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Everything's Better with Bacon, and You Can Never Have Enough Butter (But Then Along Comes Karma...): The First Child

Everything's Better with Bacon, and You Can Never Have Enough Butter (But Then Along Comes Karma...): The First Child

Goldsholl, S. F.

Paperback

Series: Everything's Better with Bacon, and You Can Never Have Enough Butter (But Then Along Comes Karma...), Book 1

FantasyGeneral Fiction

ISBN13: 9798282021813
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 30 2025
Pages: 364
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Previously published as Everything's Better with Bacon, and You Can Never Have Enough Butter (But Karma's a Bitch). Title changed to satisfy publisher requirements.

If you hold views rooted in racism, xenophobia, homophobia, or misogyny, this isn't your book. It's for readers who love children, fantasy, and - even if they still eat them - animals.

Warning: the opening chapter is intentionally jarring; comparing one of the darkest chapters in modern history and humanity's ongoing treatment of animals. The takeaway: Dehumanization of people and our indifference to animal suffering are deeply connected. When we grow numb to the pain we cause animals, even passively, that numbness doesn't stay contained: It bleeds into how we treat each other, and vice versa.

What Readers are saying:

I really loved this book, keep them coming - What a trip and I mean literally. This book was so good it was like watching the old guy Bob Ross with the Afro who wore these hippie clothes and painted on PBS back in the day, so ridiculous but you couldn't take your eyes away. That's how good this book is. I recommend this for all, it will blow your mind. A+

[Reviewed in the U.K.] This first book in S.F. Goldsholl's trilogy is an incredibly bold and thought-provoking read! It masterfully weaves dark fantasy, political satire, and profound ethical questions into a gripping narrative about empathy, systemic violence, and the consciousness of animals. The concept of two magical children born with the ability to shatter the myth of human supremacy is brilliant, and the supernatural creatures-like the unforgettable Deor and Cheela-add such a rich, unique layer to the world-building. While the story is certainly heavy and refuses to shy away from uncomfortable truths right from its staggering opening chapter, that moral urgency is exactly what makes it so transcendent and beautifully written. It is a massive wake-up call wrapped in an epic narrative. If you are looking for a fantasy that challenges the status quo, provokes deep reflection, and lingers in your mind long after the final page, this is an absolute must-read!

[Reviewed in Spain] [A] staggering, towering achievement in modern speculative fiction, a work that boldly reclaims fantasy's oldest purpose: to serve as a mirror to the darkest, most carefully hidden horrors of our actual world. By shattering the comfortable myth of human supremacy and stepping directly into the industrialized nightmare of factory farming and systemic exploitation, this narrative delivers a visceral, intellectually explosive assault on complacency. It treats the reader like an intelligent peer, refusing to dilute its moral urgency or coat its fury in easy, sugar-sweet cliches.

Stays with you - Terrific trilogy, in which the author builds a fabulous world.... Chapter 1...is intentionally and staggeringly dramatic. The author, in the Chapter 1 fictionalized cooking competition-type scene, compares the ongoing animal holocaust to the actual Holocaust....The story has not only resonated with me, but has stayed with me. It is hard to stop thinking about it.

This trilogy isn't just epic fantasy-it's a fierce, unsettling, and strangely beautiful meditation on the way we treat the beings we share the world with. From the shocking first chapter to the final, transcendent finale, the story blends political satire, spiritual depth, and ecological fury into something completely original. The Deor and Cheela are unforgettable, the world-building is rich, and the two Children....anchor the narrative with brilliance and heartbreak.... [I]t's hopeful, visionary, and morally urgent. If you want a fantasy that lingers, provokes, and ultimately transforms, this trilogy is a must-read.'

Dark Fantasy with a conscience - The author blends political satire, and breathtaking imagination into a world both unsettling and transcendent...[S]tays with you

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