Influences on and examples of Bizzaro Fiction (pt.2)
Explore key influences and standout examples of Bizarro Fiction in this deep dive. Discover surreal, absurd, and wildly imaginative books that define this cult genre.
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The Bizarro Starter Kit
by Carlton Mellick
Features short novels and story collections by ten of the leading authors in the bizarro genre.
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Toxicology
by Steve Aylett
Some stories in this new collection take place in Beerlight, the city of heroic criminals and villainous cops Steve Aylett introduced in Slaughtermatic. Others are …
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Razor Wire Pubic Hair
by Carlton Mellick, III
The surreal tale of a multi-gendered screwing toy purchased by a razor dominatrix and brought into her nightmarish world of bizarre sex and mutilation.
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Extinction Journals
by Jeremy Robert Johnson
"You can survive a nuclear blast. All you need is some luck, and maybe a customized business suit coated in cockroaches. It could work. At …
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The Greatest Fucking Moment in Sports
by Kevin L. Donihe
Oscar Legbo is the 7-time winner of the Tour de Saucisse-Dommages, but lately he's been under stress. Having survived the Ebola virus and witnessed the …
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15 Serial Killers
by Harold Jaffe
Exploring dangerous territory, Jafee uses illustrations, letters, monologues, interviews, and "unsituated dialogues" to bring to life some of the most infamous serial killers of all …
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The Apocalypse Reader
by Justin Taylor
These are the ways the world ends. Thirty-four new and selected doomsday scenarios. From the personal to the global, the hilarious to the political, the …
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Not Quite One of the Boys
by Vincent W. Sakowski
One character dies, one is left for dead, and the third is kidnapped. And that's just the first chapter of this dark comedy. Sit back …
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Tales from the Vinegar Wasteland
by Ray Fracalossy
Tales from the Vinegar Wasteland by Ray Fracalossy One part surrealist farce, one part psychotic hallucination. The story begins with a visit from a friend, …
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Hideous Beauties
by Lance Olsen
HIDEOUS BEAUTIES is a collection of a dozen outrageous fictions, each basedon a photograph, painting, sketch, collage, or assemblage by an equallyoutrageous artist (Hans Bellmer, …