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Jason wrote: "Full disclosure, I have met Gregor Xane through this site, but it is without any promotional proclivity that I would rank his novella, Six Dead Spots, as one of the strangest stories I have read re..."Thanks for mentioning The Continuance Agency, Jason. Interestingly enough, it seems to be the one most people absolutely abhor. I do plan to continue on with that story but I blundered when I put the first part out before having it more thought out. I know Gregor from Goodreads, too. Hell of a nice guy and I agree with you about his Six Dead Spots. Wow! That one screwed with my head on a lot of levels. Gregor is an excellent writer. I agree it was unique and delightful. I don't read much bizarro, either. I think if you read too much of it, nothing will seem strange at all after a little while.
Abhor? I loved The Continuance Agency! I am surprised to hear that, really. My tastes are, admittedly, probably slightly off-kilter from the mainstream, but...
.... which is clearly on display in your decision to hang out with the tumbleweed and crickets here on my ghost blog. Thanks, by the way, Jason.It gets so lonely here...
Really am challenged when it comes to social media.
Goodreads doesn't do a great job featuring blog posts, in my opinion.Hell, I've got surveillance set up on you 24/7 just to make sure none of my stuff goes missing, and even with all that in place I just saw this blog post for the first time today.
Jason wrote: "Full disclosure, I have met Gregor Xane through this site, but it is without any promotional proclivity that I would rank his novella, Six Dead Spots, as one of the strangest stories I have read re..."I second that one, Jason. And I thought Adam's Continuance Agency was great, too...now if I could just talk him into expanding it into a full-blown book!
David Wong's books nicely toes the line of "weird yet readable", much like yours does. Love them.
There's a lot of weird/bizarro stuff floating around out there, but most of it is not fun to read.
Let me nominate a couple weird ones for ya:
They Had Goat Heads by D. Harlan Wilson - like jazz, this book is best enjoyed in small doses.
Big Gurl by Thom Metzger and rachMiel (dude changed his name from Richard, hmmmm) - found this book in a dark crevice in the back of a sketchy thrift store. Started reading it a few days ago. It's weird in a way I've never seen before. Someone recently salvaged this book and re-released it on kindle, so I'll keep you posted if it's worth picking up.



But those are horror works. I haven't read much bizarro, and I am sure half the novels from Damnation Press might qualify