I’m too lazy to write my blog post today so let’s just look at the cover for Thunderbird by Jon Konrath:
Let’s just look at it for a while. This is Konrath’s newest collection of absurd fiction. The description on Amazon states:
Absurdist writer Jon Konrath returns with another collection of hilarious and demented flash fiction. Descend into a manic world of Kafkaesque insanity and paranoia including FDA drone strikes against weight-loss clinics, amputee porn, a celebrity kickboxing match between Yo Yo Ma and Manuel Noriega, and hobby shop exorcisms. The author of the cult classic Rumored to Exist continues his surreal nonlinear journey through a nightmarish terrain of Jeff Spicoli-themed restaurants, indian casino abortion clinics, and an apocalyptic landscape laced with insane humor and nonstop non sequitur references to pop culture, medical technology, military machinery, and extreme heavy metal. This collection of 26 short stories and flash fiction pieces explores the human element through deranged comedy in what demonstrates Konrath’s bizarre style of experimental writing. Bonus: The paperback edition of Thunderbird also includes the short story “The Zombies of Kilimanjaro,” an undead parody of the Hemingway classic.
In fact, you can go over and buy it on Amazon. I did.
Anyway, maybe I’ll recover from my laziness and write a real post for tomorrow. Then again, maybe not. Maybe I’ll just spend the day (like today) reading Thunderbird and won’t have any interest in writing a post. We’ll just have to see.
Published on June 22, 2013 17:00