Shannon Barracato breathes new life into post-apocalyptic fiction in new book ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Aug. 7, 2024 - PRLog -- "Funny, scary, and at moments painfully relevant to modern times, [ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER] is a dark, dystopic, punk-pop classic. A road trip from Hell that's a joy to travel."
—Brendan Deneen, bestselling author of ALIEN: UNCIVIL WAR and THE CHRYSALIS

"[ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER] is a powerful book, so original, filled with both wonder and horror, hope and fear. It's a funny, moving, scathing commentary – shades of MAUS and JOJO RABBIT, the bastard love child of Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh."
—Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller Award finalist

"The most original post-apocalyptic novel I've read in years. Shannon Barracato delivers an all-too-believable dystopia with gallows humor and vivid imagination in this genre-defying tale of magic, mayhem, and brotherly love. True horrors abound, but the darkness has a beating heart."
—Douglas Wynne, author of RED EQUINOX

ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER

A Novel

Shannon Barracato

Author of Short Bus Hero

A concentration camp filled with the families of political power players. Cannibals. Zombies. A cult of undesirable immortals obsessed with David Foster Wallace and tennis. And a boy with supernatural talents. Is Eli Roth the new messiah or something far worse?  Shannon Barracato's ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER (August 6, 2024; $15.99) tells a story of hope and despair like no other.

Eli Roth is a self-loathing adolescent savior living in a Washington, D.C., concentration camp with his terminally ill mother and the little brother he brought back to life. When Eli's mother dies, he must fulfill the promise he made to escape with Daniel and show him that life can be good, even in their bleak and treacherous post-apocalyptic world. But when things don't work out at their grandmother's house, Eli and Daniel hit the road and are taken in by a tennis-obsessed cult of lesser gods, who interpret Eli's epileptic seizures and overly sensitive palate as sure signs that the boy is the Antichrist and must be destroyed.

About the Author:

Shannon Barracato is the author of the novels Short Bus Hero, Revival House, and Idols & Cons. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, and she has edited novels and anthologies for several indie presses. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, author Nick Cato. Visit her at shannonbarracato.com.

About the Book:

ANTICHRIST SUPERTASTER

Shannon Barracato

Pub date: August 6, 2024 • ISBN: 979-8329390094

Price: $15.99 • Paperback

Ebook

ASIN B0DBJPVRZ7

Price: $6.99 • Kindle

Praise for Shannon Barracato and her brilliantly original novels

"[Barracato] has presented…a compassionately written and uplifting tale of forgiveness and redemption."
—Publishers Weekly

"…treads the dangerous ground between real passion and dangerous obsession. A wonderfully twisted tale of undying love, true evil and zombies."
—Jonathan Maberry

Learn more at https://shannonbarracato.com