Robert Devereaux

Baby’s First Book of Seriously Fucked-Up Shit

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Trade Paperback
Type: Horror Short Story Collection
Page Count: 176pp.
Pub. Date: March 14, 2011
Publisher: Deadite Press

This book contains “The Slobbering Tongue That Ate The Frightfully Huge Woman” which was nominated for the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.

From an orgy between God, Satan, Adam and Eve to beauty pageants for fetuses. From a giant human-absorbing tongue to a place where God is in the eyes of the psychopathic.

This is a party at the furthest limits of human decency and cruelty. Robert Devereaux is your host but watch out — he’s spiked the punch with drugs, sex, and dismemberment.

Deadite Press is proud to present ten stories of the strange, the gross, and the just plain fucked-up from one of the most original voices in horror — Robert Devereaux.

The Undead Rat’s Note:
Although the summary states that there are ten stories in this book, only 9 have been listed in the couple of posts by Robert Devereaux. I suspect the ten is a mistake and that it’s actually 9 stories.

Table of Contents:

• Showdown at Stinking Springs
• Clap If You Believe
• Ridi Bobo
• Li’l Miss Ultrasound
• Bucky Goes to Church
• Fructus in Eden
• One Flesh: A Cautionary Tale
• The Slobbering Tongue That Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman
• Holy Fast, Holy Feast

Slaughterhouse High: A Tale of Love and Sacrifice

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Trade Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: July 15, 2010
Publisher: Deadite Press

It’s prom night in the Demented States of America.

A place where schools are built with secret passageways, rebellious teens get zippers installed in their mouths and genitals, and once a year, on that special night, one couple is slaughtered and the bits of their bodies are kept as souvenirs.

But something’s gone terribly wrong at Corundum High, where the secret killer is claiming a far higher body count than usual . . .

Slaughterhouse High is Robert Devereaux’s slicing satire of sex, death, and public education.

The Undead Rat’s Note:
According to Robert Devereaux’s blog, Slaughterhouse High has had the working titles of Deadolescence: A Tale of Love and Sacrifice and Ice Ghoul Daze.

Santa Claus Conquers the Homophobes (The Santa Claus Chronicles #2)

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Trade Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 376pp.
Pub. Date: August 6, 2008
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.

Santa Claus and stepdaughter Wendy strive to remake the world in compassion and generosity, preventing one child’s fated suicide by winning over his worst tormentors, then attempting, with the Easter Bunny’s help, to eradicate homophobia worldwide in one magical night.

The Undead Rat’s Note:
This book was banned in Cinncinnati, Ohio.

A Flight of Storks and Angels

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Hardcover
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 317pp.
Pub. Date: October 2003
Publisher: Five Star

Renowned fantasist T. E. Jameson writes his masterworks in a treehouse, carrying on what seems to be a one-way conversation with his muse. Cracked? Possibly. But rich eccentrics must have their foibles.

Also rich in creative eccentricity is Jameson’s grandson Ward, at age thirteen still enjoying the company of his invisible companion Timothy.

When Ward’s girlfriend June brings lovemaking into their friendship, she reunites with *her* lost invisible companion, after which these three, having reached critical mass, can see and hear one another’s guardian angels.

A walk into downtown Auroville makes visible and audible guardian angels everywhere, each uniquely conforming to its host personality.

Broken families begin to mend, righteous intolerance crumbles before truth, and a genuine sense of community starts to develop in this small town.

When word spreads and national media crews rush in, their cameras and mikes picking up nothing, seeds of doubt and distrust are sown.

Can the first healing steps survive such assaults against faith? Will the temptation to scapegoat Jameson, Ward, and June prevail? And how can those who have retained their faith in miracles not only survive persecution but spread the message worldwide?

Resonant with themes of self discovery, loss, heartache, and standing up for one’s beliefs in the face of adversity, A Flight of Storks and Angels recaptures an innocence that seems nearly lost in today’s world, taking readers on a magical journey to reclaim it.

Caliban and Other Tales

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 359pp.
Pub. Date: March 2002
Publisher: Leisure Books

This book contains “The Slobbering Tongue That Ate The Frightfully Huge Woman” which was nominated for the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.

His mother was a sorceress, and his master is a powerful magician. His home is a dark, wild island of enchantment, spells . . . and evil.

He is Caliban.

Is he human, spirit or demon? Who can say? All he knows is that he burns with a lust for revenge and his growing powers may soon make it possible.

But even he cannot predict the nightmarish shape his vengeance will take . . . or the tempest of terror it will unleash.

Includes five never-before-collected stories!

Table of Contents:

• A Slow Red Whisper Of Sand
• Ridi Bobo
• Clap If You Believe
• The Slobbering Tongue That Ate The Frightfully Huge Woman
• Bucky Goes to Church
• Caliban

Santa Steps Out: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups (The Santa Claus Chronicles #1)

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 265pp.
Pub. Date: October 2000
Publisher: Leisure Books

Santa Steps Out: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups (The Santa Claus Chronicles #1)

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Artist: Alan M. Clark
Format: Hardcover
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 265pp.
Pub. Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: Dark Highway Press

His generosity is legendary. He has a team of flying reindeer, hordes of industrious helpers, and the love of boys and girls around the world.

But what long forgotten, unholy urges are awakening in Santa’s mind? Who was he before, and what will he become now? What is driving him into the evil clutches of a certain fairy?

Will Christmas survive?

Will any of us survive?

Walking Wounded

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 317pp.
Pub. Date: August 2, 1996
Publisher: Dell

Katt’s hands can sense it within your body: the ticking time bomb of disease, the cry of inner hurt, the coming of something as simple as a cold. If she chooses, her hands can heal you, removing the aberration quickly, or they can leave you with your pain — and your fate.

Now, Katt must choose between curing an unfaithful husband and letting him die, between taking his extraordinary lover for herself, or letting her go.

For Katt it will be a journey through discovery, sensuality, and death.

But in the shadows of her life, at a restaurant and on the street, a serial killer has begun to stalk her and her lover. And he will take them both into a darkness where hands must heal, or hands must kill.

Deadweight

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Trade Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 208pp.
Pub. Date: March 6, 2008
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.

Deadweight

Author: Devereaux, Robert
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 317pp.
Pub. Date: January 1, 1994
Publisher: Dell

Nominated for the 1994 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel

After killing her abusive husband, Danny, in self-defense, Karin spends her days tending flowers at his grave, unable to let go of him, that is, until he rises from the grave to abuse her again.