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Eat the Shadow

Pierre Martinez

4.5/5 ( ratings)

After a night out celebrating his 24th birthday, and getting recklessly inebriated off a slew of hard drugs and alcohol, Kenji stumbles his way home to find the mutilated corpses of his mother and kid sister. He’s attacked by their killers, three twisted yakuza goons apparently carrying out a hit. Barely escaping with his life, Kenji is about to make a run for it when he’s suddenly confronted by Renji – his dead brother’s ghost – who convinces him his sole purpose now is to avenge their family. Together, the two brothers – one dead/one tripping – embark on a bizarre and deadly rampage in pursuit of an infamously sadistic yakuza boss known simply as, “the Barracuda”. Yet along the way, through his perpetual state of altered consciousness, Kenji discovers the most savage monsters he’ll have to face… are the ones lurking in his shadow.

This story, like its title, is based heavily off Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow: the dark side of the subconscious that, when left repressed and untended, can pollute the mind and ultimately pervert our perception of reality. At its heart, Eat the Shadow is essentially a gritty revenger thriller that aims to explore the darkest depths of human consciousness – albeit in a very brash and unapologetically satirical way – blending elements of gore, dark humor, philosophy, psychedelia, and even the supernatural.

Pages: 56

Format: Kindle Edition

Eat the Shadow

Pierre Martinez

4.5/5 ( ratings)

After a night out celebrating his 24th birthday, and getting recklessly inebriated off a slew of hard drugs and alcohol, Kenji stumbles his way home to find the mutilated corpses of his mother and kid sister. He’s attacked by their killers, three twisted yakuza goons apparently carrying out a hit. Barely escaping with his life, Kenji is about to make a run for it when he’s suddenly confronted by Renji – his dead brother’s ghost – who convinces him his sole purpose now is to avenge their family. Together, the two brothers – one dead/one tripping – embark on a bizarre and deadly rampage in pursuit of an infamously sadistic yakuza boss known simply as, “the Barracuda”. Yet along the way, through his perpetual state of altered consciousness, Kenji discovers the most savage monsters he’ll have to face… are the ones lurking in his shadow.

This story, like its title, is based heavily off Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow: the dark side of the subconscious that, when left repressed and untended, can pollute the mind and ultimately pervert our perception of reality. At its heart, Eat the Shadow is essentially a gritty revenger thriller that aims to explore the darkest depths of human consciousness – albeit in a very brash and unapologetically satirical way – blending elements of gore, dark humor, philosophy, psychedelia, and even the supernatural.

Pages: 56

Format: Kindle Edition

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