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Barry Maher may be the only horror novelist who’s ever appeared in the pages of Funeral Service Insider. In his misspent youth, his articles appeared in perhaps a hundred different publications and, in order to eat, he held nearly that many different partime jobs. Sometimes he lived on the beach. Not in a house on the beach. On the beach. With the sand and the seagulls.
Then he started telling his stories to audiences. More important, he started telling his stories to audiences and charging. That took him all over the country and around the world: his client list a Who’s Who of leading corporations, associations and cruise lines. You may have seen Barry on The Today Show, CNN, CBS or CNBC, or in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today or in his own, Slightly Off-Kilter syndicated column.
On the downside, he’s also been incarcerated twice. Once for not making a left hand turn out of a left hand turn lane, and once for aiding and abetting a loiterer. He’s deeply repentant.
Reviewed by Demetria Head for Readers' Favorite
The Great Dick And the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher follows a man who has been living under the alias Steve Witowski for the past several years. He is on the run after a drug bust. But his situation changes when he runs into Victoria Fairchild. She is the mysterious and enigmatic widow of RAM creator Dr. Raymond Fairchild. She is living in a converted church tied to the rumored fortune and mystery of a pimp named Zandie. He was considered a manipulative figure who used it for corruption disguised as religion before being lynched. As Steve settles in, he and Victoria entertain the rumors of Zandie’s buried fortune and a mysterious grimoire. Other unsettling events unfold, including an attacker who should be dead, who reappears. Strange ritual objects appear in the house, and unexplained physical sensations connect Steve to the occurrences. Steve finds himself pulled deeper into a mystery and his growing dependence on Victoria.
The way Barry Maher wrote The Great Dick And the Dysfunctional Demon was incredible. I loved the slow-building psychological tension. I could feel that something was off as I continued reading. The writing style was direct and conversational. Character development was one of the strongest aspects. Steve’s character was just as harsh as he described himself. But it was interesting to see him treat Victoria with almost reverence. Victoria’s character was difficult to read but suspicious. She was described as beautiful. Men loved her while women hated her. The author did a great job of adding humor and chemistry to balance out the mystery and tension. It reminded me of The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. It had a great mix of occult mystery, psychological descent, and dark humor.
