Death Pacts and Left-Hands Paths

By: John Wayne Comunale

Narrated by: John Wayne Comunale

Everyone is looking for shortcuts in life, but rarely do they find the kind they're looking for, and when they do, it never turns out like they thought. But what if you were to accidentally fall into cahoots with an other-worldly creature, who could provide those shortcuts and so much more? Of course, there's always a price attached to such favors, but killing gets easier the more you do it, and everything is great as long as the rewards outweigh the risk. That is, until you find out this was never true, and you've inadvertently set into motion something so horrible, you lack the capacity to understand or accept it.

©2017 Grindhouse Press (P)2019 John Wayne Comuale

great story and even better narration

A fun, funny and short book. I'm not sure what genre I'd classify this as, but either way it was pretty good. This book has dark humor, graphic violence and fantasy elements. All in all, a solid read for anyone looking for something different.

I just listened to the audio version of this, narrated by the author. Wow, John Wayne Comunale adds so much to the story with his narration skills. He again demonstrated his ability to change his voice for each character. The emotion is felt in every moment and he gets better and better with each narration. His performance bumped this up to a solid 5 star book

Dexter Meets Screwtape Letters

Awesome story and we'll told. Was looking for new horror stories and I found it!

Making Deals with Demons

John Wayne is a masterful story teller. He packs a punch with his novellas. Death Pacts is a story about everything that can go right and wrong when making deals with a demon.
John Wayne narrated his own, and personally I love that. John Wayne has a great voice in general and he really delivered life to the characters he created.
This is worth your time. Treat your ears to entertainment.

The story tellingg

I like the story and the reading of it. Very memorable book. Excellent movement to the plot.

Be Careful What You Wish For

John Wayne Comunale brings his usual irreverent humor and blasphemy to this tale of a working stiff who–like many of us–wishes he could find a shortcut to the life he would rather be living. Sometimes, that might be as easy as pushing someone in front of a bus, which–as it turns out–might be more challenging than you suspect. In this case, the desired shortcut comes in the form of a “Satanic” ritual.

A promotion at work, a life of ease, and the girl of your dreams, what would you do to have those things? Would you summon a peculiar little blob of a demon that resembles a demon about as much as the real Hell resembles the one you’ve always imagined from a lifetime of mythology and Christian upbringing–which is to say, not at all? Well, that’s what our protagonist decides to do, and he soon learns that there’s more work involved in making these dreams come true than it would have required if he’d just put in the effort in the first place. Mistakes were made.

Sometimes the shortcut isn’t much of a shortcut at all, but it’s difficult to see that until you’re already on the path, and by then it might be too late. Hindsight is 20/20, they say.

Comunale spins a fun little tale of a life spiraling out of control, the price of hubris, the hollow pleasure derived from cheating your way to success, and how important it is to be careful what you wish for. Along the way, he builds a new mythology of the realm we think of as Hell, the beings we think of as demons, and the harsh challenges associated with bridging that infernal realm with our own.

The author narrates his audiobook edition of the book, and there’s never any disappointment to be found in Comunale’s delivery. He knows just the right amount of sarcasm to imbue the narrative with, and the voices he has in mind for his characters.

Puts the dark in dark-comedy

Lots of fun characters and an interesting exploration of themes surrounding greed and ambition. Well performed narration by the author so there is no conflict of tone between written and spoken.

A fun time full of humor.

A fun book that plays with diabolical mythology and world-building. All the characters are fun, and I really enjoyed seeing everything come together in the end.

John Wayne does a fantastic job narrating his work.

This was a fun read!

This was a fun read. I really enjoyed the characters and would definitely read a sequel or series if it was continued!

Opportunity Knocks

A young man has goals, job promotion, relationship with that coworker he has a crush on but feels is unattainable. Given the opportunity to have those things he is willing to do some extreme things and finds he enjoys it. This book by John Wayne Comunale is an entertaining story which is even more entertaining because of the excellent narration the author provides.

Enjoyed

We need more audiobooks by John Wayne Comunale! His own books or narrator for someone else! Now....