SoundProof - A/V Club: Indestructible Wolves

Heartworm Press just put out a new bok by Max G Morton, Indestructible Wolves of The Apocalypse Junkyard; a seven-story anthem for teenage angst. This book embodies everything you could possibly envision when you hear The Who's "Baba O'Riley," ranging from frustration and angst to drug overdoses and twisted fantasies about women.

Set in the '80's in the American suburbs, Morton recalls life as an awkward outcast who turns to an older, delinquent drop out for refuge and needless to say, it's all downhill from there. If I had to sum up Morton's work in one word it would be 'raunchy,' and I don't mean in that sexy, turn-you-on kind of way, but instead it's rather truly grimy, kinda like the liquid that oozes out of the trash when you least expect it and lands square on you jeans. The stories uncover the deranged thoughts and inappropriate goings on of a suburban teenager gone wrong; possibly never to return. From drug induced realities to sexual exploitation and depravity, this book actually takes the reader, firsthand, down the path of self destruction and just when you think things couldn't get worse for Morton's character, they most definitely do.

Upon first glance, the title of this work seems convoluted if not random, and the same can be said for the accompanying artwork and story titles. However, once you get into the story, you begin to realize that the seemingly jumbled titles and artwork are all too appropriate for Morton's tales. Mark McCoy creates disturbing and graphic illustrations that leave little to the imagination and perfectly illustrate Morton's' perversions and although weird are very well done.

I would not recommend this title to any teenager on the verge of diving into the depths of the unholy, as it offers far too many suggestions of how to ruin your life and is done in a way that could possibly be perceived as cool. Instead, I'd leave it for you brave souls who like to dabble in dark reads, yet can pull away when you put it down.