SERIAL UNCUT (Extended Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1690
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: first
ASIN: B003CFB4DW
Publication Date: March 14, 2010
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Product Description
The original version of SERIAL, still available as a free ebook, was a 7500 word horror short story done as an experiment.
Remember the twin golden rules of hitchhiking?
#1: Don’t go hitchhiking, because the driver who picks you up could be certifiably crazy.
#2: Don’t pick up hitchhikers, because the traveler you pick up could be certifiably crazy.
So what if, on some dark, isolated road, Crazy #1 offered a ride to Crazy #2?
When Blake Crouch (DESERT PLACES, ABANDON) and Jack Kilborn (AFRAID, CHERRY BOMB), face-off, the result is SERIAL, a terrifying tale of hitchhiking gone terribly wrong. Like a deeply twisted version of an “After School Special,” SERIAL is the single most persuasive public service announcement on the hazards of free car rides.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, SERIAL is also a groundbreaking experiment in literary collaboration. Kilborn wrote the first part. Crouch wrote the second. And they wrote the third together over email in 100-word exchanges, not aware of each other’s opening section. All bets were off, and may the best psychopath win.
F. Paul Wilson says, “SERIAL reads just like a Crouch or Kilborn novel: Full speed ahead, no flinching, no blinking, no brakes.”
In less than a year, SERIAL has been downloaded over 200,000 times, and has received over a hundred negative reviews, with many people claiming it is the most depraved, awful thing they've ever read.
SERIAL UNCUT is newly expanded, now more than 36,000 words. Along with the reinsertion of additional material cut from the original version, it also has a vastly expanded beginning and ending, including an extended section that originally appeared in the novella TRUCK STOP by J.A. Konrath.
If you can handle horrific thrills, proceed at your own risk.
But if you suffer from anxiety attacks, nervous disorders, insomnia, nightmares or night terrors, heart palpitations, stomach problems, or are of an overly sensitive nature, you should read something else instead.
The authors are in no way responsible for any lost sleep, missed work, failed relationships, or difficulty in coping with life after you have read SERIAL UNCUT. They will not pay for any therapy you may require as a result of reading SERIAL UNCUT. They will not cradle you in their arms, rock you back and forth, and speak in soothing tones while you unsuccessfully try to forget SERIAL UNCUT.
You have been warned...
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 Serial Uncut...OMG August 18, 2010
Mareezy
I'm a married mum of 4 grown children & have a read a lot of books over the years so I was hesitant to believe all the hype I'd read about this book, I actually thought "come on, it can't be that bad" Let me assure you it is & its awesome! I couldn't stop reading! Page after page, I was drawn in to the story & as each part ended, I wanted more. Is it depraved? yes, is it sickening? yes, do you want more? Hell yes. I loved it & have been actively searching for more books by the authors since I read it. So do yourself a favour & read it.
 Not as good as I had hoped it would be. June 10, 2010
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
From all the reviews I was expecting a book that would cause me to be afraid of the dark again. I was very disappointed. The ones who claimed this book "disturbed them greatly" must not read many really great thriller/horror books. It was entertaining, but that's the best thing I can say about it. It did not live up to the hype.
After going 50 miles an hour down the mountainside....???! May 18, 2010
Jain Daire (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just finished off Serial: Uncut and I love it even more than I liked Serial and Truck Stop.
Serial: Uncut is an Omnibus edition of sorts which has updated and extended scenes from Serial, Truck Stop and Bad Girl, so just buy this one, and you have them all!
I liked the addition of Lucy and Donaldson's backstory, though when I found got to the present in the "Serial" portion of the story I felt a bit cheated on Lucy's part. There was a whole scene in which Donaldson described how he got rid of his victims, but Lucy just "dumped the bodies" or something to that effect.
After reading it again, I felt that Donaldson and Lucy's battle could have gone on a bit longer before ending in that epic mistake, but I'd settle for another work in which the two of them, especially Lucy, feature. Battling each other, again? Whatever you like, just please make it happen somehow, please?
Buy this, you won't regret it.... unless you're one of the 1-star reviewers from Serial who thought a book about serial killers shouldn't be ABOUT serial killers....
 Hmmmmm............. May 15, 2010
Holly Myers (Little Elm, TX)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I read this and I didn't really feel grossed out or horrified by it. It was an interesting idea, serials being picked up by serials, but nothing in it really shocked me. I guess I have read too much on real serial killers and other murderers, to be shocked by the situations in this book. I liked the book, but when I finished it, I felt "That's it???" I asked my husband if there WAS something wrong with me and he said "I'm not even gonna answer that!!" So, I recommend it, but if you're like me, you may not feel like you have to take a shower after reading it. If you're not like me, yes you may be shocked and grossed out, but there are way too many real killers that have done much worse then what is in this book.
PRINT IT! April 15, 2010
Timeless (Texas)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE release this in printed book form. I have a couple of friends with no internet access who would love to read this and i prefer reading novels in bed and i don't have a kindle and dont want one! Please print it!
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