There is a movement in the literary industry that I thought I'd bring your attention to. Collectively it is known as Bizarro. The literary equivalent of the cult section in the video store, these books are brimming with inventiveness that usually circles around the grotesque, creepy, erotic and just plain weird and nasty. Like looking through the eyes of David Lynch when he's having a cheese nightmare, some of the writers that deal in the Bizarro deserve more attention. Authors like Carlton Mellick, Wrath James White, Edward Lee and many more, show that novels are not dead and that horror doesn't have to be a diluted toothless monster that is predictable as it is boring. These 'extreme horror' books also posses an intelligence within the ideas that can be social, political or psycho. If you like your horror truly disturbing and mind-bending, check out some of these authors and their works.Thank you.
These tales are not for the weak of heart or stomach as they deal with some horrid little topics that are highly enjoyable. Edward Lee's writing sucks the reader into each twisted little scenario and makes your skin crawl, makes you think, makes you want to keep on reading, never knowing what will happen next and dreading the next page.
This is real horror. Don't expect happy endings and sugar coated stories of 'likeable' people doing 'nice' things. This is down dirty and nasty.
Highly recommended for horror fans with a brain... and a strong constitution.
If you like horror short stories by new, interesting authors I recommend the Bizarro Starter Kit books. There are three in all; Blue,Orange and Purple and they are available at Amazon.com among other places. In the U.K you may find it hard to find these books at the bookshop(I did) so the web is your best bet and if you enjoy reading things that are strange, horrific and utterly unpredictable, the I would give these books a try. Also, you will be introduced to some truly excellent, although rather unknown authors, which is always a good thing. Thank you.
In this collection of short horror fiction you'll find a little of everything. This book is not really hardcore horror but there is a bit of blood flying around along with deadly paranoia on board a space shuttle, a dark cellar that may contain a yellow eyed monster with teeth and a uncertain afterlife for a cancer patient. The stories are all very well written and edited and I read this entire collection in one day. It was thoroughly entertaining and some of the stories give me a little shiver with some genuinely inventive and unique takes on horror.
There's bound to be something in here for any kind of horror fan, no matter your tastes. It was also nice to read some authors that I had never read before and it spurred me on to discover more about them and their other works.
This is an ebook and relatively cheap for the quality of the story telling on show. I would recommend picking this up and if you do I doubt you'll be disappointed.
There's bound to be something in here for any kind of horror fan, no matter your tastes. It was also nice to read some authors that I had never read before and it spurred me on to discover more about them and their other works.
This is an ebook and relatively cheap for the quality of the story telling on show. I would recommend picking this up and if you do I doubt you'll be disappointed.
Although this book is somewhat fantastical, it's closeness to reality is all too noticeable and uncomfortable. Do we question where meat comes from,how it gets on our own table? Well don't be surprised if,after reading this brilliant,complex, well-written and engaging book, you cannot look at a pork-chop the same again.