Member Since:
Feb. 07, 2013
Michael Noe
Biography
Michael Noe is a horror writer from Barberton Ohio. His short stories have been featured in a variety of anthologies and is the author of the novella Legacy. His second novel The Darkness Of The Soul is coming soon from Flat Lip Press. He is a huge horror and hair metal fan.
Where to find Michael Noe online
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Where to buy in print
Books
Blood Moon Rising 2: Into Darkness
by S.K. Gregory, Donald Armfield, & Michael Noe
Price:
Free!
Words: 27,370.
Language:
English.
Published: April 12, 2016.
Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
A collection of dark tales from the authors of Blood Moon Rising 3.
Smashwords book reviews by Michael Noe
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Psycho Proctologists and the Flaming Buttholes of Doom (Psycho Proctologists #1)
on Jan. 28, 2014
Any book that features a cameo from Kirk Cameron and The Westboro Baptist Church as the villains is a book I would have to read. I saw the title and yeah my inner ten year old was laughing like crazy. If you have a twisted sense of humor this is a book you have to read. Tons of demons that fart green fire, and a group of demon hunters that mesh together quite well. Did I mention that the book was funny and does feature a ton of great gross out humor? W.W. Pecker sent me a free copy of this and I thought that was pretty cool but given the title I wasn't expecting much in the way of storytelling. Anything with a title like this isn't going to be a book you would expect to have a plot right? The plot here is simple and straightforward. Despite the subject matter it is well written and yes, even juvenile at times, but that's really why I read it. This is a great beginning to a series that I plan on reading.
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The Ball Washer
on Feb. 17, 2016
When you pick up a free book you really have no reason to complain. You took a risk and now there you are looking at your Kindle or tablet screen in either indifference or anger. The Ball Washer is a collection of flash fiction stories that range from out right hilarity to cringe inducing. There's no middle ground in Manion's collection and that's not a bad thing. He offers no apologies and you shouldn't ask for them because the book is free. It's an opportunity to check out a new writer and if you don't like it well you're not out anything. I had actually read this awhile ago and thought I'd check it out again. Sometimes a book just deserves a second read. Manion's collection isn't for everyone. Sometimes it's crude, and downright offensive, but not every book released is going to appeal to everyone. It's almost as if he just writes about the first thing that pops into his head. It makes sense when you read a story about a guy who finds random pubic hairs in sinks and realizes that someone is washing their balls in the sink. That's the first story mind you. It doesn't get any easier or less offensive. The thing to remember is that as long as the stories are good it doesn't matter how offensive or crude you are there's also an audience for your work. Manion's style is one of indifference. These are all very short so there's a lot of stories crammed into this collection. As you read though the length of these stories is what really weighs it down. It just feels too long and sometimes you do hit a clunker of a story. It's expected with flash fiction but overall the good outweigh the bad and you wind up laughing out loud at a man trying out different handicaps for a week. Manion knows that he's never going to be a mainstream author and I don't think he cares as long as he connects with readers who share his sense of humor and don't mind that quite a few of his stories will no doubt offend someone. Regardless this is a freebie that introduces you to the writing of Lance Manion and it's not a bad intro just not for everyone.