The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles [Kindle Edition]

William Vitka

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Book Description

(Featuring stories from The Hroza Connection)

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A collection of 14 Science Fiction and Horror tales.

From cloned Elvis-monsters wreaking havoc to the depths of Brooklyn, where slender things wait to prey on New Yorkers in their sleep. To the past where Jack The Ripper's murders may have been an attempt to save humanity. To an Arizona Air Force base where an ex-soldier makes unlikely friends with fabled gremlins.

And even to the near future, where God isn't dead, but two brothers need to find a way to kill Him to save existence as we know it.

The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles is packed full of adventures through time, blood and nightmares.

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Fans of The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles should be sure to check out more titles from Curiosity Quills Press:

• For gritty post-apocalyptic western filled with twists and terrors The Zona by Nathan Yocum.
• For excellent cyberpunk-fueled dark sci-fi, look for Shadow of a Dead Star by Michael Shean

Editorial Reviews

Review

In a collection that combines the imagination of Richard Matheson's Twilight Zone contributions, the macabre fun of Stephen King's Creepshow tales, and the almost-childishly cruel final twists of Tales from the Crypt, William Vitka invites us to join him in the fun that is The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles. -- Beauty In Ruins book reviews

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[Vitka's] work evokes the best of the "Twilight Zone" and "Tales from the Darkside." It's a completely fresh voice sharing a horror that feels as authentically eldritch as anything Poe and Lovecraft invented...It's the mark of great stories that even when you can guess the ending that the journey was worth the time invested. This collection meets--and exceeds--this goal every time. - Nerdcaliber.com

Product Details

• File Size: 2931 KB
• Print Length: 195 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press (January 7, 2013)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00AXTOBUS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray:
  Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,157,362 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, fun horror/scifi short stories! January 8, 2013

By Susie VL

Format:Kindle Edition

Usually when I do reviews, I summarize the plot. But how do you do that for an anthology of short stories? The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles are a collection of 14 very different stories: The Dangers of Field Work, On The Rocks, Bodily Harm, Smalley's Smirk, Urban Decay, Hell of a View, The Boneyard, The Thing In The Tunnel, The King Lives, Jack the Ripper Savior of Humanity, I Voyager, Janitors of the Cosmos and Best Friends Forever - Whether You Like It Or Not. Many of these stories have very sad endings. Some of them are hilarious. Some of them are just really fun and scary. I've picked out a few of my favorites to summarize:

The Dangers of Field Work - Sisters working in a field, looking for food, are suddenly attacked for no good reason. Can one of them stop the attack?

Hell of a View - A food vendor is waiting for the late-night crowd to come out of the club when suddenly the streets are filled with creatures killing everyone and an apocalypse begins. Can he get back to his family in time to save them?

Urban Decay - A bloody murder causes a NYC detective to look for the person behind the attack, but he may not be ready for what he discovers.

Jack the Ripper, Savior of Humanity - What if Jack the Ripper wasn't just a mindless killer? What if the purpose of the killings was to save humanity?

The Thing In The Tunnel - Something lives in the tunnels underneath NYC. And it's not nice...it's hungry. So hungry.

At first I thought the stories were all science fiction, and some of them are, but then they started to take a turn to the horror side of things. And that's when a light bulb went off in my head. The stories reminded me of the movies Gremlins, Creepshow and Tales from the Darkside. I absolutely loved those movies when I was a kid! And I've missed them! They just don't make movies like that anymore. But here was this book that was reminding me of how much I missed and loved this genre. And then the gargoyle story, Urban Decay, was next and OMG there's a gargoyle story! I loved the gargoyle story in Tales from the Darkside and now there was another. Not sure what my obsession with gargoyles is, but I love them.

Anyway, I generally don't like short stories (they're too short) so I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. And I really did. I will never look at ants the same, though, that I promise you.

So, to anyone who enjoys Science Fiction, Horror, the movies I referred to above and good writing, pick it up. It's worth the read. Read more ›

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for anybody who has fond memories of Rod Serling, the Creep, and the Cryptkeeper April 9, 2013

By Bob Milne

Format:Kindle Edition

In a collection that combines the imagination of Richard Matheson's Twilight Zone contributions, the macabre fun of Stephen King's Creepshow tales, and the almost-childishly cruel final twists of Tales from the Crypt, William Vitka invites us to join him in the fun that is The Space Whiskey Death Chronicles.

This a collection of stories both sad and sadistic, both fun and frightening, with endings that are often as horrid as they are humorous. You know Vitka is leading you down some dark hallways, but you can never quite anticipate what lies around that final shadowy turn.

The Dangers of Field Work is a perfect kick-off for the collection, a story that initially seems to be a grim bit of science-fiction, but which reveals itself to be something very different. On The Rocks actually is a chilling tale of hard science-fiction, with an ending that honestly surprised me, while Smalley's Smirk is a rather clever tale, dealing with broken down sex-robots and electronically transmitted STDs, that worked better than the basic premise suggests.

Hell Of A View was a creepy tale of one Halal vendor's desperate race to be reunited with his family before the apocalypse hits its peak. The Boneyard is, perhaps, the most Twilight Zone-like stories of the entire collection, an homage (of sorts) to one of Matheson's classics. The Thing In The Tunnel is a great slice of horror about the gruesome horror that lie within the tunnels deep underneath New York City, while Jack The Ripper, Saviour Of Humanity may prove to be just that.

Janitors Of The Cosmos is one of the smartest tales in the collection, in which two young men must hunt down and kill a god if they are to save the world, and would have made for a fitting final entry - except, of course, Vitka has to go all b-movie crazy with the gremlins in Best Friends Forever - Whether You Like It Or Not.

Just an all-around fun read, perfect for anybody who has fond memories of Rod Serling, the Creep, and the Cryptkeeper. Check it out. Read more ›

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars a perfect title February 6, 2013

By Eric Goodchild

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

It could have been easy to mess this up, but this anthology is just the perfect amount of space, whiskey, and death to chronicle a 5 star rating. Some truly exceptional stories, covering a plethora of genre niches, including my favorite (time traveling revisionist history). Not to be missed by any fan of sci/fi, horror, or fans of just a damn good read in general. Also a MUST read for anyone who has ever read any of author Vitka's other works - and if you haven't, come on already and jump in.