{"id":7693,"date":"2016-04-13T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2016-04-13T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:18:14","slug":"review-a-mixed-bag-of-blood-by-david-bernstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-a-mixed-bag-of-blood-by-david-bernstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#039;A Mixed Bag of Blood&#039; by David Bernstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mixed-Bag-Blood-David-Bernstein-ebook\/dp\/B01BVSJYL0\/ref=sr_1_2?tag=geolinker-20&amp;s=books\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7695\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blood-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"blood\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>A Mixed Bag of Blood<\/em>\u00a0by David Bernstein<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Sinister Grin\u00a0Press\u00a0(March 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>130\u00a0pages; $11.99 paperback; $3.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve read several works by David Bernstein in the last few years and I&#8217;ve mentioned once or twice that no one is safe in one of his stories. It&#8217;s nice to know I&#8217;m not alone in this observation. Author Kristopher Rufty echoes that sentiment in his introduction to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Mixed Bag of Blood<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying &#8220;Nothing, or no one, is safe in Dave&#8217;s worlds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some very good stories in this new collection of ten horror tales from a writer who knows how to push all of my buttons: scary, gory, gross and, at times, humorous.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;The Trojan Plushy&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The collection starts with a tale of sweet revenge. When the man responsible for the death of Brad Raling&#8217;s wife and daughter gets off on a technicality, he reaches out to a witch, seeking vengeance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;T<\/strong><b>he Booglin&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; A delightfully disgusting tale of an intelligent booger. Dave&#8217;s imagination was working overtime on this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Eaten Un-Alive&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; A thoroughly enjoyable &#8220;what if?&#8221; story of what happens when the zombie apocalypse dries up the food supply for vampires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;It&#8217;s Nice Not To Have To Share&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; A special set of twin sisters who share everything&#8230;until&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Invasion&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The aliens are here and they plan to use cockroaches to get rid of humankind. This one is exceptionally gross. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Hundreds of cockroaches scurried out of, and across, his body. His left eye tickled from within, as if someone were brushing it with a feather. Immense pressure built behind the eyeball before it burst like a water balloon, the glutinous fluids inside running down his face, a cockroach crawling free.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Samurai Zombie Killer&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The title says all you need to know about this unusual take on the zombie mythos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Small Town, Big Trouble&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; A small town is terrorized for years by a Bigfoot-like creature. When the town guardians decide to take action, look out for the twist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Bad Cutlery&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Knives don&#8217;t kill people, people kill people, but knives can certainly talk them into doing the deed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Potty Mouth&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Peter has a bit of a potty mouth and his mother, who happens to be a witch, has had it. You won&#8217;t believe the punishment she comes up with in this stomach-turning gem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;STD&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Not for the easily offended and certainly not for the kids. This cringe-worthy story was enough to cause me to consider a life of celibacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you like to be grossed out by your horror and don&#8217;t mind suspending your disbelief for a few hours, I&#8217;m pretty sure you&#8217;ll enjoy this demented collection of horror from David Bernstein as much as I did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Mixed Bag of Blood<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available now in both e-book and paperback from Sinister Grin Press. \u00a0If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited you can read this one at no additional charge and if you are an Amazon Prime member you can borrow the book for FREE from the Kindle Owners Lending Library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mixed Bag of Blood\u00a0by David Bernstein Sinister Grin\u00a0Press\u00a0(March 2016) 130\u00a0pages; $11.99 paperback; $3.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington I&#8217;ve read several works by David Bernstein in the last few years and I&#8217;ve mentioned once or twice that no one is safe in one of his stories. It&#8217;s nice to know I&#8217;m not alone in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-a-mixed-bag-of-blood-by-david-bernstein\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#039;A Mixed Bag of Blood&#039; by David Bernstein&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[312,664,377,42,79,641],"class_list":["post-7693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-frank-michaels-errington","tag-a-mixed-bag-of-blood","tag-david-bernstein","tag-featured","tag-reviews","tag-sinister-grin-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;A Mixed Bag of Blood&#039; 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