Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One

Jack works at a 24 hour gas station out on the edge of an unnamed town, with much of the place surrounded by thick forest. He works incredibly long hours because they have trouble keeping their employees and he can't sleep anyway, probably due to the gas station being a hot spot for incredibly weird things, like doors suddenly appearing, plants along the perimeter that look and behave exactly like human hands, and a nearby murder cult that shop there. That's in addition to the regular shoplifting and vandalism.
Jack is hard to shock, but as things get stranger and more dangerous with each shift at the gas station, he starts a blog to get the occurrences out there in case anybody has answers, because he's worried.

This story may be the show more most crazy and fun I've come across. I know that the cover looks like a slasher horror, and it does have some horror elements, though I think it would best be described at "Night Vale" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "Shaun of the Dead". I'm happy to find that it's a series. show less

My rating for this is highly personal. This is my second time around with this collection of stories. I listened to all of it on YouTube with the same narrator, MrCreepyPasta and loved it. Loved it the second time around. It basically has every urban legend packed into one gas station and a main character who isn't much concerned with the over the top weirdness unless it threatens his employment at the gas station at the edge of town. Plus, he has a fantastic sense of really dark humor that happens to match mine.

I can't imagine anyone but MrCreepyPasta reading it. I'm a big fan of narrated creepy pastas, so this edited story and audible produced story is a treat for me.

Fourth Book for the spooky season! Trying to read horror or at least books with horror elements for the whole month of October.

I was in the mood for some Comedy Horror and this one got recommended to me by a few different people online. And I’m glad I got to read it! It may not be the most sophisticated or horrific piece of work but it does the comedy horror genre immense justice.

It does one of the few things that comedy Horrors tend to fail on, keeping me invested. This story, the story of Jack and this Gas station is very Character driven. There is so much going on with our unreliable narrator, and the way he sees the world around him is funny and sad in a good way.

There is a bit of a niche in the humor department that leans show more towards heavy internet users, or a younger crowed in general which is fine; I thought it was enjoyable. Made the jokes land a lot more, but I couldn’t help but think that none of my coworkers would understand a few of the jokes. But that’s the great part. There were only a few, a lot of the time these types of comedies can feel over alienating, but the general premise and jokes felt inviting to a new reader.

The Ending with the Dark God was…. Eh.

Overall enjoyed it. Had plenty of laughs, and wound up caring for Jack just the same as all his other internet fans.

Can’t wait to read the second installment. show less

I really enjoyed this book. I found Jack funny and relatable. It probably ended with more questions than answers, but it is the beginning of a series so I didn't expect all the answers by the end of the book. I love books that take a mundane, everyday place and inject strange and unusual happenings.

Schlocky horror (a bit tongue in cheek) but somehow I want more.

Not my style of book..but definitely creepily humorous!

This was clever, hilarious and creepy.