Certain books stay with you for life. They worm their way into your thoughts when you least expect them to and you can revisit them in your mind whenever you need that escape. No genre does that more for me than bizarro fiction. In a recent post, I mentioned that Mykle Hansen’s The Cannibal’s Guide … Continue reading My Top 25 Bizarro Books (As of Now)
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My Favorite Bizarre Books – Summer 2020
This will be my final post of weekly content on this blog. After this, I’m taking the next two weeks off to prepare for the Babou 691 launch on September 14th! I’ll continue to post monthly writing/life updates here as well as any news about my writing. However, my focus will be on Babou. It’s … Continue reading My Favorite Bizarre Books – Summer 2020
Author Interview: Madeleine Swann
For my final Featured Author, I could not have made a better choice than Madeleine Swann. If you follow this blog, you’ve heard my repeated praise of her collection Fortune Box. It was actually the second review I ever posted on this blog, before “Featured Authors” was a thing. As one of the bizarros across … Continue reading Author Interview: Madeleine Swann
Announcement: New Magazine!
I am thrilled to announce the launch of an online magazine called Babou 691 this September! What does that mean? Author Amy M. Vaughn and I have been working together to bring you “Babou 691”—a site dedicated to the surreal and the bizarre in literature, film, and art. Imagine the content of this blog, but … Continue reading Announcement: New Magazine!
Author Interview: Karl Fischer
Like many of my Featured Authors, I met Karl Fischer at BizarroCon 11. He was kind enough to chat with a wall-flowering newcomer like myself. But my clearest memory of Karl was at the Bizarro Showdown. His act? A sales pitch about teaching horses to ski, stopping here and there to moon the audience who … Continue reading Author Interview: Karl Fischer
Bizarre Books That Made Me a Writer
How did I become the writer I am today? Books, of course. Anyone who tells you that reading isn’t important for writing is a stinking liar. I can trace my evolution of thought and style precisely by examining the books that made the greatest impact on me. The Cloven Viscount & the Nonexistent Knight by … Continue reading Bizarre Books That Made Me a Writer
Author Interview: Gina Ranalli
Gina Ranalli has been in bizarro fiction since the beginning. She even helped come up with the name after once describing her work as “mondo bizarro.” Like many of the Featured Authors, I discovered her work through the Bizarro Starter Kits. Her novella Suicide Girls in the Afterlife made me an instant fan. Since then … Continue reading Author Interview: Gina Ranalli
Book Review: World Revolver
World Revolver by Gina Ranalli Rating: 8/10 “What is reality?” is my favorite question in literature and the premise of much of my writing. Gina Ranalli’s short novel World Revolver offers a unique perspective on this mind-bending question. The book opens with a manifesto on the environment and the sustainability of the planet. While this … Continue reading Book Review: World Revolver
My 7 Favorite Bizarre Books – Spring 2020
Summer’s here! Or almost here. Being trapped inside during this quarantine has allowed me to read oodles of great bizarro and bizarro-adjacent fiction. I had trouble limiting the list to only five books, so here are the top seven. NOTE: These are books I’ve read in spring of 2020, not necessarily ones that were released … Continue reading My 7 Favorite Bizarre Books – Spring 2020
Work in Progress: GENERICA
I thought I’d take a break from my usual content to share with you the novella I’ve been working on. Fantasy was my first love. Much of my teens took place with my nose in a doorstopper by Terry Goodkind or Terry Brooks. Indeed my first foray into writing long fiction was a clichéd high … Continue reading Work in Progress: GENERICA
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