Winter-Damon is clearly a die hard fan of Rex Miller, and writes in a ribald stream-of-consciousness style that directly recalls Miller’s top-of-the-voice prose–there’s been speculation that Damon IS Rex Miller, even though the latter died in 2004 and TW-D as far as I know is still breathing (he’s the co-author of 05’s notorious depravity-fest DUET FOR THE DEVIL). These days it seems Miller and his writings are largely forgotten (as is this book, purchased off a discount rack for a whopping 50 cents), which is a shame, as his work still holds up.Īuthor T. Many of those flat-out suck, but Miller did turn out several memorable post-SLOB efforts, such as the hallucinatory ‘Nam saga PROFANE MEN and the Eichord-headlined thrillers SLICE and ICEMAN.
An explosively profane and transgressive creation, it featured one of the genre’s most unforgettable personages: Daniel “ Chaingang” Bunkowski, a raging psychopathic killer, and his foil, detective Jack Eichord, who was to be the protagonist of most of Rex Miller’s subsequent books.
In earlier years Miller was a radio DJ and collectible dealer, but his true calling was cemented by the 1987 publication of SLOB, a blistering serial killer mind-fuck. A spirited 100-page look at the life and fiction of the late Rex Miller, one of the most distinctive horror/mystery specialists of the eighties and nineties.
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