My Skull is Full of Black Smoke by Tim Murr


My Skull is Full of Black Smoke
Title : My Skull is Full of Black Smoke
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Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 232
Publication : Published September 8, 2020

In his latest collection, Murr mines a diverse set of horror stories that cross from cosmic horror to splatterpunk, from creature feature to slasher, from the occult to action horror. Pouring out the films in his head for a heady brew of ultra-violence, creeping dread, and terror. Jeffery X Martin, author of BLACK FRIDAY and HUNTING WITCHES has called Murr the "D Boone of horror" and his stories, "short exploratory surgeries, deep cuts exposing the stinking, poverty-stricken heart of hell," and Diamond Kennedy of Biblioculus has said, "its safe to say I'm becoming a big fan of the worlds Murr is creating." The author of THE GRAY MAN, NEON SABBATH, and MOTEL ON FIRE is back to guide you on another twisted tour of his mind.

My Skull is Full of Black Smoke Reviews

  • Kathryn Grace Loves Horror

    This is the second collection I've read by Tim Murr, following 2018's Neon Sabbath, which I really enjoyed. In fact my only real complaint about that book was it needed better editing, a fault that is mostly fixed in the more recent My Skull is Full of Black Smoke.

    All the things I loved about Neon Sabbath are evident here too. Smoke is, like the earlier collection, a ton of fun. Murr's writing feels very cinematic; his prose is very visual - I can imagine everything is his stories playing out on the big screen. I would love to see some of these made into movies. Some of my favorite stories reminded me of a being a kid in a video store trying to pick out something scary for Friday night. For instance, "Night of the City Hunter," reminded me of a gritty 80's slasher, and "The Revenge of Shirley Vorkov" plays out like one of Lucio Fulci's surreal gorefests.

    I can't wait to read more by Murr. His work is always a blast to read, and I look forward to all his future endeavors.