The Rest Stop by Eric Butler

Keep On Going

Whew!!! This one had more than a few of my fears packed into piece!! As well as, giving me even more reasons to be scared, while out on the road! I had to finish it fast, because I needed to know what would happen! Characters were easy to relate to, and it got my heart racing. I will definitely be checking out more titles that he has put out.

The terror is real!

Jack and his two nieces are traveling and stopped at a rest stop. All seemed normal until a rusty Chevy pickup caught Jack’s eye. Once they head off to the restrooms to freshen up, everything changes, and I mean everything. As the description says, this is a great mix of TCM and House of 1000 Corpses. Butler wastes no time getting right to the action. It’s brutal and thrilling. This is edge of your seat reading because you don’t know what’s coming next, you just know something is coming full force, and it’s not going to be good. The author included very detailed imagery which really made things more intense, and the constant cat and mouse only adds to how disturbing this story is. The terror is real! Several unpredictable twists, characters you will feel for and characters you will hate. Butler went all out with this one. You can always count on his short stories to pack a punch.

Non stop terror

In true Butler fashion you get a fast paced crazy bloody ride through a terrifying landscape. He also has a great knack for including at least one character that is vile but just a touch endearing. If you haven't read anything from this author and you like your horror with lots of action and just enough gore then you'll want to check out his books. This would be a great introduction to his writing.

Plenty Of “Oh Shit” Moments

A Horror Bookworm Recommendation The Rest Stop by Eric Butler https://horrorbookwormreviews.com/ Sara and Kylie are on a road trip with their uncle. Anxious to reach the girl’s new home but exhausted from the drive, the trio decide on a brief stay at a rest stop. When a rusty Chevy pickup creeps through the pull-off area, what seems like an ordinary break from a long drive turns into a bloody battle for survival. The Rest Stop by Eric Butler brings a style of demented horror to the safe haven roadsides of America. Butler trades his pen & paper in for meat cleavers, boning hooks and bloody aprons. Not since Dicky & Balls has there ever been a terrifying backwoods duo…ladies and gentlemen give a warm coppery welcome to Jimbo & Skeeter. These two crazies put the kid in kidnapping and the brutal in brutality. I have to mention when reading Eric Butler’s short stories or even novellas, you don’t want them to end and crave more. The Rest Stop is no exception. Turning an everyday well known environment into a menacing atmosphere is why this is a need to read. Oh yeah, and plenty of those familiar “oh-shit” moments also take place. Purchasing an Eric Butler book is like masquerading as a ghost on Halloween and receiving a big ol’ pack of M&M’s in your pumpkin bucket, there’s nothin’ better. Just when you thought it was safe to eat, stretch your legs and refill your gas tank…The Rest Stop by Eric Butler…disturbing, frightening and scary as hell. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.

Rest is for the Wicked

Here we go again, Eric making me feel for characters I did know I could feel for. Jack is a good uncle, he looks after his nieces and cares deeply for them. So when his family is put in danger at a rest stop on his way to take them back to their mom. Jack finds another level of terror as he enters every family member's worst-nightmare scenario. Then BANG Eric snaps away everything in one moment. Leaving us with a very Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets House of 1000 Corpses type tale. Kylie is a strong and tortured character so it's easy to feel for her, you're like Dear god Eric hasn't she been through enough?! But as always Eric likes to go one step further. Fast-paced and adrenaline-fueled the reader is locked in this story for survival and the need to escape. Because the worst kind of monster is usually a human? Right? So this tale takes all the twists and turns exploring the captures and their messed up family. Blood, gore, violence, and a little Enucleation make for an extreme and fun horror tale of caution.