When the TP is Fed Up With Everyone's Shite: The Wipe Revenge is a bizarro and comedic horror story of revenge

 

 

The Wipe Revenge: A Roll to Die For

C.A. Baynam

Baynam Books Press, 2025

Ebook, 67 ppg.

ISBN-13: 979-8309204045

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Nobody ever suspects an inanimate object like toilet paper ever taking revenge on us mere mortals who rely on it to keep us clean. That is, until you start thinking about the horror we all went through in early 2020, when people started hoarding the stuff. That’s what sets the quest for revenge in action in The Wipe Revenge: A Roll to Die For by C.A. Baynam.

 

This story is all in good fun – or so you might think!

 

The beginning of this comedic take on TP getting revenge on the hoarding shopper took me right back to 2020 – like, at the beginning of the pandemic! That’s right: The toilet paper wars! Reading this part of the story brought it all back!

 

I was fortunate in never having to witness actual people fighting over toilet paper at the stores when the pandemic broke, but I know all too well what it was like to see all of those bare shelves.

 

And to come across The Very Last package of TP!

 

You would think it was the Holy Grail, just as one lone roll of TP in a store is seen as a Holy Grail itself by two women hell-bent on getting their hands on it! In fact, they were ready to go to war. I howled with laughter as one of them was described as “One was a soccer mom in yoga pants and a hoodie that said “Live, Laugh, Love” but whose face currently screamed, “Kill, Maim, Hoard.”

 

And once a Chihuahua From Hell latched onto that coveted roll of toilet paper and started shredding it as though it was a stuffie, I cried out in anguish, “Oh, no! Not the toilet paper!”

 

But it turned out I had nothing to fear, for this was not any ordinary kind of toilet paper! It was DEMONIC toilet paper! It was POSSESSED toilet paper! It was the kind of toilet paper fed up with EVERYONE’S literal shit and fed up with being fought over tooth and nail by the people who couldn’t get enough of it to hoard.

 

The toilet paper fighting back was a surprise – especially with how exactly it was able to do so!

 

I also laughed during one scene when, as two characters are trying to figure out how the toilet paper is able to multiply, another one with them screams, “Toilet paper math makes no fucking sense.” Well, somebody had to say it.

 

While there were people who weren’t taking this whole situation seriously, there were also people who witnessed the carnage of rolls of toilet paper attacking and killing people. Those are the ones who decide to fight back, and I loved the motley crew put together that storms an army of TP to destroy every single roll.

 

A story of bizarre adventure and unimaginable murder, The Wipe Revenge by C.A. Baynam made me laugh, squirm and shudder all at the same time! And I wasn’t even sitting on a toilet for other purposes when that happened! This book is definitely the kind of story that would make a reader start feeling paranoid at that seemingly innocent roll of toilet paper in their bathroom. It’s planning the right time to attack. For now, it is waiting … and watching.

 

 

Five stars

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The One Thing You Can Tell Anything To: The Hidden Diary is a story of mystery and suspense for readers young and old

 

The Hidden Diary (Bone Chillers #2)

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar

Unveiling Nightmares Press, 2024

ISBN-13: 979-8304610063

Ebook, 210 ppg.

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When I was a kid – specifically, 12 years old, like the main character in this book – I always loved hearing a good ghost story. What’s more, I was always eager to play the role of detective and try to solve the local mysteries in the neighborhood.

 

I was always up for those things, as long as it didn’t involve the house that I lived in!

 

And that’s the case in the new middle grade novel The Hidden Diary by Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar, where 12-year-old Alyssa Morgan, who moves into a house with her 6-year-old brother, Billy, and her newly-single mother that everyone in their new town assumes is haunted. In fact, anytime Alyssa tells the locals where she lives, they react with fear and mumble things like “I’ll pray for you.”

 

And you would think that would be enough to set Alyssa on alert on have her packing her stuff back up. But, nope! She doesn’t believe her new home is haunted – except that she does have doubts after she finds a diary hidden in her new bedroom. The diary was kept by a girl named Elaine, also, 12, who lived in that house with her family in the seventies. One day, they were there and the next day, they were not. The whole family plus a boy that lived with them disappeared just out of the blue, leaving behind all of their worldly possessions. So, yeah, that’s enough mystery to get people talking.

 

And as much as Alyssa tries to brush off all the rumors and stories circulating about her house, she can’t help but wonder what really happened to that family. As she ponders, what girl would want to leave behind her own diary?

 

I was asking myself the same thing as I read this story. And, like Alyssa, I was curious about what happened to that family.

 

And just like Alyssa, I, too, had misgivings about reading Elaine’s diary entries. Alyssa knows she shouldn’t, but her curiosity wins out. I think the diary might hold some clues as to what happened to the family, so, yes, reading it was probably the best thing to do.

 

After all, detectives do rely on journals and diaries to help them find clues about a missing person. It does feel weird reading another person’s diary, but in this case, it is one thing that could prove useful in solving the mystery.

 

I loved the part where Alyssa agrees to investigate the family’s disappearance. Of course, it took a lot of convincing on Jeremy’s part, but I think she wanted to know mostly because of what she read in the diary. And when she brushes off the possibility of paranormal involvement, determined to keep a level head about the whole thing, I suddenly pictured this duo as a young version of Mulder and Scully.

 

This was a really interesting story to read, even if it is for kids. I mean, it’s a detective story! It’s a murder mystery! It definitely kept me turning the pages, wanting to know what happened next.

 

I thought that Alyssa and Jeremy did a good job at trying to be detectives, even if their knowledge of detective work comes from TV shows or books. I also understood their frustration over constantly running into dead ends. This is something that can happen when doing detective work, and you just have to hang in there and keep going. Keep searching for clues and investigating leads. Well, Alyssa certainly does have a good lead with the diary she found in her bedroom, and as she kept reading this diary until the end, I was shocked over the information she uncovered! What a surprise!

 

The Hidden Diary is an un-put-downable mystery story that would entertain readers of all ages. Filled with suspense, surprises and plot twists, this story will keep readers young and old on the edge of their seats!

 

 

Five stars.

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

 

When Doctors and Nurses Go Postal: Scalpel in the Eye is a gory killing spree

 

Scalpel in the Eye

Jerry Blaze

Bound in Darkness Publishing, 2024

ISBN-13: 979-8301807527

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Even nurses and doctors get fed up on the job. The thing of it is, they never show it. You may catch them yawning then laughing it off, or showing a bit of frustration when things go wrong, but we hardly ever see them literally lose their shit. We never see them lose it and go on a murder spree against ALL of the patients that have aggravated them over the years.

 

That is, until now.

 

Jerry Blaze offers a horrific picture of one nurse and one doctor who go batshit crazy one night and start killing patients in his latest novella, Scalpel in the Eye. Oh, but it’s not just the patients they have in their sights, but other doctors and nurses who have also aggravated them and made their lives miserable.

 

Because, you know, coworkers can really suck sometimes. And we ALL have fantasized about setting them on fire, knocking their head off – or, in this case, attacking them with a scalpel to the eye. I mean, if you’re already in a hospital, you use whatever weapon will suffice, right?

 

But, my goodness, those scalpels must be made of razor-sharp steel, or something, because not only is it used to sever a spine but also to cut someone’s head off.

 

This story was entertaining because it allowed me to see a human side to a nurse and a doctor that we hardly get to see. I’m sure MANY of them have experienced frustration and aggravation on the job, especially with being so tired after working for several hours on their feet, but I never see this side of them. Here, the nurse has no qualms about allowing her inner homicidal maniac to run loose. She even gets to a point where she starts giggling, cackling with glee, and doing happy dances over her next slaughter. 

 

This story is a parade of blood. I laughed over the doctor describing a victim “dead as fuck.” The repeated verbal exchange of "Excellent work, Doctor" and the doctor's reply of "Thank you, Nurse" after killing someone also made me laugh. You hear that a lot during normal medical procedures, but not after said doctor and nurse have just slaughtered someone in a very creative way. I also  appreciated the details that went into each killing of the victims.

 

Scalpel in the Eye is loaded with guts and gore. It’s one night of endless murder and mayhem wrecked by one nurse and one doctor who are fed up with everyone’s bullshit.

 

Do you have the stomach to read Scalpel in the Eye by Jerry Blaze? If so, the doctor will see you now. Please follow the nurse into the room. Never mind the blood, guts and gore covering her uniform or staining her teeth. They are ready to provide you with the very best of care your insurance money, or lack of insurance money, can buy.

 

 

Five stars

 

 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.