Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue (aka, Cold Medicine and a Liar) by James Tyler Toothman, a book that has been described as a "satirical and deliciously dark."
"An intriguing coming-of-age horror novel in which outcast friends encounter witchcraft and grow apart." ~Clarion Reviews
Note: The audiobook version of Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue was recorded at the world famous Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, and co-stars Joe Lawrence Parsons, Jr., along with the author as narrators.
Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue or Cold Medicine and a Liar
Genres: Literary Fiction, Satire, Dark Fiction, Horror, Coming-of-Age Fiction4.9 stars, 29 ratings on Amazon.com
Audiobook: $24.95
Paperback: From $19.99
Ebook: From $11.49
It's 1971 and deep in the woods of West Virginia, two childhood friends discover a book that dismantles and unravels everything they once considered reality. When an enigmatic stranger later rolls into their small coal mining town in the back of a Rolls Royce, the teenagers are plunged deep into a world of drugs, sex, music, and violence.
Together, the two friends confront the forces of good and evil head on—the unwitting pawns of an eternal game played without rules or directions. Badder than Louisiana Lightning, flyer than Sly Stone on a 747 jumbo jet, feverish, satirical, and deliciously dark, Three Sixes and A Forked Tongue or Cold Medicine and a Liar is an offbeat, coming-of-age, face-melting novel unlike anything you've seen or heard before.
Praise for Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue
"A wild brew of sorcery, Satan, and rural America." ~Kirkus Reviews
"Follows friends as they learn to live fully—and then face the consequences of their choices." ~Clarion Reviews
"Those seeking off-kilter stories celebrating the occult as a tool of feminist vengeance will be immersed in Priscilla’s magical awakening as a country witch." ~BlueInk Review
About the Author
James Tyler Toothman was born in a small town in West Virginia. He was raised by his father in a house built of cinder blocks, and spent his early years being looked after by a woman named Scarlett, who lived in a bar with dirt floors, a pool table, and a juke box, and by his grandfather, Big Jim, proprietor of Toothman's Alternator Service, who regularly took James to hillbilly auctions hosted by a 600-pound man named "Tiny." Learn more at ThreeSixesForkedTongue.com, sign up to receive email updates (follow link and scroll down to see the sign-up form), and follow @666ForkedTongue on X/Twitter and James Tyler Toothman on Facebook.