Two dating soulmates have decided to take the next step and move in together. When a discolored patch of skin appears and takes a turn for the worst, the couple decide to get medical attention. Little did they know Death’s embrace has come to visit their apartment. Vince and Tom have an over indulgence for cleanliness. The OCD behavior is soon tainted by an infestation of cockroaches. The usual harmful agents of urine, feces and regurgitated fluids these tiny bugs leave behind can be transmitted to humans in more ways than one. Repulsive Polaroid photos and disturbing VHS tapes are discovered within a families household. The sickening images of brutal violence and unsettling violations are enough to lead the family members to their own deadly resolutions. “Photos don’t lie.” Author Robert Essig is holding an open house to the public and sharing a celebration of his man-made fourplex apartment building. Following the trials and tribulations of the occupants are the infrastructure of This Damned House. These multifamily homes are disturbingly designed with the most vile body horrors and critter features living under one demented roof. This Damned House brings the goosebumps that burrow under the flesh and secrete some of the most disturbing images I have read in a good while. If I had to describe Robert Essig’s writing style it would be…”Essig writes using all the colors of the rainbow…mainly infected grays, putrid greens and decomposing blacks.” Oh, and let’s not forget the grease painted clown providing backyard entertainment that would make Pogo The Clown think twice about his own personal performances. There is a good handful of authors that you can’t go wrong with. Robert Essig is one of those. So adjust that tracking on your VCR and grab the rubber gloves, ammonia and bleach…you’re gonna need it to enjoy these gruesome foursomes. 
In closing… If Hitchcock’s The Birds were an extreme/splatter story, Robert Essig would be writer, director and producer. I say we start a GoFundMe for the story, As I Lay Rotting. Who’s with me?! A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.
Infected Voices Publishing
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