Nightlife: Hazardous Material, by Matthew Quinn Martin
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Nightlife: Hazardous Material, by Matthew Quinn Martin
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The story of monster hunter Jack and his partner Beth continues in Nightlife: As the Worm Turns…but first, take a short stroll down one of Nightlife's darkest streets in this horror e-novella praised as “thrilling, edgy, and scary as hell” (Jason Starr, internationally bestselling author of The Pack).Twenty-seven-year-old Jarrod Foster has hit a dead end. He spends his days disposing of hazardous waste and his nights wondering where it all went wrong. While gutting an abandoned roller rink, Jarrod discovers a bricked up video arcade still stocked with vintage games…which, three decades ago, was the site of the largest mass shooting in New York history. Jarrod’s boss lets him keep one of the arcade games—an oddity called Polybius that no one seems to have ever heard of. Jarrod hopes to sell it and start a new life, but one grim night, he drops a quarter into the game…and the game drops Jarrod right into a nightmare. As his life spirals into darkness, and his actions begin to mirror those of the long-dead spree killer, only one question remains…is Jarrod playing a game, or is the game playing him?
Nightlife: Hazardous Material, by Matthew Quinn Martin- Amazon Sales Rank: #702497 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-11
- Released on: 2015-05-11
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Praise for Nightlife: Hazardous Material"The last novella I liked this much was Stephen King's The Mist. Great stuff! Martin has fabulous chops, command of the craft, and wonderful instincts. Nightlife: Hazardous Material pulled me into his world from page one. His prose packs a real punch, and the eerie images he conjured lasts a lot longer than any quarter powered arcade game I ever played. Creepy as heck and utterly delightful." - Daniel Palmer, critically-acclaimed author of Constant Fear and Desperate"A taut, mesmerizing tale of horror, madness and video games. It's as if Stephen King penned Ready Player One. I've never read any novella like it. SO. GOOD." - T L Costa, critically-acclaimed author of Playing Tyler"Impossible to put down, with a level of tension that is truly terrifying. He possesses a true gift with horror, reminiscent of a young Stephen King. This story will keep you up at night!" - Melissa Macgregor, author of The Curious Steambox AffairPraise for Nightlife"Thrilling, edgy, and scary as hell, Nightlife is an outstanding debut and one of the most original takes on the vampire novel I've ever read." - Jason Starr, International Bestselling Author of The Pack"Nightlife completely creeped me out. Martin is a master of suspense. Keep me up all night again soon!" -Nancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling Author of Buffy: The Making of a Slayer"Doesn't get any darker than this; you can actually feel the blood spatter. Nightlife is the gutsiest debut I've read in a long time." - James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Science Fiction Legend"I don't think I've actually read anything like it!" - Bibliosanctum
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I loved how cleverly the author took the Polybius urban legend and folded it into his Nightlife universe By Tiffany Michele (BookAndCoffeeAddict) If you’ve never heard the real life urban legend of the Polybius arcade games, I highly recommend Googling it before reading this novella – I really think it will increase your enjoyment of the story. According to the legend, which may or may not have some basis in reality, in the early 80’s a handful of Polybius game cabinets were placed in a select few arcades in Portland, Oregon. Apparently, the game was highly addictive, to the point of long lines forming and fights breaking out over who got to play next game, and reports were made of players exhibiting symptoms such as blackouts, amnesia, and night terrors. Periodically “men in black” came and extracted some kind of unknown data from the machines, and then, suddenly, one day all the Polybius game cabinets disappeared without a trace.It is one of these game cabinets that Jarrod Foster stumbles upon in Nightlife: Hazardous Material.I loved how cleverly the author took the Polybius urban legend and folded it into his Nightlife universe. And the writing is fantastic – it’s the kind of writing that melts away as the story, short as it is, takes on a life of its own. In just a few short pages, the reader gets to know and really empathize with down-on-his-luck Jarrod Foster and the tension and suspense is perfectly gripping as his luck gets a whole heck of a lot worse and his world, and sanity, slowly slips out of his control. Did I mention the great twist ending? Or the scattered chapters that briefly detoured from the story timeline to mimic news reports and interviews with those close to Jarrod, adding dashes of dread about what was to come? Brilliant.I've never read this author before, nor have I had a chance to read the first book in the Nightlife series, but the little taste I got with this novella has me excited to read more.*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Gamers be ware... By Wendy B I recently ready Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream. It's a book about a crazy AI that traps a small group of humans within a chaotic, psychotic world, driving them all kinds of crazy with its mind games. I tried the video game based on the book, but quickly decided it wasn't my cup of tea. Other video games from books that I will avoid at all costs: Polybius.Nightlife: Hazardous Materials is a novella set in Martin's supernatural horror world that we first saw in Nightlife (reviewed by Mogsy and I here). A prequel of sorts, and though seemingly unrelated beyond the title, there is at least one name readers of Nightlife might recognize. I had thought we'd see some of the scary monsters from Nightlife, but Hazardous Materials offers something far more frightening by subtly expanding his world well beyond monsters in the sewers.It introduces the main protagonist, Jarrod Foster, a down on his luck young man scraping for cash with a job clearing out abandoned buildings no one else will touch. As he and his boss make their way through one such place, they discover a vintage arcade--the site of a mass shooting decades before. Martin intersperses news stories of other such shootings, grounding his work in reality, while slowly letting the creepy factor in, even before Jarrod finds the mysterious game called Polybius and falls under its spell.I've always wanted to have an actual arcade system, but Hazardous Materials has made me think twice about that thanks to Martin's ability to tease out a spine-tingling mystery that leaves me very much wanting to know how deeply the darkness of Martin's urban horror world runs.www.bibliosanctum.com
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Read this fun book, then do a search for the video game featured for extra chills By Wayne A McCoy 'Nightlife: Hazardous Material' is a short novel from part of another series. It works fine as a standalone novel and isn't too bad.Jarrod Foster is a struggling graphic artist. Meaning he is out of money and desperate to take any kind of job, including demolition of old buildings. On one job, he discovers a hidden treasure of old arcade games. But why are they hidden and boarded up in a wall, and why has someone written 'Die demon, die' near one called Polybius?Jarrod ignores all the rules of horror and takes the weird video game home and puts it in his house. He thinks he can sell it and make money, but not before the game attempts to consume him by making him play the game and do dangerous stuff.It all might tie in to events from years ago, and the articles and reports strewn between some chapters give glimpses of what has happened, and what might happen to Jarrod.It's a creepy story that's not so much grotesque and surprising, as it is subtle and frightening. Jarrod seems to be aware of what is happening, and seems to be powerless to battle against it. A lot happens in a short page count, and I had fun looking up the game Polybius after I finished reading the book. Strange and creepy fun.I received a review copy of this ebook from Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books, Pocket Star, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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