“Make no mistake, I did enjoy reading this book and often forgot that I had other things to do beside follow Zack Fury in his post-mortem travails.”
—Razorcake magazine
“Johnny Ostentatious delivers a tight and well crafted novel that sits somewhere off the normal radar.”
—Andrew McKenna, Albedo One
Zack
Fury thought killing himself would make things easier. Imagine his
surprise when he’s plopped in the middle of Holcyon, a realm located
deep inside a black hole on the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. Holcyon
seems somewhat like Earth—except
here it’s always dusk, time doesn’t pass, and you’re never hungry,
thirsty or tired.
Soon, Zack meets up with Dr. Prescott Rosenthal, an ophthalmologist
from Maine, and Melody Holiday, an indie-pop singer from Australia. But
before they can figure Holcyon out, here comes:
— a man on a flying, horse-sized tarantula
— a skeletal ghost riding a zombie horse
— trees with blood-thirsty Venus flytraps for branches
— Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead
— Medusa, who has green skin and snakes for hair, but a fish trunk like a mermaid.
Quicker than you can say Necronomicon,
Zack discovers Holcyon is the locale where the ultimate battle between
good and evil will take place, with the fighting culminating at the . .
. Afterlife Battlefield!
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Afterlife Battlefield by Johnny Ostentatious
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“Afterlife Battlefield is a really fun read, with a touch of the absurd . . . Recommended.”