Ray Garton is a master of adding fresh blood to a cliched horror theme. Want vampires? How about "Live Girls". Werewolves? "Ravenous". End of the world, zombie things? Frankenstorm. Strange family of freaks living in a mansion looking for a chosen leader? "The Folks". Garton's novella, "The Folks", is one of those books that always got away from me. It was originally published by Cemetery Dance back in 2001 as a limited edition hardcover and I've never had any luck finding an affordable copy. I've found the sequel at decent prices, but who wants to read the sequel first? Sometimes fans just have to wait to read something by one of their favorite authors, and in this case, it was well worth the wait.
Andy is a young outcast who lives with his grandmother. He prefers the isolation and doesn't want to deal with the religious zealots in town who constantly remind him of his scarred face every time they look at him in horror. After a steamy and... strange encounter at a local graveyard on Halloween with Amanda- the beautiful daughter of the head of the Bollinger family, he is "seduced" into giving her a ride home to meet the folks.
The Folks are an eclectic group of freaks who do much more than just keep it in the family and Andy will find that some secrets should never be known. Garton pulls back the curtains on sideshow creations that would make Tod Browning blush and unleashes a full house of freaks with plenty of tricks up their sleeves. Imagine if V.C. Andrews went to a carnival and smoked meth with Rob Zombie and it's possible to guess where this story is going.
This graphic and perverse Gothic-thriller will give fans of Splatter-punk and Bizarro fiction plenty of bloodthirsty weirdness they crave. Garton has created colorful characters with unique desires and his words lead the reader through the dark hallways of this fun-house frenzy. Ray Garton amps up the sex and the gore while maintaining a slick pace that never feels boring and fans of Garton's previous work will not be disappointed.
Pick up a copy of "The Folks", here.
Check out Ray Gartons impressive selection of work, here.
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