Still [Paperback]

Charlee Jacob (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2007

THEN-

Zane Mcfadden had given everything to be a Los Angeles cop: his health, his family, his sanity... Now Zane only cared about one thing...

The scrapbook had become Zane's very own special cross to bear. Page after page of unsolved murder cases from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s would lead Zane down a path of obsession and self-destruction until eventually he comes face-to-face with a nine-year-old hitman.

Now-

A new century is here and Peter Beta has received an old scrapbook as a gift. He was just an avid collector of horror items this shouldn't have to be his burden. But the sins of others found their way out of the old book and worked their way into his flesh. Now he must show the world the cruelty of mankind through a non-stop bible of atrocity playing endlessly across his skin, constantly moving and constantly screaming... for release.

Product Details

• Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: Necro Publications (April 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889186686
• ISBN-13: 978-1889186689
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,812,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow..., November 17, 2010

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This review is from: Still (Paperback)

I wish she put out more stuff because she is brilliant. If you like Dean Koontz and the like then this would be too much for you, but if you like old Clive Barker, or Ed Lee's serious stuff then you'd like this as well. Her writing is literature, man.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Licking the emulsion and tasting still life, July 30, 2008

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Anton Cancre "horror geek" (Greenhills, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Still (Paperback)

If you've read anything by Jacobs, there is no point in outlining the wonders that lie in wait here. If you haven't, I have a hard time rapping words around the arcane magic of beauty and horror that this wonderful lady weaves. As usual for her, a simple synopsis is not easy to pull off, as we follow three apparently distinct tales. However, unlike some of her other works, this is one comes across a tad easier on unaccustomed readers since the stories stay pretty well to themselves until they are all tied in together. We've got a cop that has become too obsessed with answering the calls of victims of crimes to atrocious to be dealt whose sanity is crumbling under the weight of his inability to solve their cases. We've got a horror fan who, many years later, receives the first guy's scapbook of death and dishonor who begins displaying moving pictures of the victims final moments. Finally, we've got what could very well be the perfect assassin. Beneath it all is an exploration of human cruelty and degradation that manages to be even more shocking than what we saw in Dread in the Beast by grounding the violence in a more believable setting (until the final sequence, which goes totally for broke). Her writing style here is also more direct, almost Ketchum-like, taking away the shelter of the beauty of her words. This is a book that intends to wound, but she never leaves you bleeding. There is hope here, though it is found in paces few would bother to look. I also have to credit her with providing me with the best defense for a love of horror against those who think such things evil without resorting to psychobabble and excuses.

We're lucky to have a talent like this among us.