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January 24, 2013
Book Review - The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade by Cameron Pierce
The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade by Cameron Pierce
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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A feeling has been tearing up the underground of the fiction world. It’s a nightmare reflection of the society you inhabit, a surreal explosion of pop, punk, and the post-apocalypse. Over the last decade, Bizarro Fiction has changed the definition of avant garde, it’s abolished the traditional prose of yesterday and established a new precedent for awesome. Collected in this anthology is some of the best weird fiction from the past decade. Award-winning writers, cult prodigies and burgeoning talents all collected together in one place. This is what you’ve done with the last ten years of your life.
With stories by:
D. Harlan Wilson, Alissa Nutting, Joe R. Lansdale, Carlton Mellick III, Kevin L. Donihe, Blake Butler, Ryan Boudinot, Vincent Sakowski, Cody Goodfellow, Amelia Gray, Robert Devereaux, Mykle Hansen, Athena Villaverde, Matthew Revert, Garrett Cook, Roy Kesey, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Aimee Bender, Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia, Jeremy C. Shipp, Andersen Prunty, Jedediah Berry, Andrea Kneeland, Kurt Dinan, David Agranoff, Ben Loory, Kris Saknussemm, Stephen Graham Jones, Bentley Little, David W. Barbee, and Tom Piccirilli.
SHORT REVIEW:
This was a great collection of stories and a must have for any bookshelf. I have to point out that "Inheritance" was my favorite.
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January 22, 2013
Finger Painting.
A friend of mine posted some cool photos of some paintings on Facebook. After a brief search on Google I found the artists website and decided to share it with you. The artist in question, Judith Ann Braun, creates unique and beautiful painting using her fingertips as brushes. Check them out here http://judithannbraun.com/462885/fing...
January 19, 2013
Cool Surreal Art.
I've been digging around on the internet again for some cool eye candy and stumbled across this site. I'm interested in purchasing their books. There's a great compilation of artist contributing to this site. http://beinart.org/
January 17, 2013
Book Review - The Brothers Crunk by William Pauley III
THE BROTHERS CRUNK - An 8-Bit Fack-It-All Adventure in 2D by William Pauley III
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
ABOUT:
Brothers Divey and Reynold Crunk are two traveling breakfast burrito salesman just trying to make a living in the post-apocalyptic world of Planet Japan. After discovering a mutilated robot corpse in the middle of the desert, Divey mysteriously transforms into something abominable, setting a bizarre series of events into motion. Reynold follows his brother into the dark underworld of Tokyo, where there are no rules and old video game accessories are used as real weapons.THE BROTHERS CRUNK is an 8-bit fack-it-all adventure in 2D. Please consult a doctor if you experience any of the following symptoms while reading: convulsions, eye or muscle twitching, altered vision, involuntary movements, disorientation, or loss of awareness.
QUICK REVIEW:
Action-packed and full of awesomeness!
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January 10, 2013
Book Review - Cripple Wolf by Jeff Burk
Cripple Wolf by Jeff Burk
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
ABOUT:
Part man. Part wolf. 100% crippled.
Welcome to Fetish Flights, the only airline where BDSM flight attendants service your every need. Aboard a red-eye flight from Tokyo, Japan to Portland, Oregon, a disabled Vietnam vet is harboring a secret. Every full moon he turns into a ravenous killing machine. When he transforms mid-flight and slaughters most of the passengers and crew, a Japanese punk band, a limbless superhero, a Muslim terrorist, and two stoner pilots must fight to stay alive until they reach land. In the spirit of Snakes on a Plane and Tokyo Gore Police, Cripple Wolf is a hilarious, perverted, and hyper-violent ride for fans of video games, comic books and trash culture.
This collection includes six additional stories: Punk Rock Nursing Home, Adrift with Space Badgers, Cook for Your Life, Just Another Day in the Park , Frosty and the Full Monty, and House of Cats.
QUICK REVIEW:
A great collection of the author's work. I read this in preparation for a painting project. Each story is entertaining and straight to the point.
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Art.
I don't have anything to share with you about writing today. Every once in a while I like to throw something in the mix. Today I wanted to share a link with you to some artwork I enjoy. I hope you enjoy it too. The artist uses books, yarn, ink, paint, coffee and tea to create these. Take a look: http://figren.daportfolio.com/gallery...
January 3, 2013
Book Review - Samurai Vs. Robo-Dick by Steve Lowe
Samurai Vs. Robo-Dick by Steve Lowe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Homicidal Wendigos!Limb-lopping samurai!Ambitionless slackers!Marijuana!A redhead!Robo-Dick!
It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.
QUICK REVIEW:
A great, quick read. I found this book hard to sit down with all the action, and all the varied characters.
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December 30, 2012
How To Kill Yourself Giveaway!
I'm giving away a free copy of How To Kill Yourself on Goodreads.
Good luck to all who enter!
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2012 Reading List
It's the last day of the year!
Here's a recap of what I read in 2012, in the order that I read them. I won't bother you with a breakdown. You can plunge into this blog, or rummage around on Goodreads if you'd like to see the actual reviews. I have to warn you though... my reviews have shrunk considerably over the year.
Life happens. And every word counts.
A + by the book means I REALLY liked it, have recommended it to at least one person, lent the book to someone to read, or have read passages from it out loud to a small group of people. I know I really like a book when I want other people to experience the story with me.
1. Instrument of Evil by Lori Lowthert2. Judgment of Evil by Lori Lowthert3. Rise of the Steampunk Empire by Barnabas Corbin4. Deadly Reflections by D.H. Sayer +5. How Gods Bleed by Shane Porteous6. Nightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon7. Crimson Groves by Ashley Roberston8. Hellhound On My Trail (Rock Band Fights Evil, #1) by D.J. Butler9. American Fever: A Tale Of Romance & Pestilence by Christian Hall10. Satan’s Casting Call by Lisa Maliga 11. The Hungry Mouth by Isaac Marion +12. Z Strain by Rutger Klamor13. Outside The Wire by Richard Farnsworth14. Satan Carol by Alan Steven Kessler15. Wicked Hungry by Teddy Jacobs16. The Driver’s Guide To Hitting Pedestrians by Andersen Prunty17. Morning Is Dead by Andersen Prunty18. Jack and Mr. Grin by Andersen Prunty19. Zerostrata by Andersen Prunty20. Rebirth (Novels Of The Second Coming, #1) by Shaun Eyles21. Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison22. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne23. 32 Fangs by David Wellington24. Snail by V. Ulea25. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn26. Alexander: Sacrifice. Instinct. Rebirth. By Lauren K. Pomeroy27. The Pocket Muse 2: Endless Inspiration for Writers by Monica Wood28. They Had Goat Heads by D. Harlan Wilson29. Fill The Grand Canyon And Live Forever by Andersen Prunty +30. UnGuarded by Ashley Robertson31. Bury The Children In The Yard by Andersen Prunty32. The Road by Cormac McCarthy +33. Bright Black Moon by Wayne Hixon34. House Of Fallen Trees by Gina Ranalli35. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk36. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins37. Fuckness by Andersen Prunty38. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins39. Perfume: A Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind40. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins41. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite42. The Beard by Andersen Prunty43. On The Bayou by Sean Patrick Bridges44. The Stranger by Albert Camus +45. Choke by Chuck Palahnuik46. My Fake War by Andersen Prunty47. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman48. Mastodon Farm by Mike Kleine +49. No Alternative by William Dickerson50. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami51. Fortune: Lost And Found by L.S. Murphy52. Audition by Ryu Murakami53. King of the Perverts by Steve Lowe +54. Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament by S.G. Browne 55. Ray You Die Alone by Andersen Prunty56. Terror In Tinseltown by Peter H. Brothers57. Vaempires: Zombie Rising (The Evolutionary War, Book Two) by Thomas Winship58. Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link59. Die You Donut Bastards by Cameron Pierce60. Muscle Memory by Steve Lowe61. Unicorn Battle Squad by Kirsten Alene62. Samurai Vs. Robo-Dick by Steve Lowe63. Cripple Wolf by Jeff Burk64. The Brothers Crunk: An 8-Bit Fack-It-All Adventure in 2D by William Pauley III65. A life On Fire by Chris Bowsman66. The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade by Cameron Pierce 67. The Obese by Nick Antosca
December 27, 2012
Book Review - Unicorn Battle Squad by Kristen Alene
Unicorn Battle Squad by Kirsten Alene
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
ABOUT:
Mutant unicorns. A palace with a thousand human legs. The most powerful army on the planet. A first world city on the verge of collapse.
In a city where teetering skyscrapers block out the sky, a city populated by lowly clerks, rumors have been circulating of a terror in the east. When Carl, the lowliest clerk on the negative twelfth floor, discovers that the city is indeed in grave danger, he sets out to warn the city’s protectors: the Unicorn Riders.
Although Carl’s missing father has left him a unicorn of his own, it is a small and sickly creature. Even worse, there is a crab claw growing from its side. But the Unicorn Riders need as much help as they can get, and soon every able rider sets out for the city’s flooded perimeter in a steam-powered Spanish galleon.
An epic journey that spans desert and sea, through the bedchambers of a fearsome Eastern queen, and into the devastation of a conquered city, Unicorn Battle Squad is the story of a boy and his unicorn at the end of the world.
REVIEW:
This is a good mix of fantasy and bizarro. The story is packed with so much action it will leave your head spinning, and leaving you wanting more. I love a good anti-hero story.
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