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E book Assessment: DEAD SCALP | Horror World


Useless Scalp
Jasper Bark
Crystal Lake Publishing (July 29, 2025)
Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy

In search of your subsequent splatterpunk western? Look no additional. Jasper Bark has accomplished it once more with one other Useless Scalp story. The one rule in Useless Scalp is: Don’t lower your hair. And for good motive. You’re liable to be killed, in the event you do in a really ingenious approach. Useless Scalp is brutal, bloody, and harsh. It’s not a spot for the faint of coronary heart to dwell in and when you enter, you may by no means depart.

This guide may be learn as a standalone, which I appreciated. It was my first introduction to the wild splatterpunk west universe Bark has created and I ate up each second of it. The parable behind the city’s lethal curse is a depraved one. I gained’t spoil it for you however being a lifelong reader of Indigenous literature and people tales, I appreciated it vastly.

You’re in for a scary experience, in the event you choose up this story, so maintain on to your hat and saddle up your horse. When you’re feeling courageous, shave your mustache off and see what occurs subsequent, however I warn you, you’re not going to love it.

About Nora B. Peevy

Nora B. Peevy is a cat trapped in a human’s physique. Please ship assist or tuna. She toils away for JournalStone and Trepidatio Publishing as a submissions reader, is a co-editor for Alien Solar Press, the latest reviewer for Hellnotes, and has been revealed by Eighth Tower Press, Bizarre Fiction Quarterly,
and different locations. Normally, you will discover her on Fb asking for assist escaping from her human physique or to get tuna. Tuna is sweet. Cats like tuna.

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