Smut
By Matt Micheli
Genre: Psychological (Transgressive with strong sexual encounters and hints of horror)
On the outside, Sam has it all: money, good-looks, youth. His life is fueled by an endless supply of drugs, alcohol, sex–anything and everything to keep his mind off of what he struggles to keep hidden away: a troubled past as well as recurring disturbing psychotic visions. Strange things begin to happen to Sam causing his diagnosed anxiety to grow into paranoia. To make things worse, brutally mutilated bodies are being discovered around the city and no one seems to care. Experiencing what it is to come full-fledge into adulthood–love, lust, loss, rejection, denial–Sam realizes money and good looks aren’t everything and sometimes what you’re running from is closer than you think.
My Review
Sam is a total sex machine and he loves to indulge himself with cocaine. He also loves girls. Most of the time characters like Sam annoy me. They are self-absorbed and come off as the world's greatest gift to women, when they are clearly just shallow dudes, but Micheli has worked some kind of magic over me because not only could I tolerate Sam, but I was sincerely interested in him. I wanted to know what made him tick.
This story is well-written and intriguing. I enjoyed the author's writing style and I absolutely hate spoilers, so I won't give anything away, but readers are in for a mind bender. I recommend just letting yourself get lost in the insanity.
Author Bio:
Matt Micheli is a writer out of Austin, TX, Wild Card Winner of the 2012 Halloween Book Festival. He has several fiction and non-fiction pieces featured in various literary magazines and is a multi-contributor to ManArchy Magazine, Revolt Daily, and Paragraph Line. He is a loving husband and father by night and takes on one of many corporate-America faces by day. You will find him either behind his computer writing words or at the nearest bar, either way with a stiff cocktail close by..
Twitter: https://twitter.com/micheliworld
Website: www.mattmicheli.com
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