{"id":16851,"date":"2022-03-16T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=16851"},"modified":"2022-03-14T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T02:45:09","slug":"review-just-a-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-just-a-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Just a Bite by Boris Bacic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16852\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-just-a-bite\/justabite\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/justabite.png?fit=255%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"255,408\" 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=\"justabite\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/justabite.png?fit=255%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/justabite.png?resize=255%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Just a Bite\" width=\"255\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/justabite.png?w=255&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/justabite.png?resize=219%2C350&amp;ssl=1 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 85vw, 255px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Just-Bite-Boris-Bacic\/dp\/9493229890\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G0J1CYMT63UO&amp;keywords=Just+a+Bite+by+Boris+Bacic&amp;qid=1646708144&amp;sprefix=just+a+bite+by+boris+bacic%2Caps%2C252&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Just a Bite <\/i><\/b><\/a><b>by Boris Bacic<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Butterdragons Publishing (March 22, 2022)<br \/>\n<\/b><b>230 pages; $12.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Reviewed by Joshua Gage<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boris Bacic is a horror author who has written more than ten novels, including collections of short horror stories. He&#8217;s been writing stories for years, ranging from genres like horror, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, suspense, etc. He&#8217;s been praised widely as an author who constructs compelling narratives and plots that will keep you at the edge of your seat. His stories regularly find their way among the top posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nosleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nosleep<\/a> and he&#8217;s had dozens of his stories narrated by famous Creepypasta YouTube narrators. His newest novel is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a Bite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a medical horror novel that\u2019s a quick read and will interest fans of body horror.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a Bite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opens with Phillip summoned to a laboratory, where Dr. Curtis meets him. Phillip is not used to being summoned in the middle of his sleep, so he knows this must be urgent. Still, Dr. Curtis\u2019s secrecy is maddening, and Phillip is frustrated until he sees a petri dish of PT-104, a man-made parasite that necrotizes the host and feeds on its flesh until it dies, but not before moving to another host. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsewhere, Melanie is on a date with Darren, which seems to go quite well until she\u2019s bitten by a stray dog. She doesn\u2019t think much of it until the wound starts wriggling with maggot-like creatures. Suddenly, she\u2019s starting to act strange, as though her body isn\u2019t her own. Will somebody be able to help Melanie before it\u2019s too late, or will her body rot and die in front of her while she slowly goes mad, dripping maggots that infect everyone around her?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a Bite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells an interesting tale that combines elements of mystery, body horror, and medical horror. All the elements are there for a solid, engaging narrative, but they lack the emotional depth that some readers might seek in reading. To be sure, Bacic is not setting out to write a Nobel Prize-winning novel chock full of literary merit and layered meaning, but there are times when the prose seems a bit sloppy or clich\u00e9d. However, the language and the writing isn\u2019t the point of this book; they are just tools used to propel the characters through the narrative, and if readers suspend their imagination and enter knowing that this is not a profound or deeply resonant book, they should have fun and enjoy themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a Bite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an amusing novel, especially if readers don\u2019t take it too seriously. Bacic has written the equivalent of a B-horror film, but there are no pretenses about what it is or why it was written. Bacic has set out to tell an engaging medical horror tale with intriguing mystery and gruesome body images and has succeeded in that task. Especially in the wake of the COVID pandemic, medical horror like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a Bite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes on an interesting social twist that will capture and engage readers. This is a short read, and one that\u2019s both engaging but not so over-the-top as to be cheesy or unbelievable, and horror fans who are willing to let a little sloppy writing or underdeveloped characterization slide for the sake of an entertaining tale will surely not be disappointed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a Bite by Boris Bacic Butterdragons Publishing (March 22, 2022) 230 pages; $12.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book Reviewed by Joshua Gage Boris Bacic is a horror author who has written more than ten novels, including collections of short horror stories. 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