Perfect for fans of splatterpunk gore with a heart, The Pestilent Perils short story series asks; is there beauty in all living creatures? Can vermin shine in a world that favours all but them? When it comes down to it, would they want to?
Join me in a depraved trip into the world of the most despised creatures on the planet. Embrace the pestilence in a series of twisted short stories filled with gore, body horror, suspense, and heart.
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RAT
When Victorian clipper, The Cormorant, sails upon a ghosted prisoner hulk, the captain’s decision to explore the crewless vessel proves fatal. For the hulk isn’t completely abandoned, and the entity that follows them back aboard is seeking vengeance.
Are you kind to animals? If not, don’t set foot on the ghost ship, The Tulketh Swain…
“Candyman, but in the 1800’s, and with rats not bees. Absolutely bloody disgusting. Only MJ Mars could make this premise work. Not only is RAT gross, it somehow has soul. In only a few thousand words, Mars created characters who got under my skin and burrowed into my heart. It’s a story I won’t forget for a long time. It’s making me itch just thinking about it. Read at your own risk.” – Sarah Jules, author of You Invited It In and The Tiny Terrible Tales series.
FLEA
Following an incident at a lab, a detective haunted by his past is tasked with investigating a spate of unusual deaths. Bodies drained of blood are showing up all over town, and the staff who worked at the lab the night of the incident are in hiding. Will police get to the bottom of the mystery in time to save the next intended victim? Or is something unthinkable and unstoppable lurking in the shadows…
“MJ Mars drags us into a tale ripped from the X-files in Flea, where a hybrid born of nightmares is loose, and only the truth can stop the leap from secrets to slaughter. But how do you outrun what can jump? Had me gripped from start to finish.”
Rowland Bercy Jr., author of Dr. Parasite and the Mami Wata of Mermentau River