Bizarro Central Story of the Year Finalists
Here are the ten finalists voted on by readers for Bizarro Central’s story of the year contest. You have until December 30th to cast your final vote. Please email your vote to bizarrocentralstoryoftheyear@gmail.com. The winner will be announced on January 1st.
Finalists
Artichoke by Kirsten Alene(from Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens #10)
Surf Grizzlies by David W. Barbee (from Unicorn Knife Fight)
Death and the Great Mechanico by Mykle Hansen (from Hooray for Death)
Laws of Virulence by Jeremy Robert Johnson (from We Live Inside You)
Unfruitful Works by Jordan Krall (from Unfruitful Works and Personal Horrors)
I Am Genghis Cum by Violet LeVoit (from I Am Genghis Cum)
Ear Cat by Carlton Mellick III (from Fantastic Orgy)
No Children by Cameron Pierce (from Abortion Arcade)
The Driver’s Guide to Hitting Pedestrians by Andersen Prunty (from The Driver’s Guide to Hitting Pedestrians)
Glory Holes by Gary Lee Vincent (from The Big Book of Bizarro)
I’ve only read 4 of these (although I’m pretty sure I know what I’m going to vote for). So it looks like novellas qualify as long as they appear in an issues of a journal or novella collections instead of books that don’t contain anything besides the novellas. I didn’t know that. If I had, I may have voted the first time around (although the main reason why I didn’t was forgetting about the deadline).
December 19, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Something weird happened.
Anyway, I’ll have to read David Barbee’s story since that’s the only one that’s online (and free).
December 19, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I voted for Gary Vincent and the Big Book of the Bizarro – now there’s a book with some fire on its peaches.
And I don’t mean that Lindsay Lohan venereal disease crapola, I mean literal ***damn fire. My testes exploded the moment I picked it up and flames shot forward out of my mancannon like olympic javelins of incendiary liquid legacy until it clear blew George Washington’s face off Mt. Rushmore. Gender neutral effigies, my shaven buttocks… you try explaining to my mother how a book could cause you to impregnate a SNOWMAN in the middle of SUMMER!
Thus is the power of the BB of the B. It’s like the Ark of the Covenant for us Gentiles. It’s a war on literacy! It’s everything the Beatles fought for crumbling in front of our children’s eyes until it becomes a composite tranvestite of human dignity. I love it.
December 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm
I am going to keep what I’m voting for to myself (along with the email address where I send my vote). I will do this right after I finish reading David Barbee’s story. I will start now, although I may not have time to finish because I’m doing an online tutoring shift right now and waiting for a student to appear. Today is much slower than usual. I get paid less when I’m waiting and typing comments on bizarrocentral rather than tutoring, but I rarely have to wait for students to appear during my shifts. Perhaps most of the students have a break from school because of the forthcoming holiday.
December 19, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Surfing bears are much more interesting than glory holes (although an encounter with them would be less pleasurable). I want everyone to know that am going to cast my vote now unless I am interrupted.
December 19, 2011 at 8:18 pm
In case anyone is interested, I have successfully cast my vote.
December 19, 2011 at 8:22 pm
I’m suddenly craving Gilligan’s Island…
December 19, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Perhaps bears are often on the other side of walls with glory holes.
December 20, 2011 at 7:01 am
“Something weird happened.” Bradley, I know this is in context to your post, but I find it a rather hilarious statement considering that this is Bizarro Central, and weird is such an understatement :)
I unfortunately have not been able to read any of these (where the fuck have I been, right?) but I wish every author the best of luck. “I Am Genghis Cum” is certainly on the top of my list as far as must-reads.
December 20, 2011 at 9:23 am
The vast majority of these stories (and novellas) were published recently, which is why I’ve only read a few.
December 20, 2011 at 6:40 pm