I have read tons of extreme horror the past three years and I can tell you Beauregard brings you truly disturbing material.
The stories are carefully ordered to submerge you in a deep narration. The voice is low and calm, the author doesn’t use too many technicalities but his style is intricated, nevertheless.
That creates a wording which doesn’t take the easy way, it’s indeed very easy to read but not boring at all.
In my opinion, Beauregard has such an intelligent imaginary. His stories never end up as you thought, and as much as that is sometimes a constant factor in horror, he adds an element of sadness and unfairness that makes it even sharper.
For example, the first story about a woman who doesn’t want to give up on her dead fetus left me pretty shocked. I honestly never expected what happens at the end.
I thought I did, though. That’s why, after days, I keep on thinking about her. The psychological illusion of deciding the fate of others created by… hope? Who thought “hope” could become so perturbing and demolishing?
Do you know that kind of feeling you get in Criminal Minds when, as you don’t stay in the side of the psychopath, you feel so sorry for them because they showed you the childhood’s background, and you can’t but sympathise with them? You focus your worry on the broken mind of the killer more than on the poor butchered victim?
That specific feeling, which I find so fascinating because, in the end, it brings up our worst mask, is what I got all during the book.
That’s why this author is so special.
The care and warmth for his characters are present everywhere.
Summarising, the book felt short. I would have been reading for the whole night. It’s so pleasurable to turn the pages, the stories are filled with details and they satisfy your “horror” desire.
On top of that, I received a physical copy which contains amazing drawings. I’d dare to say they’re as disturbing as the writing.
The TOC and previous pages are decorated and altogether builds a little world that makes you feel you’re actually crossing the door —into a Dark Assembly.
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About the book
TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR DYSFUNCTION: This assembly of putrid tales will drag you into the darkest regions of humanity.
It will push extremes and test the mental and moral boundaries of those who choose to participate. Meet a woman who carries a dead baby inside her womb and also the belief that her stillborn fetus will somehow find life again.
Connect with a nomadic punk-rocker who’s out to make a quick buck when he’s presented with a sickening conundrum.
Join two teenage psychopaths as they bring hell to the suburbs on Devil’s Night. Follow a child of the streets who finally steered away from a life of crime only to be drawn back by a bizarre new drug.
Take part in a gruesome and nefarious ritual that can restore one’s innocence, or worm your way into the dark web beside a sadistic pedophile with a bottomless desire to kill and destroy.
How should you feel after digesting these admittedly obscene and repulsive stories?
Ask yourself if enjoying them makes you a horrible person or if hating them somehow justifies your journey into this storm of violence and perversion. For the sick and willing, please join in our Dark Assembly…
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About the author
Aron was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He’s been writing horror since the 6th grade when his parents discovered a short story titled “Zombie Child” wedged in the back pocket of his dirty acid-washed jeans. It was about a teenager who couldn’t score the girl of his dreams in life so he decided to kill her and accidentally impregnated her corpse… You can imagine where it goes from there. Needless to say, his parents were not thrilled by this tale and rather than acknowledging his creative genius suspected he might be a budding serial killer.
Regardless of what he did in his life, horror always followed him. After pursuing careers (which ultimately failed) in music, filmmaking, and full-time drug use, he eventually circled back to his bloody bread and butter: writing highly disturbing and bizarre material that tends to explore the human potential for evil. After tooling around for decades, he’s finally started publishing his work (to the applause of a handful of deranged perverts).
He also contributes to the Evil Examined Podcast where he explores the most strange and horrifying events in the history of humanity with his lady and friends. He emits a Manson-esque charm through the pathetic platform, peddling his works of smut and violence to any goon willing to listen. When you enter his realm, be prepared to embrace the ugly and FEEL THE SPLATTER!
