{"id":13361,"date":"2019-09-18T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2019-09-18T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:06:34","slug":"review-walk-darkness-down-john-boden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-walk-darkness-down-john-boden\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Walk the Darkness Down by John Boden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13362\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-walk-darkness-down-john-boden\/walk-the-darkness-down-cover-low-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res.jpg?fit=471%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"471,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res.jpg?fit=471%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13362\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res-226x350.jpg?resize=226%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res.jpg?resize=226%2C350&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Walk-the-Darkness-Down-cover-low-res.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 85vw, 226px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Walk-Darkness-Down-John-Boden\/dp\/1950565564\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=walk+the+darkness+down+boden&amp;qid=1565200152&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Walk the Darkness Down <\/em>by John Boden<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Macabre Ink (June 2019)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>170 pages; $10.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadLutzke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chad Lutzke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1800s, it\u2019s easier to kill and get away with it&#8212;if that\u2019s your thing. Walking into a saloon, collecting body parts, and leaving out the front door doesn\u2019t exactly trigger sirens and a team of forensic scientists, but there\u2019s always someone you\u2019re likely to run into that\u2019ll try and put a stop to your slaughtering ways.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter our unlikely group of protagonists, comprised of a man on the run and a young boy and his mutant sisters he keeps in a sling around his neck like two hairy apples. They all end up on a quest of sorts to put a stop to Levi&#8212;one of the most repulsive man-things you\u2019re likely to read about this year, or the next. Two words: Fingernail armor. Levi is one of the most brutal antagonists I\u2019ve seen in quite some time, yet Boden manages to force a tear out of us that\u2019s shed just for poor Levi as the evil within him forces a slow transformation that easily rivals Brundle-Fly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of the aforementioned group, there\u2019s a few more very likable characters, including Jones, a man after the guy he thinks may have killed his Ma. That guy being our man on the run. This provides more tension in the story and a meet-up that is inevitable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boden presents unique, otherworldly visuals and characters in this <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wizard of Oz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-esque, Tolkienish adventure that feels more like Joe Lansdale-meets-80s-body-horror-meets-<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunsmoke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The pages turn easily and quickly as we wait to see what other oddball characters or events he presents. And of course, there\u2019s justice that needs bringin\u2019, and any reader who\u2019s started the read will be anxiously awaiting that outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weirdness, the creepiness within <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walk the Darkness Down <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comes from Boden\u2019s own mind.\u00a0 There are no copycats here. You haven\u2019t been here before. This feels new, unpredictable, and fresh. This weird western is easily in my top favorite books of the year and secures my love for Boden\u2019s work now more than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walk the Darkness Down by John Boden Macabre Ink (June 2019) 170 pages; $10.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Chad Lutzke In the 1800s, it\u2019s easier to kill and get away with it&#8212;if that\u2019s your thing. 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