Infernal Tramps - by Alex Grass (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A boy discovers his father's oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home.

An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog.

A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man's memories of its horrors.

A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them.

The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him.

A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body.

Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten. And you may find yourself changing into a beast of insatiable hunger, a tormented sinner, a lunatic on the fringe.

Heed this warning, that what once is read cannot be unread. Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the...

Infernal Tramps!

Review Quotes

"A proper series of under-the-skin nightmare scenarios with stings in the tail. Elegant, gripping, and seriously strange." -Stephen Gallagher ⬩ British Fantasy and International Horror Guild Awards Winner

"Infernal Tramps is a visceral collection of haunting stories, blending the uncanny with the mundane-disturbing and unsettling in the best possible ways." -Richard Thomas ⬩ Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards Finalist

"Fans of classic weird tales as well as shows like Black Mirror will love the storylines, the imaginative what-ifs, monstrosities, and outrageous body horror." -Ivy Grimes ⬩ author of Glass Stories and The Cellar Below the Cellar

"The prose is impeccable, really, the weird feels genuinely weird, and the stories authentic." -İnci Asena German ⬩ Protean Depravity

"Potent horror stories that provoke and repulse to astonishing effect." -Kirkus Reviews

"Think 'Twilight Zone meets Hostel'." -Amanda ⬩ Goodreads

"Infernal Tramps reads like a grindhouse film wrapped in theological snark. Grass throws broken, messy characters into a demonic conspiracy and lets the chaos unfold. It's fast, weird, and often laugh-out-loud inappropriate, but underneath the gore there's a surprisingly thoughtful look at addiction, redemption, and what it means to claw your way out of the dark." -Louise ⬩ BookSirens

"What keeps the collection fresh for me is that so many of the stories seem rooted in recognizable real-life fears and failures. Loneliness, abuse, medical debt, policing, cosmetic surgery, cheating, toxic relationships, grief, addiction, guilt, and class resentment are all present, but they are twisted into something much darker and unsettling." -Read & Filed

"There is enough variety in this collection to surprise the most jaded gore-hound." -Kent Lane ⬩ IndieReader

"What makes the book stand out is how unapologetically strange it is, it does not try to be polished or safe, but instead embraces chaos, body horror, and dark imagination in a way that feels almost feverish." -Books With Khushi

"Readers who enjoy horror that is weird, graphic, and deeply uncomfortable will likely find a lot to appreciate here." -Luke B ⬩ Reedsy Discovery