House by Edward Lee

House
by Edward Lee
2005?

Less of the same.  A trust fund kid goes to the same house that Pig was set at with his nudist stepmom.  She gets possessed, does some Rob Black level gross stuff with some bikers, the end.  No horror, the haunted house elements go nowhere, and no reason to tie this to Pig.  Also endless repetition - constant references to how hot the stepmom is, and he tries the "She called me Leonard.  But that's the name of the guy that used to live here" card about a dozen times.

Pig by Edward Lee

Pig
by Edward Lee
originally published 1997?

This is my first encounter with extreme horror writer Edward Lee.  A down on his luck schleb gets forced to make bestiality porn for the mafia.  That's pretty much it.  The ending, involving demon possession and a harem of Amish teenagers, gets downright silly.  That's the main issue I had with this - it's a full-on comedy.  Not tongue in cheek - completely playing for laughs, with plenty of cutesy asides from the narrator that undercut any sense of dread or horror.  He even jumps in to tell us whippersnappers that Lou Reed is way cooler than this newfangled 90's music.  Sure thing, Grandpa.

The intention was to gross-out, and it did a pretty good job of that, even making me cringe in a couple places.