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Blue collar tough Andrew White knows that in the rural community of Miller’s Fork bad things are best left in the dark. He soon learns that monsters wear many shapes.

In a populace rife with of vice and deception, something has broken loose… something hidden and feral. Set free from a neighbor’s barn, a force rampages through the locality. Hungry and insatiable, the berserk wrath unleashed from Mr. Solow’s shed is holds a darker secret than anyone could imagine.

Only a factory worker, a twisted biker, an unsure sheriff, and a wounded addict stand in the way of the beast. Can they put aside their differences and defeat what lurks inside them in time to defend what they love?

Come, peer inside the souls of Miller’s Fork and see if they possess the courage to stop the primal fury that is…HAWG.

"HAWG is a wild ride deep into the heart of rural darkness. This book was a blast to read. Fans of Edward Lee should be thrilled by this one."
~Bryan Smith author of HOUSE OF BLOOD and DEATHBRINGER.

"With HAWG, Steven Shrewsbury goat-ropes the squeamish and rides them bareback through a nightmarish horror yarn."
~Cullen Bunn, Writer, The Damned

"Like Rawhead Rex on 'roids, HAWG rips out all the stops with an unbridled berserker fury that will leave the most jaded readers as rattled as Ned Beatty at a pig-calling contest."
~Cody Goodfellow, Author of RADIANT DAWN and Co-Author JAKE'S WAKE

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HAWG

"The cast of characters includes a gang of tough bikers, a bewildered police force, some tenacious kids and a farmer who likes his religion dipped in fire and brimstone. These folks come across as very real, producing some great dialogue and often also a sense of fun. The occasional grin-inducing, theatrical lines are self-aware and saved for just the right moment. But it’s not all smiles, oh no. There’s extreme violence, an impressive body count and one scene in which a pair of kids are trapped and terrorised by the terrifying Hawg had me holding my breath. The gore is in-yer-face, but pleasingly not at the expense of story; consider it the ketchup slathered upon an already damned fine burger. So, any negatives? Only a couple. In the first half of the book, I had to flick back a couple of times to keep up with who was whom. The second gripe was a Hawg chase through a printworks. It was a blast at first – a joyous slab of carnage - but went on for just a couple of pages too long and I was getting bored by the time it finished, which was a shame. But overall, this book is bang on. There’s some cool ideas, nods to the genre and a strong sense of place. In fact, the pace and vision of Hawg would translate perfectly into a movie. The film-makers would need a stout cast, a talented director and truckloads of fake blood and offal to do it justice. You know you want to. Hawg needs to play. Matthew Fryer - Welcome to Hellforge http://matthewfryer.wordpress.com/"

Oct 30 2009, 18:52 PMby Matthew Fryer

Extreme fiction at it's most disappointing

"You're wondering what that subject line means. Vell, I'll tell ya'. HAWG is extreme like an Edward Lee novel: gory, gruesome, some sex, and is well told. Unfortunately, it was NOT well proofed, if at all. I found more typos and bad phrasings than I've ever seen in a published book before. It makes it difficult to read at times, which is a shame. I rated it 3 stars, but the story was really 5/5 and the proofing/editing 1/5"

Oct 30 2009, 18:21 PMby Robert F. Strauss

Lovecraftian horror on the loose

"I read this with trepidation, fearing a dog story. I was relieved to find only an escapee from Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls." Minus Lovecraft's purple prose and with plenty of sex and violence. Shrewsbury is a wonderful person and a fine storyteller, if you have the stomach for it."

Oct 30 2009, 18:19 PMby Richard Sparrow

A brand new monster

"HAWG is not for the squeamish or those who get nauseous at the site of blood, or internal organs for that matter. Steven Shrewsbury's novel is a violent roller coaster ride that takes the reader to the heights of depravity and then drops them screaming into violence and gore. The novel is far more than just a gore-fest though. The characters come to life on the pages, some for their heroic qualities and others for their less than perfect personalities. The main villain, HAWG, is a savage beast and Steven has masterfully created a monster that doesn't fit the classical mold. It's not a werewolf, or a vampire, or a zombie, but something new that comes brutally to life - it's just HAWG. If you want a horror story that will keep you on the edge of your seat and squirming the whole way then HAWG is just the story for you."

Oct 30 2009, 18:17 PMby Bret Jordan

Shrewsbury arrives with great modern horror novel

"HAWG begins with a buck, bang, and slash. Quite a stage-setting for what's to follow. The story becomes more and more intense as the book goes on. HAWG is something quite unique: a brand new monster. Recently, we've become deluged with murderers and torturers, and even zombies. Steven Shrewsbury's fresh imagination manages to blend the elemental tension of the high-stress modern horror story with the sideshow curiosity inherent in so many of our famous monster stories. Also, the book is quite well produced, I must say. So often, small press releases are plagued with poor design, typos, hard to read fonts. Not the case here. In fact, the quality rivals that of many top shelf house paperbacks I purchase. Cheers, and beware HAWG!"

Oct 30 2009, 18:15 PMby John Palisano

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