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Terror Town Kindle Edition

by James Roy Daley (Author), Books of the Dead (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
3.4 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING HORROR TITLE.

Killer on the warpath. Monsters on the street. Vampires in the night. Zombies on the hunt. Welcome to Terror Town, the place where no one is safe. Nothing is sacred. All will die. All will suffer.

From the mind of James Roy Daley, author of The Dead Parade, comes one of the most brutally violent horror stories ever written.

Author's note: Terror Town, my second novel, was written before I had started my publishing company, Books of the Dead Press. Originally, the rights for the book had been signed away to two separate publishers, one was planning to release the trade paperback and the ebook while the other had dibs on the hardcover. After my publishing company was created I reacquired the rights before the book had been released. Terror Town is now available in paperback and ebook formats; currently there is no hardcover edition.

Unlike my first novel, The Dead Parade, I wanted the plotlines in Terror Town to break some of the writing “rules” I had learned in school. I wanted to explore a little, and find out what happens when you add an extra amount of some components, and remove some of the others. I also decided to push the horror element up a notch, so the book is quite graphic once it gets going.

I can now safely say that messing with the writing rules can bring mixed reviews. I’ve had people tell me that Terror Town is one of best horror books ever written, while others have said they hated it. Also, graphic violence, I’ve discovered, is something that many horror fans do not enjoy, which honestly surprises me. Somehow watching gory stuff in films is amazing but reading gory sentences is considered too much. Strange.

One of my favorite books is Stephen King’s ’Salem’s Lot. The amazing thing about Mr. King’s storytelling is his ability to make the reader believe that a town like ’Salem’s Lot exists, with real people living within it. He sets up a lot of characters and makes sure to bring each of them to life. By crafting his story this way his town comes alive on the page. And later on, when he destroys the world he created, the reader feels it.

That’s what I aimed for––I created lots of rich characters, and I did my best bringing the town to life before knocking it over.

There are too many stories with no “real” town, country, or planet. Too many tales where the author decides to obliterate something that had not yet been created. Saying “the city was overrun with monsters” is not the same as showing it.

Terror Town is a BIG book––lots of characters, lots of plot lines, lots of monsters running wild in the streets. You know how everything turns crazy in the film, The Cabin in the Woods? That’s how extreme everything becomes in Terror Town. There is an absolute TON of stuff happening, and the story develops into something that is as violent, gory, and as gruesome as possible. Also, there’s a villain inside Terror Town that is the true embodiment of evil. The way his mind works is atrocious.

So, is Terror Town the right book for you? I don’t know.

If you like the hardcore books from Edward Lee, Brian Keene, and Jack Ketchum… then maybe. But make no mistake… Terror Town is hardcore horror, not for the squeamish. Meaning, if you want your fiction to be soft and gentle, this is probably not the right book for you. But if you're thinking about walking on the wild side, maybe just once, strap yourself in… this book is it.

Happy reading.

~James Roy Daley
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"Reminiscent of the early works of Stephen King and John Saul. Five stars!" ~Matt Hults, author of Husk
"Do you remember discovering Robert R. McCammon, or King's Carrie? Reading Terror Town you'll experience that same dark funhouse gravity. Recommended!" Author, Simon McCaffery
"I consider Terror Town Daley's magnum oPUS. Five stars."~M.C. O'Neill, Royal Manaball
"The most disturbing, graphic, and disgusting book I've read in my entire life. You MUST read it!" ~Eliose J. Knapp, author of The Undead Situation
"Twisted, unpredictable and deliciously morbid. The ultimate Scarefest!" ~Lipstick Indie

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Killer on the warpath. Monsters on the street. Vampires in the night. Zombies on the hunt. Welcome to Terror Town. The place where no one is safe. Nothing is sacred. All will die. All will suffer.
From the twisted mind of James Roy Daley, author of THE DEAD PARADE, INTO HELL, and 13 DROPS OF BLOOD, comes one of the most violently brutal stories ever told.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004H1T9H8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Books of the Dead Press
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 21, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.7 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,752,713 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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    3.4 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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James Roy Daley

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JAMES ROY DALEY is a writer, editor, and musician. He studied film at the Toronto Film School, music at Humber College, and English at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Terror Town, Into Hell, 13 Drops of Blood, Zombie Kong, and The Dead Parade. In 2009 he founded Books of the Dead Press, where he enjoyed immediate success working with many of the biggest names in horror. He edited anthologies such as Zombie Kong - Anthology, Best New Vampire Tales, Classic Vampire Tales, and the Best New Zombie Tales series.

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  • wolfegang76
    5.0 out of 5 stars A ROLLERCOASTER of tasty morsels! Loved this BOOK!!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2011
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    Wow. This book was one of the first I read on my new Kindle. Since I was a young boy, I loved reading stories of horror, mystery, survival. After purchasing Edgar Allen Poes "complete works" for my kindle, I also wanted to get another "horror" book to start my renewal of reading adventures. I searched and searched on Amazon, looking at best reviews for Horror Fiction, and I stumbled upon this book known as Terror Town. (also I read a bio and it said that James plays the drums, and I do too, so I wanted to help a fellow musician out...) I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. Wow. I bought it yesterday at 1:00pm and finished it this afternoon. (No, it's not a short story!) Yes, I truely haven't been able to put this book down. The clever, creative imagery used in this book is still flashing in my head throughout my day. I had to come here and write about it. This book will suck you in and you will suddenly feel like a kid in a candy store: wanting to know more, to read more to see what happens next. Literally, you will be hooked. Your current awareness of the "macabre" will be thrown into a blender, shot through a gun, blasted into pieces and pile drived straight into a real tangible hell. I have never heard of James Roy Daley before, but I will be sure to recommend this book to anyone who likes reading horror fiction stories. On a secondary note, I went to the publisher website and purchased another INCREDIBLE book called "Husk", based on James write up about it. Also a must read! I am purposely leaving out details Terror Town, as when I read reviews on this book, too many of them mentioned details I would have much rather found on my own. Trust me, this book will take you into a realm where you never expected to go, you'll envision things you can't believe you are reading. The words will lock your attention fast and hard, don't forget to breathe and keep the lights on.
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  • Janeque M. Woods
    4.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously Frightening (no pun intended)
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2011
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    This was the first book I've read by this author. TERROR TOWN...hmmm...it sounded like terrifyingly good fun. "Why would you read a book like that? there's something wrong with you!" says my mother, who enjoys a good werewolf and vampire book every now and then. Anyway, I read the sample-and i had to pause. i was impressed but i had a weird feling in the pit of my stomach as i read it. I wasn't sure i should continue...well as luck would have it I had a few extra dollars in my Kindle book fund so I bought it. I have read hundreds of books and I have NEVER come across a character so evil, so disturbed, so depraved as Nicholas Nehalem. This man..this creep...this...crazy SOB-was unlike any character I had read before. He is just...i don't think i have the right words to describe him. He was awful...and awful is a good adjective. Anyway, TERROR TOWN was frightening (frightening enough not to read it at night...alone). The author did a very good job at developing the characters and the fear they experienced. He is also very descriptive...maybe a little too descriptive (he said something about a pile of entrails in the baby seat...really? that's a vision i want with me when i go to bed lol). There are a few questions that i had at the end of the book and there were a few times when things just didn't add up for me. all in all TERROR TOWN was a great read. I look forward to reading other bonechilling, mind-bending works by James Roy Daley. Keep them coming!!!
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  • Evin
    2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Mess
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2014
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    Terror Town begins with a man finding a hidden trapdoor to a seemingly bottomless pit in the basement of his summer home, and soon enlists the help of a few friends to investigate, unwittingly setting off a chain of events that threaten to destroy the town.

    I was set to like this book after readying the sample, but the initial plot has little to do with the overall story really. Let me start with the good. The writing is decent, but could have done with more editing. I noticed a number of distracting spelling and continuity errors that marred it, though not enough to be a true issue. Secondly, Daley knows how to write interesting, convincing back stories for his characters, though unfortunately the reader will see that this talent is largely wasted amidst the plot. It's no spoiler to say that the survival rate is very low in the book - the author usually tells you far ahead of time that someone is going to die. This sucks a lot of the tension and emotional investment (whatever is possible before a character dies) out of things quickly.

    Unfortunately, the character dialogue is very stilted at times, both towards formality and coyness. The latter is particularly bizarre considering the unrelenting brutality of the book. Having a character say "oh man, this is terrible" after having vividly describing someone else's head being caved in felt wooden. Secondly, the characters often spend far too much time in their own heads, even when they're supposed to be numbed into shock. This is especially true during what were supposed to be tense action scenes that allow the character so much time to think I could only imagine the monster who was rushing at them standing off to one side checking its watch as the character ponders the impossibility of it all and what they should do next.

    Another positive, for some, is that if you like torture porn, sadism, gore, and brutality, then this book will be right up your alley. The book is unflinching and no one is safe from death. I have no problem with this aspect - books like Clickers are very similar. Daley takes it to the extreme though, turning it into an almost parody at times, and by the end the whole shock has worn off and become a tedious slog through another long description of death and mayhem. Perhaps this was a purposeful attempt to shock the reader into the same numbness that the characters feel at the actions before them, but as a reader I'm not interested in paying someone else for that feeling.

    Ultimately, this piggybacks on the big problem of this book - that shocking and graphic description of atrocities was in lieu of a cohesive story. There feels like three different novels are present piecemeal here, each of them appealing to a different audience. None of them feel fleshed out, complete, or satisfying as a result, and only the barest level of internal logic exists.The story is helped along by a combination of bad luck, convenient coincidence, and absurd levels of stupidity on the part of the characters. In this way the plot only serves as a conveyor belt to carry the story from one contrivance to the next and to offer the characters up to the next atrocity.

    I wanted to like this book, but I couldn't. It's too focused on shock value, too schizophrenic, and ultimately just not fun to read unless you're a torture porn fan.
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  • Suzanne Delaney
    4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the serial killer character!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2012
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    This book started off in such a fast paced way and had me completely hooked. The author has a refreshingly snappy, matter of fact way of describing events, and this isn't something that a lot of authors can pull off without making their work sound juvenile. The story is of a small town that begins to fall to pieces. This is where the story became a mix of everything horror that the reader can imagine. In parts we had vampires, in other parts we had monster crabs, and in another part we had a serial killer. I would have preferred the book to be about one or the other as I found myself glossing over the zombie / crabs / vampire bits etc as it was just a little too fantastical to take in. Having said that, the major character for me, and the one that the author did an absolutely amazing job of portraying was Nicholas, the serial killer. The stuff this guy gets up to will make your eyes water and I feel that the author would have had a complete book's worth of action had the story been solely about Nicholas. Nicholas is in the background as the town is going to pieces with the invasion of creepy critters, and resurfaces neatly with the action going on elsewhere. The book has lots of blood and gore, and the author describes the setting perfectly so that the reader can picture the area totally. I felt that the ending was a little rushed, and would like to have had more of an explanation as to where the critters came from. I also noticed as I progressed through the book an increase in the number of typos. This, however, did not detract from my enjoyment of the book. A good read.
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  • Lyndsey Kirkwood
    1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst books ever........
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2011
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    ........fact. I hoped and hoped it would at some point get better but no :( very disjointed story, it actually struck me as being several stories just pasted randomly page by page. Not one of the characters is likeable or has an ounce of intelligence and you actually didn't really care if they lived or died. Truly cannot believe how bad this book was, please don't waste your time.
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  • Donna Powell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Captured my imagination
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2013
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    Reminded me of early Laymon. Gruesome but fun and generally good characterisation. If you like a horror book this is for you.
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