A vampire, a werewolf, and a rusty pickup truck make for an unlikely trio of heroes in A. Lee Martinez’s Gil’s All Fright Diner. On their way to nowhere in particular, Earl, a vampire, and Duke, a werewolf, stop for a sandwich at an off-the-beaten-path diner that may be serving up more than grilled cheese and fries. Their first clue that things might not be as quiet as they appear in dusty Rockwood is the minor zombie nuisance that interrupts their meal. Well, Duke’s meal, that is. Earl had a bite earlier. Loretta, the diner’s proprietor, doesn’t seem to be too upset by the zombies except for the fact that she’s counted 181 of them so far and the local cemetery only has about 100 plots. Duke and Earl decide they had better stick around to see what’s going on.
Meanwhile, Tammy, or Mistress Lilith as Chad (her lone minion in her sadly underpopulated cult) calls her, wants little more than to unleash a few thousand ancient and evil gods upon an unsuspecting world. Can Duke and Earl figure out who is behind all of the strange happenings in Rockwood before Tammy, er… Mistress Lilith, brings about the end of the world? Will Earl fall for the cute ghost who hangs out at the cemetery behind the diner? If the local general store doesn’t carry blue candles for your ritual, will white candles and some blue spray paint do the trick? And just what happened to ol’ Gil anyway? To find out, check it out from the library!
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This is James Gilks (owner of http://serialkillercalendar.com and editor of Serial Killer Magazine). I love this book. I can't wait for this to be made in to a movie! It is a really refreshing look at the whole subject of vampires, werewolves and zombies. Throw some Douglas Adams style HP Lovecraft in there and you have the makings of a book that reads like a movie. Casting might be hard for something this good though. I just hope the do it right and get Tim Burton to direct it!
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