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Sunday, October 9, from two to four, One More Page Books, an independent bookstore and wine shop, will host five authors:

William R. Meara, author of Contra Cross, a retired Special Forces and Foreign Service officer's account of US involvement in El Salvadore and Nicaragua in the 1980s; Kathleen S. Ermini, author of Their Shadows Remain, a novel about the homefront during World War II; Vee Daniels, author of The Seeds of Graceton, a historical novel set during the homesteading of North D...

I look pretty pissed off in that pic. I think I was reading a sonnet about Superman when it was taken. Anyway, there are a few new things going on.

First, Anita Dalton of I Read Odd Books is having a Bizarro week. She is reviewing five Bizarro books, including my own,  on her book review site. Anyone commenting on any of the reviews is entered to win a set of all five books. Comment on all five reviews for five chances to win.  Take a look at the site. She explains my book better than I can.

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The most exciting news for me right now is that Joseph Wargo, a true Bizarro, recently hitchhiked to Forest Lawn to read the last chapter of Bucket of Face outside the window of Michael Jackson’s crypt. I wish I could have been there. If you’ve readthe book, this makes a lot of sense. If not, this takes some explaining. See, one of the main characters of my book is a hitman who is a massive Michael Jackson fan, so much so that he dresses up like MJ when he goes out on hits and dances to his s...

The most exciting news for me right now is that Joseph Wargo, a true Bizarro, recently hitchhiked to Forest Lawn to read the last chapter of Bucket of Face outside the window of Michael Jackson's crypt. I wish I could have been there.  If you've read the book, this makes a lot of sense. If not, this takes some explaining. See, one of the main characters of my book is a hitman who is a massive Michael Jackson fan, so much so that he dresses up like MJ when he goes out on hits and dances to...

As I've mentioned in a previous post, I was published as part of a batch of new writers. However, some of those writers are not getting the attention they deserve. So here's the deal: if you order Love in the Time of Dinosaurs, Felix and the Sacred Thor, or How to Eat Fried Furries before the end of May and let us know about it, you'll be entered into a drawing to win the other six books in the NBAS series. To make your odds of winning better, we have two sets of books we're giving out. Go a

This is another one of those limited time only things. Cameron Pierce and Bradley Sands are giving away free eBooks on the new Bizarro Central site. Come for the free books. Stay for the latest news on all things Bizarro.

Thousands are reported dead and thousands more are missing after a small but vocal group of Christians expecting the rapture were attacked by a large bird. The streets are slick with blood and citizens are asked to avoid unnecessary travel until the streets can be cleared, leaving several municipalities baffled as to how to pay for the cleanup of blood and body parts.

"The street sweeping budget is pretty fixed," said a District of Columbia government employee who chose to remain anonymous...

As we all know, the rapture is occurring this Saturday at 6:00 p.m., so it is very important to make sure you are saved by then. If you aren't saved, you won't have the opportunity to play these awesome jokes on the unsaved. If you haven't been born again yet, do it now. If you already have been, do it again. Make peace with your god and have a couple backup gods in place. Once things are square with the man, go out and do some practical jokes.

However, don't forget preparation. Before you go ...

A few years ago, I spent a lot of time listening to Christian Family Radio. I listened for five reasons: the music on the radio in DC isn't very good; the content broadcasted was a lot of fun in a politically incorrect, transgressional way–instructions on training your children to tell non-CFR-Christians they are going to Hell and instructions on how to tell people from other faiths that they are an offense to God and man come to mind; I was dealing with a fundie who had entered my life who w...

This week, Grant Wamack reviewed Bucket of Face on his blog, Spontaneous Combustion. Along with my review, there are reviews of other Bizarro books, links to some of Wamack's own writing, and all sorts of news of interest to the Bizarro reader.  

At the AWP in DC, I met Lee Thomas of Fiction Writers Review. After a conversation on the Bizarro genre, she wrote this article. The site has a lot of content on all things fiction-related, including reviews, interviews, essays, and journal...