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Things Were Easier Before You Became a Giant F-----g Mantis

By: Matthew A. Clarke
Narrated by: Robert "Rein" Ramsay
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“You’ll never look at a mantis the same way again. Especially if you intend to fuck or marry it.” (Sean Hawker, Author of The Captive Dwarf)

Growing up is never easy, especially when the person you love is turning into a giant f-----g mantis.

Jacoboby Bentley and his friends know little of life outside the Super Mantis Killas (SMK). Their day to day lives consist of drinking cheap booze, good drugs, video games, and the occasional mantis-beatdown.

But when Jacoboby’s girlfriend and long-term best friend, Millie, starts to become a mantis, he finds himself questioning everything he has been raised to believe in, unsure of where his loyalties lie. It would be easy to treat her like any other manti-person—regular beatings, chase her out of town, eventually kill her—but is that really what he wants? Or is he willing to turn his back on everyone and everything that he’s ever known in order to spend the rest of his life with her, facing the wrath and retribution of the clan?

Things Were Easier Before You Became a Giant F-----g Mantis shoves you into a bizarre world populated by manti-people, clansmen, and a happy little gnome that you would definitely not want to leave alone with your child.

©2021 Matthew A. Clarke (P)2023 Matthew A. Clarke

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hilarious from start to finish

This book is so ridiculous but keeps you laughing. Definitely not work friendly if you listen to audiobooks while you work.

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So much fun!

Now this is one of the funniest stories I have ever had the pleasure to encounter. Kept me entertained from start to finish! This was weird af and I loved it! Clarke is a gem!

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bizarro horror with social commentary

Things Were Easier Before Youe Became a Giant Fucking Mantis by Matthew Clarke was another killer story that hits on social commentary. Bizarro horror with some very real hitting circumstances but with humans and praying mantises. This is just one you have to read to get. But when I finished it, I told Matt it kind of reminded me of American History X.....which he's never seen, and I'm still concerned about that. A story about internal bias, murder, racism, and a hate group. If you're like me and enjoy the social commentary in your horror pick this up ASAP.

Narrated by Robert "Rein" Ramsay was perfect. One of those narrators who really keep you enthralled in the story. I hope to hear more from him.

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