Dead Babies 3: A Series Of Short Life Stories (Signed Copy)

Dead Babies 3: A Series Of Short Life Stories... Volume Three, Because The First Two Weren't Enough For Some People

Marcus got into a game of William Tell that went poorly by any measure of poorly. Another subject in this volume had an encounter with a refrigerator that nobody saw coming. Each character gets their page. Each story concludes. The book keeps going, because this is volume three of a series, which means at some point someone looked at the sales data for volumes one and two and made a decision to continue. That decision has been made. The series continues. More subjects. Same arc. The cartoon art remains cheerful. The subject matter remains what it is.

This is adult parody dark humor in the direct lineage of illustrated macabre comedy, and by volume three it has established enough of a pattern that you know exactly what you're getting, which is either reassuring or concerning depending on how you feel about knowing exactly what you're getting from a book called Dead Babies 3. The subjects were real characters for their brief time in print. Their stories are complete. They would probably want you to buy the book, if they could have opinions about things, which they cannot, which is the whole premise.

This Book IS For:

• Readers who have already completed volumes one and two and needed to see the series through to at least volume three
• New readers who enjoy starting a series at volume three as a way of keeping things interesting
• Fans of dark illustrated comedy who need their next fix and the earlier options aren't doing it for them anymore
• Gift-givers who want to give the whole series at once and create a full dark comedy arc for the recipient

This Book Is NOT For:

• Anyone who believed after volume one that the series would self-correct and move toward something more uplifting
• Readers who need a content escalation to feel something... this is consistent, not escalating, and that is by design
• People who are planning to write a review that describes this as "going too far" without specifying where exactly they believed the line was
• Anyone who has not read volumes one and two and wants to understand what's happening on an emotional level before committing

Appropriate For:

• Completing a gift set that includes volumes one and two... all three together is a statement
• White elephant exchanges at parties where volume one or two has already made an appearance in previous years
• Gag gifts for fans of dark humor who have indicated through various means that they have not yet found their limit
• Any occasion where the gift should confirm to the recipient that you understand them completely

Why Buy This

By volume three of anything, the question "should this exist?" has been answered commercially and is no longer relevant. This exists. It has a spine and pages and can be purchased and shipped and placed on a shelf next to volumes one and two. The shelf now contains a complete trilogy about a subject that most shelves do not address directly, and that shelf is considerably more interesting than any shelf that contains only books about things that end well.

It costs what a moderately sized coffee costs. It produces significantly more conversation than any coffee, both during the reading and for a substantial period afterward. That is exceptional value for a book in any genre, and particularly exceptional for a book in a genre this specific. Marcus should not have agreed to the William Tell game. The refrigerator situation was preventable. The book is honest about both. That honesty is worth the price.