Spungunion
Spungunion by John Boden, published by Eraserhead Press on January 15, 2020, is a 106-page work that delves into the realms of fiction, fantasy, and horror. The narrative follows Deke, a trucker grappling with heartbreak as he navigates life on the road, yearning to return to the woman he loves, who has been tragically taken from him. His journey transforms into a haunting exploration of loss as he encounters various surreal characters, including Tiny, who drives the “Soul Road,” leading Deke into a world filled with bizarre and unsettling experiences.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a unique blend of blue-collar life and fantastical elements, as Deke’s quest for answers takes him to a crummy diner and introduces him to a sin-eating Behemoth and a lovely Faun. Spungunion presents a narrative rich in mythic and heartfelt poetry, capturing the essence of grief and the search for meaning in a world that feels both familiar and otherworldly. This edition invites readers to explore themes of loss and the surreal, all while navigating the complexities of Deke’s emotional landscape.
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SPUNGUNION
Pronounced: Spun-gun-yun
1. A dish made from rotting roadkill, usually a skunk or a possum. The
more fragrant or maggoty, the better.
2. Something that’s been on the road for a long and unfortunate time.
Deke is a broken-hearted trucker who spends half his life on the road.
All he wants is to come home to the woman he loves. But he can’t have
that, because someone killed her. He’s like a ghost, wandering through
his lonely nights and days.
But then he talks to Tiny, who drives the “Soul Road”, delivering lost
souls. And he gives Deke a tip that leads him down that same path —
to the crummy diner Cyclops, the sin-eating Behemoth, the lovely Faun
behind the counter — all in search of answers that may never come
clear.
Spungunion is a working-class blue-collar Bizarro horror fable of
haunting loss and grief, somewhere between Lynch and Lansdale on the
mind-bending dream-scale, with a mythic heartfelt poetry only John
Boden could bring.
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