Car
Nex (short
for Carnivore from the Nexus) might be author Terry M. West's best known tale.
Since re-releasing the short story in 2013 (it was originally published in
1997) it has been read by thousands of horror fiction fans.
Car
Nex concerns Adam
Campbell, a Southern family man who, in a small town called Pleasant Storm
on a hot September night in 1965, calls forth a demon from an ancient tome
that he has found among his family heirlooms. At first, the words of the
dark book make no sense to Adam. But as he studies it, he begins to
understand the symbols and he is compelled to invoke an
incantation that releases something on the small quiet town that can
be described as an unstoppable whirlwind of talons and fangs.
The Car
Nex has
crossed over into several of Terry's tales, and he decided to create a
short story series based on Car Nex.
"It is a shared world series with looser reins than most,"
Terry confides. "The authors own their stories and I give them permission
to use my monster. It is a creative marriage,
but the stories belong to the contributors."
Car
Nex: The Evil One by E.R. Robin Dover will be the first non-West Car
Nex story published.
It debuted on May 8th on Amazon. The synopsis: Aldo Capello, the mayor of
New York city, is threatened by an underground terrorist group that he has been
secretly financing in an effort to keep New York safe. With a wide scale
terrorist attack looming, Capello summons a creature of hell to destroy his
enemies. The Car Nexhas been unleashed, and it is ready to take
Manhattan!
It
is the first of many to come.
"I
have reached out to some fantastic authors, and the story pitches
have been terrific," West explains. "Basically, I am encouraging
the contributors to tell a story with my monster in their voice and/or fiction
universe. The stories don't necessarily tie together, but they are all inspired
by my story. I hope to eventuallypublish an omnibus of stories. I
will be announcing further tales soon and believe me, creature
feature horror fans are going to love these!"
CAR
NEX: THE SERIES has a Facebook page you can follow to keep up with
all of the details:
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