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The Vampires are Running the Asylum!

Wormwood Asylum, a private mental hospital located in Southwest Virginia, specializes in treating adolescent psychoses, including Renfield’s Syndrome, an obsession with drinking blood. But when a young man is committed to Wormwood because he believes he’s a vampire, it turns out he wasn’t lying, and soon rapacious revenants are running rampant through the rural mountain community. To fight the blatant bloodsuckers, the local sheriff teams up with a candy striper and her moonshiner grandpa, who just happens to have an arsenal of war-grade weapons stored in his prepper bunker, for a bloody country hoedown of epic proportions.

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August 31, 2022
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B9JSW5YB
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3935 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 267 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #721,488 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,902 in Gothic Fiction
- #15,634 in Horror (Kindle Store)
- #30,488 in Horror Literature & Fiction

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"R. Saint Claire shows a lot of talent and promise." Horror Palace

"Claire is an absolute talent." Kay Oliver, author and editor

Regina writes adult and young adult fiction, but always with a dark flair. Writing honors include a Watty Award for best horror novel and multiple screenwriting awards, including a Webby Honoree. Regina is also the contributing editor of the bestselling Local Haunts: A HorrorTube Anthology. Find Regina, and her alter-ego Batilda, at her BookTube channel, Regina's Haunted Library, and on her blog RSaintClaire.com.

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Jeremy Fee

Phenomenal Realistic Vampire Story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 17, 2022

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I purchased Code Red as a paperback from Amazon. A while back, I became a fan of R. Saint Claire’s writing and BookTube / HorrorTube channel: Regina’s Haunted Library. We’ve interacted in the comments and participated in a buddy read. Despite my online interaction with Regina, and developing professional relationship, this is an honest review.

I’ve previously read and enjoyed short stories by R. Saint Claire in the anthologies Local Haunts, Served Cold, and We’re Not Home. I’ve also read her novella Unmasked and her story collection Women in Trouble. With all that in mind, I feel like Code Red is R. Saint Claire’s masterpiece work thus far; this book was phenomenal and fun to read. The tagline on the cover “The vampires are running the asylum” was also a great marketing move.

I love the way the author captures small-town culture. There’s a charm to these characters and their way of life, which is nice to see before the inevitable vampire carnage. They felt like real people reacting to the tragedy and horror around them. I highly recommend this story collection for fans of horror, especially for fans of realistic vampire stories.

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junkboy1960

perfect halloween read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 23, 2022

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as always, saint claire delivers and never fails to prove herself as a great storyteller. i loved that this story was a combination of horror and humor. a win-win combination. she always proves her versatility and that's what makes me come back for more and look forward to the next book!

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Kelli

I wanted this one to work!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2022

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An asylum gets a new patient. He has a mental illness and suffers from symptoms that cause cravings for blood as food! In other words: He believes he is a Vampire.

"Very rare" the head Psychiatrist says to the patient's parents. Not to worry though. As this is the best facility to provide the best treatment of course.

One tiny problem. He's a real vampire.

As you can anticipate. The vampire turns the facility upside down. Creating and unleashing a group of looney tunes turned vampires. There is gore, yet somewhat frightful, and solid attempts at humor. Unfortunately, it reads more like a script, and not a good one at that.

Perhaps there's a movie to be made from this. As a horror novel alone, it cries amateur and screams for a backup writer to make it work. Thanks BooksGoSocial via NetGalley for drc.

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greyfjr

Like a satisfying, but no fussy, meal from your Mom, if she was a vampire.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 31, 2022

I won a Code Red paperback from the author at her youtube channel, Regina's Haunted Library. She did not ask for anything in return. This is the least I could do. Thanks to Regina for her generosity.
Code Red is a fun ride on the back of a 3-wheeler, with a road block or two along the way, or maybe a vampire. Code Red indeed. The story begins with a Mom and Dad driving into a small town with their sick son in the back. One parent strikes me as entitled (though not explicitly stated), the other just strikes. R Saint Claire's writing inspires quick, page turning confidence, economically creating relatable flesh and blood (sorry, not sorry) characters with important details and convincing dialogue, lifting them above stock. Evocative atmosphere is painted without unnecessary brush strokes, reminds me of vampire lore. The author has a lot of fun with mountain grandpap Silas Cooter, making me smile and laugh. I definitely wouldn't decline sitting on ole Silas' porch, with a special brew, listening to him pick his banjo. The objectification, dismissal and sexism women endure on a daily basis is smartly included, but not heavy-handed. Code Red is like a very satisfying, but not fussy, meal cooked by your mom. If she were a vampire.

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Unique spin on the Vampire genre

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2022

In Code Red R. Saint Claire weaves one heck of a tale. From reading the blurb I thought I knew what to expect, figuring it would be a rather straightforward vampire story, and yet it’s way more than that. It has well fleshed out characters, great pacing…seriously the build up is fantastic. It’s not in your face horror right from the start, in fact it isn’t until 40-50 % in that things start to get bloody. Rather it’s a steady build up as little bits and pieces of information are dished out, getting you more and more connected to the characters and keeping you engaged and wondering what will happen next. R. Saint Claire is a new author to me but based on Code Red she’s one I’ll be keeping an eye on from now on. 4.5 stars. Thanks so much to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read and review an eARC of Code Red.

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Priscilla Bettis

Southern Gothic Drama and Gore

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2022

Code Red is R. Saint Claire’s hillbilly Gothic story about vampires in western Virginia. It’s dramatic, humorous, and gory.

If you’re a fan of Saint Claire’s, then you already know she can crank up the drama knob. She takes scary creatures, in this case vampires, and plunks them in a soap-opera-like plot. A tad cheesy, but it keeps you turning pages!

The characters in Code Red speak in hillbilly cliches to the point where everything is absurd, and you're left laughing ’til the moonshine comes out your nose.

The vampires are violent and hungry and well written. It’s like splatterpunk, except when the real gore hits you’ve come to care about the characters. So there are some truly emotional moments, not just blood everywhere.

Decay, isolation, darkness, and a mad scientist–all Gothic tropes–fit neatly into this genre story.

Overall, Code Red is great fun, five stars!

I received an advanced copy from the author with no obligation to review, but I’m happy to share my thoughts.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2022

This was one wild ride; full of suspense, gore, action and horror. A different kind of vampire story with references to other horror books, whether intentional or unintentional, but definitely original. Could easily see this as a film.
Loved it!

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Andrew

The premise is a great hook but there's so much more to enjoy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 10, 2022

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“Lavender mist drifted through the Appalachian dawn like smoke from a double-barrel shotgun.”
So starts Code Red by R Saint Clair, and she is on fire with this latest offering.
When the book was announced I was a complete sucker for the premise (forgive the pun): a private mental hospital in Southwest Virginia is overrun by vampires. I came for the vampires, and their insidious threat grows in the background to explode at around the midway point of the novel. What I wasn’t expecting was that by the time that happened, I’d already been pulled into the intertwining lives of our protagonists, who will eventually form a ragtag, armed response to the supernatural threat.
This disparate group of people all jump off the page; each has their own unique views of the world and ways of speaking. I was having a blast just spending time in their company, observing their overlapping lives, hopes, regrets and frustrations. When they came, the vampires – the very thing I purchased this book for – became the icing on the cake!
I’m a fan of Saint Clair’s writing (I’ve only read her horror offerings to date). Her short story collection ‘Women in Trouble’ is highly recommended as a primer; ‘Unmasked’ is a twisted riot, and ‘Fashion Victims’ is crying out to be filmed as an homage to Italian giallo horror of the 70s and 80s. With ‘Code Red’ her pacing, characterisation and turns of phrase (especially the colloquialisms of our protagonists) have found another gear.

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