When Graveyards Yawn [Paperback]

G. Wells Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 2002

MURDER IS STILL MURDER IN GREASETOWN Even if life has become a little complicated. Fifty years ago, at the end of the last Millennium we expected something bad to happen, but we never expected the Change. People stopped aging, the dead rose from their graves, it started raining and it's been raining ever since. Things looked so bad that everyone thought it was the end of the world, but a guy's still got to make a living doesn't he?

A dead lawyer enters the office of Wildclown Investigations and hires the detective to find his killer. Wildclown and his dead sidekick Elmo soon find themselves entangled in a battle for control of a secret that offers either hope or doom for humanity.

WHEN GRAVEYARDS YAWN takes the reader to a unique setting that mixes gothic horror with the two-fisted pragmatism of a hard-boiled detective novel.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...this book is outstanding. It defies classification." -- Blackat Studios Review

"G. Wells Taylor has taken the detective/mystery genre to new and horrific territory here." -- Creature-Corner.com

About the Author

G. Wells Taylor divides his time between promoting his books and writing the final installment of The Apocalypse Trilogy: The Fifth Horseman. Taylor lives in Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (January 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158851708X
• ISBN-13: 978-1588517081
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,750,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

G. Wells Taylor divides his time between promoting his books and writing GreenMourning, sequel to his popular and FREE horror/scifi novel: The Variant Effect.

Taylor's Kindle titles include The Apocalypse Trilogy: Book 1 - When Graveyards Yawn (FREE for Kindle), Book 2 - The Forsaken, and Book 3 - The Fifth Horseman; The Variant Effect & The Official Variant Effect Collector Pack; The World of Change books: Wildclown Hard-Boiled, Wildclown Hijacked, Menagerie - A Wildclown Novel, The Corpse - Harbinger; Bent Steeple and 6 - Portrait of a 21st Century Snuff Fighter.

Taylor lives in Canada and would like to thank his readers in advance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars [URL], May 12, 2002

By 

Jerry D. Mohrlang "Author of Sarawak and Muja... (Parachute, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Graveyards Yawn (Paperback)

Imagine for a moment a world following "The Change" in which the living never age, the dead rise from their graves, procreation is only a memory and the sun never shines. Toss in a first-class mystery and a cynical detective with a propensity for adult beverages by the name of Wildclown and you have a plot mix that makes a witches brew seem passé. Oh, and did I mention that Wildclown, appropriately enough, wears clown garb and
makeup, is often possessed by a disembodied entity and has a partner whose dead? Not many writers could pull so many diverse story-elements into one story and have it hold
together, but G. Wells Taylor has done it superbly. Not only is Graveyards believable, but Taylor's prose is impeccable. Wildclown, with his flawed personality, is a character
you may not like, but you will love his cynically humorous repartee and you'll be rooting for him all the way through this imaginatively clever novel.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A horror/sci-fi/noir/quasi-apocalyptic classic, December 3, 2006

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Devon Kappa (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Graveyards Yawn (Paperback)

This is the novel that taught me that POD books could be just as good, just as well-written, and just as entertaining as any contemporary fiction. I know that inspiration is a personal matter, and Graveyards may not have the same impact on you as it did on me. Nonetheless, there is much here to enjoy for anyone who appreciates hard-boiled mysteries (especially ones infused with apocalyptic overtones). The narrative pulses with real tension and menace. The violence is abrupt, brutal, and convincing. The mystery that drives the plot, although essentially a MacGuffin, is well-handled to the very end. And the more subtle enigma of the protagonist -- a man with two souls -- gives the novel the emotional heft of a true noir classic.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Wait for the Movie!, March 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: When Graveyards Yawn (Paperback)

I was amazed. When Graveyards Yawn takes some familiar ideas from detective and horror stories and ties them into a book that's totally unique, creepy and entertaining. Wildclown is a one of a kind detective, and Greasetown is just like its name. The writing is thought provoking and fun. And to help you get a feel for the novel Taylor also produced a huge, official web site dedicated to the story and its setting and characters. There are pictures and animations of the detective, characters from the book and an ongoing book launch party inside the book. Lots of stuff to keep you entertained for hours. This is one fantastic package. I can't wait for the movie!