Tapeworm

A Vampire Novel

De: A. P. Thayer

Narrado por: Lee Osorio

From Dusk Till Dawn meets The Thing in this debut horror novel, where a group of friends must confront questions of identity, aging, and desire during a vampire infestation in an isolated Californian desert.

“Tapeworm is an eldritch orgy . . . directed under the loving Lovecraftian eye of John Carpenter. No amount of hand sanitizer will disinfect this book from your consciousness.” —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

It needs to feed.

After the recent separation from his wife Trish, Victor hopes his friends' annual weekend retreat to the Californian desert town of Superstition will loosen him up and reforge the group's fraying bonds. But something is waiting underneath Superstition, crawling its way into their group, and feeding into their desires.

Victor knows too well what it means to repress his desires. He's always attempted to be the perfect partner, yet often found himself lacking. With Trish skipping the trip, he begins falling into the wild underbelly of Superstition in new ways. When the leader of the town's Welcoming Committee approaches him with a romantic, sexually charged offer, Victor wonders if it's too good to be true.

But the Welcoming Committee expects a price to be paid for its services. One that cannot be fulfilled by willing bodies alone. By the end of the weekend, group bonding will have developed a whole new meaning.

Because something is hungry for Victor and his friends.

For fans of Stephen Graham Jones, V. Castro, and Rachel Harrison, Tapeworm is an unforgettable, body-horror vampire novel that answers how far one will go to stop repressing their desires and finally set themselves free.

Very well written! Amazing!

The story line is a a new twist on the vampire genre. Looking forward to his next book.

Oof…

The summary starts off by comparing it to From Dusk Till Dawn meets The Thing. Ehh, not quite. That certainly got me invested in reading it, though. I think a more apt description would be that the last 3 or 4 chapters are like Near Dark meets The Strain, but unfortunately, the first 6–7 hours of the book are nothing more than some of the most insufferable characters I’ve read about in recent literature, describing some of the most hilariously over-the-top sex acts I’ve ever encountered (the author dedicates the book to his grandmother, mind you lol). As much as I love recommending new voices in modern horror, this was pretty awful and hard to get through. But most offensively, it was BORING. Save the credit; there are better “vampire” books on here.