Thomas Kemp, the Libertine, turned cruelty, torture, and humiliation into works of art. It was said that he had given his soul to something inhuman to be part of artistic immortality. It was said that his very ashes were used to make a set of charcoals still imbued with his […]
Masterclass Takes Notice
Published on :The good people at Masterclass have brought Bizarro to their audience with the article Bizarro Fiction Genre: 15 Bizarro Fiction Authors. Within, they take a quick look at what bizarro fiction is, what the core elements are, and call out fifteen notable authors. The fabulous fifteen are as follows: Andre […]
Weird Anthology Watch
Published on :Two anthologies have recently arrived, each featuring some familiar names from the bizarro scene. First, Lee Widener has a story called He Was So Old in the latest issue of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine. And both Cody Goodfellow and Garrett Cook appear in A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession from Martian […]
Why The Human Centipede 3 Might Be Smarter and More Interesting Than the Book You’re Writing and What You Can Do About It
Published on :by Garrett Cook A lot of people told me it would be a bad idea to write a blog post using The Human Centipede 3 to dispense writing advice. So I sewed them together. It’s clearly something that’s done nowadays. Sewing human beings together anus to mouth? Pretty commonplace. Nobody told me […]
Holiday Gift Guide Part 2: Christmas Craft Fair
Published on :by Garrett Cook Damn. Christmas sure gives you a lot of things to hate about it. Crass commercialism. Carols everywhere. Bitter cold. Mechagodzilla. But worse and more excruciating than all of these things is the Christmas craft fair. Purchasing poorly wrought wooden reindeer to support your stupid kid’s school for […]
Holiday Gift Guide Part 1: The NBAS
Published on :Garrett Cook Seasons greetings to all. And a Happy Holidays. And…. It seems the holidays are upon us. Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Black Friday, Hawkman’s birthday, Take Your Lion to Work Day…. At any rate, the gift giving holidays are upon us. We in the Bizarro community know that this is the […]
Flash Fiction Friday: The Faerie that Must Not Dream Napoleon
Published on :by Garrett Cook I. “Won’t you come home, Bill Bailey, won’t you come home?” she screamed the whole night long. But that was not the name of the treacherous object. The name was raincoat slick, slippery as a womb, harder to grasp than grief. And it was off. The name […]
Flash Fiction Friday: Four Flashes of Newmar
Published on :by Garrett Cook An Author is a Beagle As a Flying Ace Julie Newmar walks into my office. She doesn’t know that I know who she is. Because she’s wearing her costume. “Can I help you?” I ask, though I’m afraid I can’t. “There’s been a murder,” she tells me. […]
THE MAGAZINE OF BIZARRO FICTION #11 – Out Now!
Published on :FictionUltra David Vs. Mecha-Goliath by Michael Allen RoseDieselpig by Garrett CookViolins for Sale by Scott ColeThe Slobbering Tongue That Ate The Frightfully Huge Woman by Robert DevereauxThe Corpsefucker Blues by Ryan Harding ComicsOgner Stump’s One Thousand Sorrows by Andrew GoldfarbWild Bushpig Grrrls by S.C.A.R. NonfictionHead Humping and Tentacle Fucking: Author […]