I was browsing through the genre's list on goodreads, when i found a genre called "Bizzaro fiction" a sub genre of horror i think. "Bizzaro" yeah you've guessed it right : weird shit!
"Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre, which often utilizes elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive works that are as weird and entertaining as possible".
Great odds that's it's about crazy people doing crazy ,disgusting,scary-crazy-disgusting things. Of course this is mere speculation on my part from the many titles I've seen on goodreads.
Like:
-A Bear is Eating Me
- A Haunted Vagina
-The Menstruating Mall
-Satan Burger (followed by the cover, of a naked guy crouching over a plate he's I assume about to SHIT on)
- The Baby Jesus Butt Plug
-Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
-Sausagey Santa ?
Some of these titles bug me to a certain end, that would make me not want to read the book. Of course there were other books with less freaky titles . this genre seems interesting enough. I found one book that interested me and added it to my TBR list. "Armadillo Fists" by Carlton Mellick III
It's about a woman , Psycho June Howard, aka Armadillo Fists, who replaced both of her hands with living armadillos. Bizzar? oh i know.
What's your favorite genre? are you exploring any new genre's?
Hello.
ReplyDeleteI've recently had a collection of stories, "A Hollow Cube is a Lonely Space," published by Eraserhead Press (publisher of "Armadillo Fists," et al.). If you're interested in reviewing it, I'll send you a PDF copy.
Here's an Amazon link, where you can see cover art, blurb and sample chapters: http://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Cube-Lonely-Space/dp/1621050084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326290550&sr=1-1
Thanks,
S.D. Foster
Seems interesthing. you can send the pdf to librarianx13@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'm new at reviewing so don't expect anything great. but it will be honest.