bit crazy, and if so, are you up to the task of reading these twenty-two wild and crazy tales of darkness, wackiness, and outright debauchery?

Dirty ex-cops Robert "Diggy" Diggs and Dwayne "Stick" Figgers have found themselves in hot water. After Kansas city drug lord Benny Cordella discovers that they have wronged him, he devises an insane plan: he will force them to commit suicide. This, he believes, will send them to hell, where they will track down Dread Corbin, the man who killed his daughter. Of course, Diggy and Stick don't believe this is possible, but they will soon discover that hell is real. Diggy and Stick quickly find that hell is quite different from the world they're used to. It's one giant, endless urban landscape populated by liars, cheats, and murderers-and those are the good ones. But hell isn't the pit of fire they expected. It's dark and rainy around the clock, and almost everyone there is a member of one of the many criminal organizations. Worst of all, there are no women. With the help of infamous Deadwood pimp and killer Al Swearengen, Diggy and Stick will hunt for sadistic, disfigured killer Corbin. Hell to Pay: Diggy and Stick Book One is unlike any crime novel you've ever read before. It's dark, dangerous, edgy, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Buckle up for one hell of a ride! Praise for Hell to Pay "I haven't read all of Andy's books, but I've read several, and I like that he writes whatever he likes. He's got some damn good stuff." -Joe R. Lansdale, author of Cold in July "Rausch's writing is like a serpent. It's lean. It's clever. It coils around you...and then it strikes. It's glorious, but be warned-there is no anti-venom." -Chris Miller, author of Dust

Contract killers have long been a point of interest for readers of crime fiction and action film fans. Dead-End Jobs: A Hitman Anthology offers up eighteen works of short fiction from some of the hottest writers in the business. While the stories all depict professional killers, they are wildly different in their tone and the styles in which they are written, as well as the way they are depicted and the point-of-view from which they''re told. <br><br>Some of these killers are seasoned professionals and others are new to the killing game. Some stories find their settings in urban locales such as New York City or Los Angeles and others in backwater rural locations. There are also contract killers of every stripe. Some stories depict the traditional organized crime gunmen while others feature corner boys doing the bidding of neighborhood drug dealers and the like. The stories in this collection are fast-paced and action-packed. <br><br>Just as there are contract killers of varying pedigrees here, Dead-End Jobs features the writing of veteran wordsmiths such as Joe R. Lansdale, Max Allan Collins, and Stephen Spignesi, as well as new but equally exciting writers. Each author in this collection is as skilled as the hitters depicted in the stories. But their weapons are words instead of rifles and pistols, and every one absolutely kills here. <br><br>Praise for DEAD-END JOBS: <br><br>"An incredible collection of powerful and haunting stories that exist in that shadowy realm between tragedy, nihilism and noir." -S.A. Cosby, author of Blacktop Wasteland