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Dead Clown Barbecue Kindle Edition

by Jeff Strand (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 271 ratings
A man who finds a severed nose on a plate on his dining room table. A bell that can summon Satan (maybe). Casual Fridays at work that get out of control. A cheery outlook on the post-apocalyptic landscape. The final thoughts of a doomed skydiver. A girl punished by having to share a bed with her grandmother’s corpse. Revenge via baking a tarantula into a cake. A romance between two carnivorous genetically enhanced plants. And the lost tale of Fangboy.

These are only a few of the demented stories in Dead Clown Barbecue, a collection of twenty-nine gleefully macabre tales, seven of which were written just for this collection. There’s even a brand new one about a ventriloquist dummy. Those things creep you out, right? You’ll laugh. You’ll scream. Okay…you probably won’t actually scream, unless you already had issues before you started reading, but you might cringe and get a little spooked.

Table of contents:
Introduction
Pett Semmuteary
Comeuppance
The Apocalypse Ain’t So Bad
The Bell…FROM HELL!!!
Work/Life Balance
Stop Stabbing Me
Eight-Legged Vengeance
The Drop
Here’s What Happened…
Pregnancy Test
Mr. Twitcher’s Miracle Baby-Chopping Machine
The Carver
Push the Button
Specimen 313
My Knife Collection
Drain Bamage
Gramma’s Corpse
Burden
Rough Draft
Fangboy and the Troll
Dead in the Water
Immunity
The Big Bite
We Believe
Poor Career Choice
True Hero
Chomp (A Cautionary Tale)
The Severed Nose
Dummy
Story Notes
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About the Author

"Jeff Strand is a funny, deeply disturbed individual." --Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season and The Girl Next Door

Jeff Strand is the four-time Bram Stoker Award nominated (and four-time Bram Stoker Award non-winning) author of such novels as Pressure, Dweller, Wolf Hunt, A Bad Day For Voodoo, Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), Benjamin's Parasite, The Sinister Mr. Corpse, Fangboy, and a bunch of others. He lives in Florida, where all of the whackos reside, although he was insane before he moved there.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00E7VEC3Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gleefully Macabre Press (July 28, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 271 ratings

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Jeff Strand's bio was funnier when he talked about losing the Bram Stoker Award four times, but he's now a Bram Stoker Award WINNER!

His novels are usually classified as horror, but they're really all over the place, almost always with a great big dose of humor. He's written five young adult novels that all fall into the "really goofy comedy" category.

Several of his books are in development as motion pictures, and he's mostly not allowed to blab any details, which he finds MADDENING.

He currently lives in sunny, warm Duluth, Minnesota with author Bridgett Nelson.

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Customers enjoy the book's witty and twisty short horror stories and appreciate the writing style. The reading pace receives mixed reactions, with some finding it good while others consider it horrific. Several customers express disappointment with the horror content, describing it as horrifically gory.

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43 customers mention "Entertainment value"41 positive2 negative

Customers find the book entertaining, particularly appreciating its humorous horror stories that are witty and twisty.

"...He is FUNNY. I'm already looking forward to his forthcoming collect (number 4!). Once I pick up a book by Jeff Strand, I make time to keep reading." Read more

"...All that being said, I did enjoy 'Dead Clown Barbecue ', just not quite as much as all of Strand's other books, hence the 3 stars." Read more

"...I will say that Dead Clown Barbecue is a quick and fun read with many different humorous stories and one that is pitch black ("Burden"), but..." Read more

"Dead clown barbecue is Jeff Strand's best short story collection that I've read to date...." Read more

14 customers mention "Writing style"11 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the writing style of the book, with one customer specifically praising the author notes that accompany each story.

"...Don't stop with the last story, his authors' notes are wonderful to read...." Read more

"...Very funny, creative and unpredictable. Strand is not afraid to get weird or bloody...." Read more

"...book I read by Jeff Strand, and I loved his writing style and way with words. I will definitely be reading more books by this author." Read more

"...It just isn't very good. Sure there's got gore, sure there's horrible scenarios, but there's no stories, nothing other than attempts at shocking you..." Read more

7 customers mention "Reading pace"3 positive4 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the reading pace of the book, with some finding it good while others describe it as absolutely horrific.

"This book was absolutely horrific. Well, not the writing, but...yes, the writing. It was horrifically gory and funny in equal measures...." Read more

"...I read the book in one sitting. An extremely entertaining blend of horror and irreverent humor...." Read more

"...It just isn't very good...." Read more

"all the stories were good, good reading" Read more

6 customers mention "Horror content"0 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the horror content of the book, with some finding it funny and creepy, while others describe it as horrifically gory and bizarre.

"...Well, not the writing, but...yes, the writing. It was horrifically gory and funny in equal measures...." Read more

"...It just isn't very good. Sure there's got gore, sure there's horrible scenarios, but there's no stories, nothing other than attempts at shocking you..." Read more

"...These progressively became more and more bizarre and I didn't want to stop." Read more

"...This book was just disgusting. No horror either, even if someone likes bloody, gory horror or scary horror with some humour mixed in they will not..." Read more

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  • Brandon L. Meyers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Horrific Humor
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2013
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    This book was absolutely horrific. Well, not the writing, but...yes, the writing. It was horrifically gory and funny in equal measures. If Terry Pratchett had been raised by Richard Matheson, locked away in a basement with a typewriter, and randomly poked with a stick by H.P. Lovecraft for "character building" I think his work would have turned out in a similar fashion as Mr. Strand's. And yes, that is a compliment. Strand uses situational humor in an absurd manner, even in some of the darkest of these tales, but his use of wit in dialogue is sharp as a freshly honed butcher's knife. My favorite stories of the collection were: The Bell...FROM HELL!!!, Eight-Legged Vengeance, and The Severed Nose.

    Very dark and very funny. Check this book out.
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  • Chris McCaffrey
    4.0 out of 5 stars Twisted, dark and satirical. Great stories.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013
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    Oh good Lord, where to start?

    If you have a particular taste (I avoid the snarky remarks of others who may say "or lack thereof") a new book by Jeff Strand is always reason to celebrate. For the time you wander around in Jeff's world you can be sure that you will repeatedly (l) laugh at something so inappropriate and twisted that you cannot tell anyone what you were laughing at (2) wince at something so awful and well described that it comes very close to causing actual pain (3) stop and think about a profound moment hidden in thick humorous satire (4) be amazed at how good a writer Strand is while at the same time wonder how someone so funny could also be so twisted. If you like the irreverent humor of David Sidaris but also enjoy horror, if you don't take yourself or literary conventions very seriously, and if you want to read an author that really pushes the edge of good taste (or more like jumps squealing with glee over that precipice) then you need to give Strand a try.
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  • Gypsy McGreevy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun from front to back
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2020
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    Jeff Strand makes everything entertaining. Everything. Things that shouldn't be funny suddenly are hysterical. Don't stop with the last story, his authors' notes are wonderful to read. I am glad he included them at the very end of the book which makes them completely up to you if you want to know extra stuff. He is FUNNY. I'm already looking forward to his forthcoming collect (number 4!). Once I pick up a book by Jeff Strand, I make time to keep reading.
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  • Dawn Brown
    3.0 out of 5 stars Strand's collection of gore and comedy
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2019
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    Another one of Jeff Strand's collections of gore and comedy. I have read several horror anthology books by other authors and this one by Jeff Strand is one of the better ones, however I have yet to find one that I really enjoyed all of the stories. The introduction at the beginning of the book is actually more humorous than a lot of the stories to follow. All that being said, I did enjoy 'Dead Clown Barbecue ', just not quite as much as all of Strand's other books, hence the 3 stars.
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  • Craig
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Collection of Truly Twisted Humor
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2013
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    Dead Clown Barbecue is not for everyone, but it was definitely a good fit for me.

    Even though it is lumped in the "horror" category, this is more of a collection of black humor tales.

    I give it four stars instead of five because after reading "Pressure", it is very evident that Jeff Strand is capable of bringing more to the table than what is shown in this collection. Sure, he is a great comedy writer with a very unique voice, but when he delves into the dark recesses of humanity, he truly shines as one of the best writers around.

    I will say that Dead Clown Barbecue is a quick and fun read with many different humorous stories and one that is pitch black ("Burden"), but if you are going to buy only one book by Jeff Strand, make sure that it is "Pressure".
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  • teatime24
    5.0 out of 5 stars Shock, gore, horror and humor, what more can you ask for? Wild imagination? That's there too! AAAAAAAAA++++++
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013
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    This book of short stories is Strand at his best! Where he comes up with his wild ideas I will never know, and not sure i want to know...lol but, in my opinion, no one on the planet can mix crazy, gory, insane stories that also make you laugh out loud like he does. If you are already a fan, this is a MUST READ, if you are new to Strand's work, this is a MUST READ! I read the book in one sitting, just when I thought he couldn't top one of the stories, he continued to prove me wrong. I highly recommend this book, you will not be bored, EVER, or disappointed, but you will be ADDICTED to his work, so be prepared for that!
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  • Cat After Dark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Barbecued clowns anyone?
    Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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    Dead clown barbecue is Jeff Strand's best short story collection that I've read to date. I'll be the first to admit that his work can be, well, iffy. He can be amazingly good, or he can go the other direction and have you wonder if he's writing for 5 yr olds. But, that's just his split personality at work.

    And work it does in DCB! He has you rooting for serial killers, chuckling at giant vampires, zombies? They're in there too. There's a monster for everyone and two to giggle at.

    While you giggling, make sure you read the foreword. I snickered and snorted through that as well.

    Still think it's not for you? Bet you sing about Grandma every year at Christmas, don't you? You know the reindeer song. You'll never hear that one the same way again once you read Jeff's version. Promise!

    4.75 stars and highly recommended!
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  • Jg Faherty
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dead Clown Barbecue Rocks!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013
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    Strand delivers again. Dead Clown Barbecue is a collection of comically grotesque stories that will make you laugh, groan, and possibly never want to eat ribs again. Ranging from drolly humorous to outright darkly farcical, this collection has something for everyone - as long as everyone has a sense of humor. Nothing is off limits in Strand's world, whether it be roasting clowns for hungry people, following a skydiver's final thoughts, or watching two bumbling idiots try to get revenge on a girl. This book contains both new and previously published stories, some of which haven't seen print in a while so it was nice to read them again. If you like a nice chuckle with your apocalypse, this is the book for you.
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  • Adrian Baldwin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff, I was only kidding!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2014
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    When I heard author Jeff Strand had threatened to read my novel Barnacle Brat (a dark comedy for grown-ups) I retaliated by saying I knew one-upmanship when I saw it and would beat him at his own game! And, as we both have clowns on our covers, Dead Clown Barbecue was the obvious choice. Well, I have to report, all ribbing and joking aside, that I really enjoyed his work. I love Jeff's wacky imagination and unpredictable dialogue, and the book made me laugh a lot. A lot! My particular favourites from this collection of short stories were Comeuppance, The Apocalypse Ain’t So Bad, Here’s What Happened, The Severed Nose, and Dummy. Because of the latter, I suspect Jeff, like me, has a distrust of ventriloquist dummies! Having given the book 5 stars, I now feel ready for a Jeff Strand novel and have messaged the author to ask which one of his books he would recommend I start with. And soon as he replies, I will place my order with Amazon. I haven’t heard back from him yet but I figure he might just be sulking about my one-upmanship comment. Jeff, I was only kidding! Honestly, authors can be so temperamental. Trust me, I know!
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  • J. Andrews
    4.0 out of 5 stars Strand Madness and humour
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2018
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    A collection of short stories from Mr. Strand. Now I find it quite hard to review anthologies of the same author. Mixed as well because you are going to get stories you love and some you think are okay. NONE of the stories in this collection are rubbish.
    A mixed bag from zombies and killers to just deranged-nearly all with that hint of dark humour that sums up Jeff's writing.
    There will be something here to bite into even if it's just a quick snack, a nibble on a nose perhaps.
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  • Lisa coombe-smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed this.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2021
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    Tongue in cheek horror with a witty dry bite. I don't think there were any tall tales I didn't like. Some where exceptional. Glad I found this author.
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  • alex grist
    3.0 out of 5 stars Slashes for your funny bone
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2023
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    Some people think horror and comedy shouldn't mix, although alot of people believe in terms of presenting both genres you follow many of the same rules. Jeff Strand does an excellent job of combining the two, the opening story takes us to the Pet Cemetery, I'll leave it at that.
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  • Steve Kay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Horror written with humour
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2015
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    A well written collection of short stories on a horror theme but written to amuse more than to shock.
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