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My Favorite Bizarre Books – Summer 2020

August 29, 2020 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

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: Karl Fischer

July 18, 2020 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

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

Book Review: World Revolver

June 20, 2020June 21, 2020 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

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

June 13, 2020 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

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

Author Interview: Mark Zirbel

March 21, 2020 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

Like many of the Featured Authors on this blog, I met Mark Zirbel at BizarroCon, introduced to me by Charles Muir. At the time, Mark gave me a small chapbook containing his story “Notes on the Propagation of Angels,” a series of vignettes beautifully strung together and set in a fascinating dystopian future. When I … Continue reading Author Interview: Mark Zirbel

Book Review: Cyberpunk Zombie Jihad

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

Before I start the review, I want to let you know about a new page on my site. Bizarro author Amy M. Vaughn (who you may recall me interviewing here) has compiled a list of bizarro and bizarro-adjacent publishers for this site. Be sure to check it out. She's done a great job. Now, onto … Continue reading Book Review: Cyberpunk Zombie Jihad

My 5 Favorite Bizarre Books – Fall 2019

January 4, 2020 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

I’ve read some good bizarre books this autumn, making this list very hard to compose. But after hemming and hawing and all that, I whittled the number down to five. I realize this list is a little late as we’re now in the middle of winter. My month long absence in November messed up my … Continue reading My 5 Favorite Bizarre Books – Fall 2019

8 Great Short Bizarro Books, Pt. 1

September 28, 2019 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

There are so many good bizarro fiction novellas and collections out there and so little time and space on my blog to review all of them. So this week and next, I will cover eight great short books that I somehow missed in my reviews and lists. THE HOUSE OF HOUSES by Kevin L. Donihe … Continue reading 8 Great Short Bizarro Books, Pt. 1

My 5 Favorite Bizarre Books Summer ’19

August 31, 2019 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

I must admit that bizarre literature hasn’t been my top priority this summer. In the past few months, I've purchased 25+ horror novels that I’m in the process of gobbling up. But that doesn’t mean I have abandoned the genre! In fact, I’ve read some great bizarre books. Here are the top five: #1 - … Continue reading My 5 Favorite Bizarre Books Summer ’19

Book Review: Laser House on the Prairie

August 17, 2019August 18, 2019 / Zé Burns / 6 Comments

LASER HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE by David W. Barbee Rating 9/10 The novel begins with the sentence, “Lasers are everywhere.” It’s a fitting start to a book that positively glows in your hand with every color of the spectrum, a light show that fuels this fast, addictive read. While at the same time, the novel … Continue reading Book Review: Laser House on the Prairie

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