"Jack's Magic Beans" By Brian Keene

Title: Jack's Magic Beans
Author: Brian Keene
Published Year: 2011
Pages: 98
Synopsis: It happens in a split-second. One moment, customers are happily shopping in the Save-A-Lot grocery store. The next instant, they are transformed into bloodthirsty psychotics, interested only in slaughtering one another and committing unimaginably atrocious and frenzied acts of violent depravity. Only Jack, Sammi, Angie and Marcel seem immune to the insanity that has infected the rest of the town. But can they stay alive long enough -- and trust each other long enough -- to unravel the secret of Jack's magic beans... Deadite Press is proud to bring one of Brian Keene's bleakest and most violent novellas back into print once more. This edition also includes four bonus short stories: "Without You", "I Am An Exit", "This Is Not An Exit", and "The King, in: YELLOW".

My take:

Brian Keene is not for every reader. He is very gory and violent in his writings. Not for the weak stomach at all. For some reason I just cannot get enough of his works though. I am always on the look out for his next work, and previous works I am unfamiliar with. This is one of those previous works that was put back into print in 2011 which was originally written in 2007. The bonus of this novella is that a few short stories were also added for extra reading pleasures. How this man comes up with his ideas I would love to know. He is a genius of taking everyday normal things and turning them into visions of horror.

You have got to read the story to figure out what Jack's Magic Beans are. I sure was surprised, as I was in the short stories following about the more in depth meaning Keene provided to things.