Black as Blood

by Rob Chilson

A tongue-in-cheek horror fantasy. Uncle Albert is laid out in his coffin, dead as a doornail, and things are reasonably normal. But then Uncle Albert sits up and claims he has been robbed of his gold.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671878832
• ISBN13: 9780671878832
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious!

Here is a hard one for me to describe. First off, I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I kept thinking through the book that the author is sick, warped, funny, delightful, and I wish I could say I knew him.It all started at the funeral of Uncle Albert. He was laid out in his solid copper coffin, totally dead, when Bernie McKay walked up to pay his respects. (Yeah, right. No love lost between those two!) Uncle Albert sat up in his coffin and started accusing Bernie, loudly, about stealing his gold! Bernie had no idea WHAT gold Albert was talking about. Well, Bernie got Albert dead again and stuffed him back into the coffin. Once buried six feet under that should have been the end of it. However, Hat Stetson and a few buddies, decided to dig Albert up. They wanted to sell the copper the coffin was made of. Once loose, Uncle Albert goes after Bernie again. This time Bernie had Albert cremated. That should have done it, right? Nope. Now Albert is no longer confined to a rotting corpse. He is now a ghost. The only good thing about this is that only Bernie can see or hear him. That, readers, is only a taste! There is a whole town of crazies in this book and so much going on! I laughed myself silly through the whole thing!

The Dead Should Stay Dead

It all started at the funeral of Uncle Albert. He was laid out in his solid copper coffin, totally dead, when Bernie McKay walked up to pay his respects. (Yeah, right. No love lost between those two!) Uncle Albert sat up in his coffin and started accusing Bernie, loudly, about stealing his gold! Bernie had no idea WHAT gold Albert was talking about. Well, Bernie got Albert dead again and stuffed him back into the coffin. Once buried six feet under that should have been the end of it. However, Hat Stetson and a few buddies, decided to dig Albert up. They wanted to sell the copper the coffin was made of. Once loose, Uncle Albert goes after Bernie again. This time Bernie had Albert cremated. That should have done it, right? Nope. Now Albert is no longer confined to a rotting corpse. He is now a ghost. The only good thing about this is that only Bernie can see or hear him.That, readers, is only a taste! There is a whole town of crazies in this book and so much going on! I laughed myself silly through the whole thing!