Down the Drain edition by Daniel Pyle Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Bruce has lost everyone he ever cared about—even his cat.
Now he thinks he’s finally alone in the house, but something is about to come clawing its way out of the plumbing to prove him wrong.
What they’re saying about Down the Drain
“Pyle’s tight little monster tale packs a nasty wallop.”
—Michael Louis Calvillo, author of I Will Rise and As Fate Would Have It
“Horror should be fun. Scary, of course...but above all, it should be fun. Too many people seem to have forgotten that. Well, Daniel Pyle has not forgotten. With his novella, Down the Drain, Pyle has crafted a tale that evokes all the eye-popping strangeness and excitement that got me into horror in the first place. I loved it, and I can guarantee you’ll never look at your bathtub the same again.”
—Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead
Down the Drain edition by Daniel Pyle Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
I downloaded this one because I love horror, and it has become harder and harder to find horror. I pick up something thinking its horror, and it turns out to be thriller....or sci-fi.This one is horror. It is horror in the way that the campy slasher movies of old are horror, complete with sex. Except in this case its not topless women getting stabbed, and there is no actual sex, just masturbation.
In fact, what stuck with me more than the story itself was the sex. It was almost as if the whole story was a metaphor for masturbation and sexual violence/rape that I just can't put my finger on.
Anyway....The premise of the story is that Bruce's bathtub is alive, and apparently hungry. It eats his cat. It tries to eat him. It somehow transforms from the tub itself being alive, to a beastie living in the tub bursting forth to attack.
Okay, I like horror. I like monsters. I like the shock value of said monster in this story. Too much "horror" I've read lacks that shock value.
BUT...there is very little meat to the story, as if it were written sheerly FOR the shock value with the story added as an afterthought.
A good horror story is supposed to leave you slightly afraid of whatever seemingly innocent thing the story is about. While some readers who have reviewed this said they would never look at bathtubs the same after reading this....I can still bathe and shower without the slightest shiver of fear.
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Down the Drain edition by Daniel Pyle Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
This shuddersome little tale reminds me of something that would have been on Tales From the Darkside. Strange, quirky, scary with some odd humorous moments thrown in.
If you are a cat lover, you might not want to read this little tale. Isn't it funny (strange) that some people can't read about bad things happening to animals, especially pets, but bring on the blood and guts against humans?
Oh, and there are some graphic "self gratification" scenes so be forewarned.
But I enjoyed this disturbing little novella and I tell you - I'm going to be pouring LOTS of bleach down my tub drain in the future to kill off WHATEVER might be lurking down there.
I want to give this story 3.5 stars, but have rounded up to 4. It's interesting, starting good. It gets surprisingly vulgar, then weird and intriguing, before ending.
The shortness works in the story's favor, so that's not an issue. The sex - or rather, the focus on the main character's masturbation - was unexpected and a little jarring. The monster is neat in and of itself.
Still the story has a downside, and that is that I never feel the main character is in any sort of real Threat, so the only horror comes from the bizarre nature of what he's dealing with, not because it may mean (shower)curtains for him.
Down the Drain is a unique, intriguing, crazy, fun, and quick read. This short horror story by Daniel Pyle is worth the read. However, unlike most of the reviews for this story, I WILL be bathing again (just might check the drain first).
The opening in this story is from the main character's (Bruce's) cat, Selina. I found this pretty funny, that is, until the creature from the bathtub eats poor Selina. Bruce comes home to find his cat missing, but has no clue as to where she went.
Bruce decides he wants a nice hot bubble bath. Now, this is where things get interesting (crazy and unique). The bathtub practically rapes Bruce! No, I'm not kidding!
You just have to read this story. It's one of the strangest stories I've read in a while.
Okay, so I read this story despite knowing that it was written by the author of "Freeze", a book I wasn't too fond of, and I am sorry to say I didn't like this one too much either. Here's why First and foremost, like "Freeze", I found this story to be a bit juvenile, seemingly written for the preteen/teen crowd. Secondly, I dislike the author's fascination with the juvenile use of sex in this story; I mean really...two jerk (blank) sessions in one very short story accompanied by ongoing graphic references concerning semen and its various characteristics are a little much, don't you think??? There is the obligatory gore which seems to pervade this genre and, while some authors handle it well, this author overwrites his descriptive prose horribly. In addition, errors and omissions don't help garner higher ratings. Oh well, live and learn...perhaps the best tact for me is to simply stop giving this author other chances for redemption. I'll have to consider that. In the meantime..."SCRUBBING BUBBLES TO THE RESCUE"!
I'm a bubble bath kind of guy and have thought sheepishly more than once what if something was beneath me, slithering inside the drain? The author had similar thoughts and acted on them. This long short story, perhaps novelette territory word-wise, moves rapidly and clocks in with a fast six chapters. It begins with a man named Bruce, with a thirsty cat searching for water and running into the thing down the drain. I felt like a bath with not enough bubbles after not learning enough about what makes Bruce tick. For example, why didn't he take better care of his cat and make sure it had plenty of fresh water?
The monster is also too mysterious including its origins, motivations (hunger?) and why, if it's been there awhile, did it choose *today* to make its move? I'm not the kind of reader who has to have all the answers, but the more I'm given, the more I tend to care about the characters and the story. By the end of this one, I was more interested in the antagonist. On the plus side, there were some good humor moments and there was zero fat in this tale. Perhaps the pruning knives were a bit too sharp here. 2.5 stars rounded up.
I downloaded this one because I love horror, and it has become harder and harder to find horror. I pick up something thinking its horror, and it turns out to be thriller....or sci-fi.
This one is horror. It is horror in the way that the campy slasher movies of old are horror, complete with sex. Except in this case its not topless women getting stabbed, and there is no actual sex, just masturbation.
In fact, what stuck with me more than the story itself was the sex. It was almost as if the whole story was a metaphor for masturbation and sexual violence/rape that I just can't put my finger on.
Anyway....The premise of the story is that Bruce's bathtub is alive, and apparently hungry. It eats his cat. It tries to eat him. It somehow transforms from the tub itself being alive, to a beastie living in the tub bursting forth to attack.
Okay, I like horror. I like monsters. I like the shock value of said monster in this story. Too much "horror" I've read lacks that shock value.
BUT...there is very little meat to the story, as if it were written sheerly FOR the shock value with the story added as an afterthought.
A good horror story is supposed to leave you slightly afraid of whatever seemingly innocent thing the story is about. While some readers who have reviewed this said they would never look at bathtubs the same after reading this....I can still bathe and shower without the slightest shiver of fear.
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