The Demon Who Ate Screams: A Short Tale of Terror (Land of Fright Book 40) By Jack ODonnell
A young martial artist battles a vicious demon who feeds on the tormented screams and dying whimpers of his victims The Demon Who Ate Screams is the fortieth horror story in the Land of Fright series of short horror stories Please note Land of Fright is intended for mature audiences A Demon Torments Him You may have heard parts of this story before It begins with a young martial artist forsaking violence for a peaceful way of life He has a hot temper and this always seems to get him into trouble so the young man goes to the temple to study under the wise monks to learn their simple ways and to learn how to keep his anger under control The young man continues to train in the martial arts of course as that is part of his holy life He uses kung fu to keep his body as fit as his mind He struggles to remain chaste and pure doing his best to ignore the sweet advances of a young woman he sees in the village on his rare visits into town but fails several times As you are probably aware of the tragic plights that befall most of these young men then you know something always happens to rip the young martial artist out of his peaceful life Always Either his sister gets murdered or a monster made of straw nearly decapitates him or the village he grew up in gets destroyed or a one eyed dragon stalks him or an ancient warrior made of stone attacks him or a demon torments him or his brother monks in the temple get slaughtered or a skeleton army assaults him or an entire school burns down with the children still inside Something bad always happens to rip the young martial artist away from his idyllic life in the temple forcing him to embrace the violent creature that exists deep inside himself Usually though not all of those horrific things happen to the same guy Except this time they did Step Into Fear Look for Land of Fright Collection I Land of Fright Collection II Land of Fright Collection III Land of Fright Collection IV or Land of Fright Mega Collection 1 These collections contain numerous Land of Fright stories gathered together in convenient volumes The Demon Who Ate Screams A Short Tale of Terror Land of Fright Book 40 Too Violent Did I say that Did I actually say that this book is too violent Well then if I said it it must be true. His nemesis is our hero Chakti our young monk in training Chakti does what he can to stop him from torturing and feeding off of the pain and torture of the people in his village And tries to destroy him with help from a few of his friends. The demon Drog Kuhn is a terrifying and ferocious beast and his appetite for torture and suffering is voracious So if you like a lot of blood and gore and bodies in bits and pieces then I m sure you are going to enjoy reading this one too The Demon Who Ate Screams A Short Tale of Terror Land of Fright Book 40
| The Demon Who Ate Screams: A Short Tale of Terror (Land of Fright Book 40) By Jack ODonnell |
| English |
| 78 |
| Kindle Edition |
.. This story is set in Ancient China You know the period of time that all the Kung Fu movies portray, The story is about an ugly mysterious demon who sustains himself by absorbing the pain and suffering of the people that he torments