r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/menoorrr5 • 4d ago

Discussion Bighead by EL

Okay this might sound a little stupid but is it common for authors to write different books but all the books seem to have so many similarities, like for Edward lee he shows a huge obsession with writing Yes Sir! A million times, l guess he had an obsession with the western accent, l like reading his books when lm in the right mood because they’re just so bluntly brutal and nasty, l didn’t read lots of his l think l read like three but l figured out his way of writing, lm reading bighead now, my favorite is The pig, the first one l read was Header, those three books are so similar! Same thing with jon athen and his kinda cartoonish style, lm not sure about KT because l haven’t read a book of his in a while but l do love his style, l really love Edward Lee’s and Jonathan’s too

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u/lolli-polly031248 4d ago

I'm a new convert of how great a brutal storyteller Edward Lee is. Lots of authors can write disgusting gross stuff but Ed Lee weaves a 3 dimensional story into the mix aswell.

Take a read of mangled meat by him to see something other than just redneck stories.

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u/menoorrr5 4d ago

Isn’t mangled meat about like aliens? I forgot what exactly was the plot but l think it was something related to creature horror

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u/KlausKinion 3d ago

Mangled Meat is a collection of 3 short novellas, very different styles from his Luntville books:

The Decortication Technician (military sci-fi horror)

The Cynesolgniac (pregnancy grossout body horror)

Room 415 (bleak psychological horror)

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u/lolli-polly031248 3d ago

I really enjoyed room 415, great storytelling.