{"id":17396,"date":"2022-11-18T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=17396"},"modified":"2022-11-13T01:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T06:37:49","slug":"review-maggots-screaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-maggots-screaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Maggots Screaming by Max Booth III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-maggots-screaming\/maggotsscreaming\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maggotsscreaming.jpg?fit=313%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,500\" 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=\"maggotsscreaming\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maggotsscreaming.jpg?fit=313%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17397\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maggotsscreaming.jpg?resize=219%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Maggots Screaming\" width=\"219\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maggotsscreaming.jpg?resize=219%2C350&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maggotsscreaming.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 85vw, 219px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Maggots-Screaming-Max-Booth-III\/dp\/1943720681\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27L167ZPDQ4LM&amp;keywords=maggots+screaming+by+max+booth+iii&amp;qid=1662245230&amp;sprefix=maggots+scream%2Caps%2C153&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Maggots Screaming<\/em> by Max Booth III<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Ghoulish Books (April 2022)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>342 pages; $17.67 Paperback; $5.99 ebook<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonCancre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Cancre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Max Booth III has set himself up as the king of turning the worst ideas on the planet into absolute gold. Two old friends arguing in a basement because one thinks he is a werewolf? Killer. A family stuck in their bathroom? Heartbreaking. A father and a son dig up their own corpses from the back garden\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yup, that is the elevator pitch here. At best, a minute-long gag filling space in a cheap anthology film. WEIRD! CREEPY! DONE! And we move on with our lives.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But not Max. Nope. He manages to turn it into a stupidly engaging\u00a0 book.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I think it has to do with the combination of his off-kilter sense of humor, honest sense of warts-and-all humanity, and ability to always find somewhere weirder to go with the story. That right there is a winning combo. Sure, every creative writing teacher in the world would be apoplectic at the lack of the standard plot arc and character growth, but he somehow makes it work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So, yeah. Get <em>Maggots Screaming<\/em>. Have a good time with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggots Screaming by Max Booth III Ghoulish Books (April 2022) 342 pages; $17.67 Paperback; $5.99 ebook Reviewed by\u00a0Anton Cancre Max Booth III has set himself up as the king of turning the worst ideas on the planet into absolute gold. Two old friends arguing in a basement because one thinks he is a werewolf? 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