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Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive-aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book '' Poems and Rhymes Around the World'', turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a [[{{BrownNote}} culling song]]...
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her [[{{GranolaGirl}} nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona]] and her eco-terrorist [[{{NietzscheWannabe}} boyfriend,]] Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire.
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her [[{{GranolaGirl}} nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona]] and her eco-terrorist [[{{NietzscheWannabe}} boyfriend,]] Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire.
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Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive-aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book '' Poems and Rhymes Around the World'', turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a [[{{BrownNote}} [[BrownNote culling song]]...
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her[[{{GranolaGirl}} [[GranolaGirl nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona]] and her eco-terrorist [[{{NietzscheWannabe}} [[NietzscheWannabe boyfriend,]] Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire.
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her
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-->2. Send Mona over there to 'exorcise' the house, which somehow traps vengeful spirits.
-->3. ''Sell'' said houses to people.
-->4. Wait for her customers to call her with complaints of apparitions, blood seeping from the lintels, and screaming ghosts.
-->5. Buy back the haunted houses for cheap.
-->6. Go back to step 3.
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-->3. ''Sell'' said houses to people.
-->4. Wait for her customers to call her with complaints of apparitions, blood seeping from the lintels, and screaming ghosts.
-->5. Buy back the haunted houses for cheap.
-->6. Go back to step 3.
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* HairyGirl: zigzagged in a humorous way with Mona, who doesn't shave her legs or underarms, but DOES shave her private hair.
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** Once [[spoiler: Nash gets a hold of the culling song, he uses it to kill supermodels and have sex with their corpses.]]
** There's also the more tragic case of [[spoiler: Carl having sex with his wife without realizing he's unwittingly killed her.]]
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Nash]] [[spoiler:Nash]] tries pulling this on Carl, in regards to [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the accidental post mortem intercourse Carl had with his wife]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl, Carl, Carl.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Helen is not really dead, and she is trying to kill Oyster and Mona. Maybe.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl, Carl, Carl.
Carl. He's a good man at heart, but is such a mess of emotions that he can't even ''think''of the culling song without it killing someone.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Helenis not really dead, survives by possessing a male cop, and she is trying to kill joins Carl in hunting Oyster and Mona. Maybe.]]The two hippies have the grimoire and are causing magical anarchy around the country, but Mona tears the culling spell out of the book to keep Oyster from having it]].
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* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Book of Shadows]].Shadows. Helen bought it at an estate sale, thinking it was a leather day planner and not realizing the cover is human skin]].
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* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: [[spoiler:Helen frees Carl from jail by possessing a police sergeant and releasing him. She then says that she is going to masturbate once he leaves, "for the experience of it."]]
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* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: [[spoiler:Helen frees Carl from jail by possessing a male police sergeant and releasing him. She then says that she is going to masturbate once he leaves, "for the experience of it."]]
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Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive aggressive.passive-aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book '' Poems and Rhymes Around the World'', turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a [[{{BrownNote}} culling song]]...
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* HappyFunBall: The Culling Song is first found in a book of nursery rhymes.
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* IronicNurseryTune: Taken to a fairly literal extent with a nursery rhyme (a "culling song") that kills those who hear it.
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* LeftFieldDescription: The protagonist is a journalist who is always noting details.
-->Her suit is light blue, but it's not a regular robin's-egg blue. It's the blue of a robin's egg you might find and then worry that it won't hatch because it's dead inside.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: [[spoiler:Helen frees Carl from jail by possessing a police sergeant and releasing him. She then says that she is going to masturbate once he leaves, "for the experience of it."]]
-->Her suit is light blue, but it's not a regular robin's-egg blue. It's the blue of a robin's egg you might find and then worry that it won't hatch because it's dead inside.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: [[spoiler:Helen frees Carl from jail by possessing a police sergeant and releasing him. She then says that she is going to masturbate once he leaves, "for the experience of it."]]
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* OneLastSong: It's the last song you'll ever hear.
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* StrawNihilist: Oyster.
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''Lullaby'' is a 2002 novel by Creator/ChuckPalahniuk.
Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book '' Poems and Rhymes Around the World'', turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a [[{{BrownNote}} culling song]]...
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her [[{{GranolaGirl}} nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona]] and her eco-terrorist [[{{NietzscheWannabe}} boyfriend,]] Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire.
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!!Tropes found in this work:
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Oyster and whoever follows him. Really, he's enough.
* ArcWords:
** "These ____ophobics. These _____oholics."
** "And I'm counting 1, counting 2, counting 3..."
* AssholeVictim: Marty the adulterer and, of course, [[spoiler:Nash]]. Maybe Sara Lowenstein.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl, Carl, Carl.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Helen is not really dead, and she is trying to kill Oyster and Mona. Maybe.]]
* BrownNote: The entire book revolves around one (a killing spell).
* EvilPlan: Helen has a sort of ongoing one with her business:
-->1. Find luxury houses in which horrible crimes have occurred.
-->2. Send Mona over there to 'exorcise' the house, which somehow traps vengeful spirits.
-->3. ''Sell'' said houses to people.
-->4. Wait for her customers to call her with complaints of apparitions, blood seeping from the lintels, and screaming ghosts.
-->5. Buy back the haunted houses for cheap.
-->6. Go back to step 3.
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]]
* GranolaGirl: Mona
* ILoveTheDead:
** Once [[spoiler: Nash gets a hold of the culling song, he uses it to kill supermodels and have sex with their corpses.]]
** There's also the more tragic case of [[spoiler: Carl having sex with his wife without realizing he's unwittingly killed her.]]
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Book of Shadows]].
* MercyKill: The original purpose of the culling song and [[spoiler:what Carl tries to do with Helen at the end.]]
* NietzscheWannabe: Oyster
* [[{{NonIndicativeFirstEpisode}} Non Indicative First Chapter]]: First there's the prologue, which deals with two characters who will not be introduced for several chapters. Then there's the ''actual'' first chapter, which sees Carl teamed together with a crusty old cop tracking a flying lady. It makes sense... eventually.
* NotSoDifferent:
** [[spoiler: Nash]] tries pulling this on Carl, in regards to [[spoiler: the accidental post mortem intercourse Carl had with his wife]]
** Carl muses to himself about how the public would react to the knowledge a culling song exists.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Or, in this case, "password," showing how people are becoming banal and unimaginative.
* ProfessionalKiller: Helen uses the culling song for this purpose and spends her money on antique furniture.
* RichBitch: Helen
* TokenEvilTeammate: Oyster.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mona. Oyster is a faux one.
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Referenced.
''Lullaby'' is a 2002 novel by Creator/ChuckPalahniuk.
Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book '' Poems and Rhymes Around the World'', turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a [[{{BrownNote}} culling song]]...
When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her [[{{GranolaGirl}} nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona]] and her eco-terrorist [[{{NietzscheWannabe}} boyfriend,]] Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire.
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!!Tropes found in this work:
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Oyster and whoever follows him. Really, he's enough.
* ArcWords:
** "These ____ophobics. These _____oholics."
** "And I'm counting 1, counting 2, counting 3..."
* AssholeVictim: Marty the adulterer and, of course, [[spoiler:Nash]]. Maybe Sara Lowenstein.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl, Carl, Carl.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Helen is not really dead, and she is trying to kill Oyster and Mona. Maybe.]]
* BrownNote: The entire book revolves around one (a killing spell).
* EvilPlan: Helen has a sort of ongoing one with her business:
-->1. Find luxury houses in which horrible crimes have occurred.
-->2. Send Mona over there to 'exorcise' the house, which somehow traps vengeful spirits.
-->3. ''Sell'' said houses to people.
-->4. Wait for her customers to call her with complaints of apparitions, blood seeping from the lintels, and screaming ghosts.
-->5. Buy back the haunted houses for cheap.
-->6. Go back to step 3.
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]]
* GranolaGirl: Mona
* ILoveTheDead:
** Once [[spoiler: Nash gets a hold of the culling song, he uses it to kill supermodels and have sex with their corpses.]]
** There's also the more tragic case of [[spoiler: Carl having sex with his wife without realizing he's unwittingly killed her.]]
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Book of Shadows]].
* MercyKill: The original purpose of the culling song and [[spoiler:what Carl tries to do with Helen at the end.]]
* NietzscheWannabe: Oyster
* [[{{NonIndicativeFirstEpisode}} Non Indicative First Chapter]]: First there's the prologue, which deals with two characters who will not be introduced for several chapters. Then there's the ''actual'' first chapter, which sees Carl teamed together with a crusty old cop tracking a flying lady. It makes sense... eventually.
* NotSoDifferent:
** [[spoiler: Nash]] tries pulling this on Carl, in regards to [[spoiler: the accidental post mortem intercourse Carl had with his wife]]
** Carl muses to himself about how the public would react to the knowledge a culling song exists.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Or, in this case, "password," showing how people are becoming banal and unimaginative.
* ProfessionalKiller: Helen uses the culling song for this purpose and spends her money on antique furniture.
* RichBitch: Helen
* TokenEvilTeammate: Oyster.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mona. Oyster is a faux one.
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Referenced.
