Bad movies. They're funny. Dark. Cheesy. Gory. Weird. Horrifying.



But some would say they're pretty tame compared to Gilman's life in Beaver Quilt, Missouri, where misfits make friends through their love of b-movies. Bullied to no end by the town yokels, The Turkey Gang, Gilman and his companions try to find meaning in their own lives by reopening Beaver Quilt's burned theater. But with constant earthquakes and strange, green smoke rising from the ground, will they even survive?



The Rasping of Gilman takes the "so-bad-it's-good" aesthetic and turns it on its head, especially since the actions Gilman and company take are driven by the awful films they watch, including Kelpie, The Throat Singer, and Bounty Hunter: Zigzugzalzugzib.



A darkly humorous book for lovers of cheesy movies everywhere. After all, life is like a bad movie.