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Great tribute to the fun side (“kitsche”) side of the 1950s! Great stories all the way throughout. Different takes on music scene, hot rod racing, monsters, creature movies, post-war culture, just cool all around. Art work by Steve Chanks is amazing! Adds an even higher level of caliber to the book. Favorite stories are Seanan McGuire’s The Golden Girls of Fall, Gary Phillips’s The Demon of the Track, and Bill Pronzini’s Hot Babe (and others).
-->I received a free copy of this in exchange for an honest review.<--A horror collection that promises in its introduction to bring you to the dark side of the 50s, in contrast to the idealized perfect time of America that it's often thought of. Well, it does just that... and also throws in goofy, zany, and just generally fun over the top everything for good measure.Not to worry though, there is plenty of horror still, it just clearly embraces the silliness of the era. Most of the stories all h...
Superb collection of stories about the rockin’ rockabilly era! Great execution and an amazing roster of bestselling authors. Absolutely loved this book.
One of those rare books that falls directly at the intersection of most of my interests.
What an awesome, fun kick-a@@ book, all new short stories that are set around the wild and weird side of the 1950s! Rock & Roll and racing hot rods and one of the best line-up of authors I’ve ever seen in one place. Max Allan Collins (ROAD TO PURGATORY!) and Matthew V. Clemens bring a supernatural investigator who thinks he’s dead to track down a rock-singling werewolf. And Weston Ochse (SEAL TEAM 666) has two Korean War veterans off to rescue a pair of mermaids taken to sex slavery by the Finni...
I was lucky enough to get to read an advanced reader copy. Pop The Clutch sets a high bar for 2019 and short story anthologies. It’s rare that an anthology of this size is so consistently great, but Pop The Clutch delivers. The concept is brilliant: horror stories based on the 50s, or idealized 50s, hotrod, b-movie, greaser culture. Cue the Cramps for the Big Beat from Badsville. From the table of contents I recognized so many favorites I knew I was in for a treat, but the thing that surprised m...
I missed the Fifties. Born in the mid-Sixties I barely (and I do mean barely) remember the Moon Shot. However I grew up on a steady diet of "creature features" from that earlier decade, mostly from American International Pictures. (I should have had AIP tattooed on a bicep.) So I relished Pop the Clutch, an anthology featuring a lot of monsters, hot rods, and switchblade wielding JD's. I freely admit I purchased this book to get my hands on the Kasey and Joe Lansdale collaboration, but I found a...
You can't go wrong with a book that rips off the candy coating of the 1950's and rubs a bunch of dirt on it. While some of the stories in this anthology sorta fizzle out, they are all a blast to read. There are enough gems in here to make up for the not so good ones.
I really enjoyed this one. It’s something a bit different from the norm. I am a fan of the fifties. Love the music, liked the clothes and styles and often say if I could have turned eighteen at the start of any decade, that would probably be the one I picked. Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror has a little bit of everything from the era. There are mad scientists, links to the monster movies that became so popular and pretty much began the genre, some sci
I was not expecting to find another cheer squad story by Seanan McGuire opening an anthology, but “The Golden Girls of Fall” delivers. “Universal Monster” by Duane Swierczynski is a fun story about a haunted film, one of my weaknesses, clad in atomic age bakelite. “The Starlite Drive-In” by John M. Floyd is a love letter to pulpy B-movie horror flicks. “Dr. Morbismo's InsaniTERRORium Horror Show” by Lisa Morton is a delightful YA inspirational ghost story chock full of stage magic and spook show...
Loved this varied collection of 50s icon themes. As someone who grew up in the era of admiring hot rods, going to drive-ins, and spending Saturday mornings in an old theater watching movies like I Was A Teenage Werewolf, how could I not? Eric is a great author and, as editor of this anthology, knew exactly what to choose.
Eric J. Guignard brings us Pop the Clutch, a high octane anthology chock full of fast cars, greasers and movie monsters. Guignard has assembled 18 stories by some truly talented authors. This is such a fun collection. We’ve got movie monsters, rockabilly stars, drag races and so much more. Each story brings to life the classic feel of the 50s and mixes in a unique brand of weird horror magic. While there isn’t much in the way of truly scary material, you’re guaranteed to love this rockin’ anthol...
“The Golden Girls of Fall” by Seanan McGuire
