Blender Babies

By: Jon Athan

Narrated by: Beau Thomas

They called it: ‘The Craze.’

No one saw it coming. It started with isolated reports of people kidnapping babies and blending them to drink their ‘essence’—a highly potent and highly addictive chemical compound found in infants. The phenomenon spread through social media, infecting other addicts. Cases of kidnapping and murder—femicide and infanticide—skyrocketed, leading to governments around the world to issue state of emergencies and strict shelter-at-home orders.

But it was too late.

Society had collapsed into itself.

Now, Brian Turner finds himself trapped in a police station with his family—his wife Leslie, his five-year-old son Cameron, and his newborn daughter Harper—and a group of shellshocked survivors. With their supplies running low and a horde of baby-fiends waiting to strike outside, he must find a way to protect his family and search for a new home away from the carnage and madness.

Jon Athan, the author of The Groomer and Lovesick, presents a disturbing post-apocalyptic vision unlike anything he’s written before. Can you survive the Craze?

WARNING: This book contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised.

©2023 Jonathan Sixtos (P)2024 Jonathan Sixtos

Truly a blender of genres: horror, shock, and absolute societal collapse

Blender Babies is the kind of story that makes you look at your NutriBullet and think, ‘Maybe I should switch to smoothies.’ Jon Athan serves up an unholy cocktail of desperation, depravity, and dark humor that’s equal parts horrifying and perversely fascinating. The Craze isn’t just a plot device—it’s a testament to how low humanity can go when thirsting for the ultimate drinkable essence. Not for the faint of heart, but if your heart’s already blackened, this one’s for you.

B and B just rolls off the tongue

Wow I mean wow!, had to read the title twice to make sure I was reading it right. Yep, had to see how deep the rabbit hole went...

Gross and Great

It was truly disgusting. Love it and looking forward to other books by the author.

good splatterpunk story

the story is really good and engrossing. the narration is is great, but my only qualm is the mispronunciation of certain words. the narrator is a very talented storyteller, but needs to work on his pronunciation skills. if you aren't sure about how to correctly say a word, you can always Google the pronunciation. overall, I highly reccomend this book.

LOVED this one!

I really enjoyed this one! Plot of the story may seem bizarre to some. BUT maybe not if you’ve heard of some conspiracies with the Elites/ Hollywood. Story had my attention of the start and kept it. I cannot believe the ending!! I need a sequel.

definitely unique

definitely keels you on the edge of you're seat in different times. it was gory and fun. great but not amazing though

Absolutely loved it

I was cracking up at how deeply invested I was in this story. Would love to see a video adaptation of some sort. Loved it

So good but super graphic, gory and violent.

The story was so intense it was hard to stop listening to it. I loved how graphic it was and descriptive it was easy to imagine the scenes. The storyteller’s performance is just amazing. It’s completely deranged and if you aren’t a fan of graphic gore don’t listen. But if you are looking for blood guts gore and violence then this one’s for you.

Splatter fun

it was funny in a way but really ridiculous and the only well developed character is not someone I felt strongly for.

Bloody and Disgusting

Ugh, I really did not want to like this book. I literally felt sick to my stomach the whole time and on the edge of my seat as I went through Jon Athan's Blender Babies. As a father to a 3 year old girl and a 10-month old girl I really felt for the main character. One, because I have a baby, and two, because my oldest is a girl as well and to know what those people would have done with her..........


But overall this was a really well written story that was gripping and left me still listening. If I'm being honest, if it wasn't for the brawl I would have never even considered listening to it. And no offense Jon, but I don't know if I could stomach something like this again.
I thought I knew extreme horror from the others on the brawl list...but I think this one takes the cake.

Again, I really did not want to like this book, but I will still give it a respectable 3.75 stars!