The Big Book of Bizarro

by Rich Bottles Jr. (Editor), Gary Lee Vincent (Contributor), Christy Leigh Stewart (Contributor)

“Salacious - Sacrilegious - Scatalogical - Scotomizing - Strange!”

The Big Book of Bizarro brings together the peculiar prose of an international cast of the most grotesquely-gonzo, genre-grinding modern writers who ever put pen to paper (or mouse to pad), including:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD horror writers John Russo & George Kosana

HUSTLER MAGAZINE erotica contributors Eva Hore, Andrée Lachapelle, & J. Troy Seate and

Established Bizarro genre authors D. Harlan Wilson, William Pauley III, Laird Long, Richard Godwin and so many more!

From Alien abductions to Zombie sex, The Big Book of Bizarro contains OVER FIFTY STORIES of the most outrélandish transgressive fiction that you’ll ever lay your capricious and curious hands upon!

WARNING: This book may be one of the most controversial and dangerous books you’ll ever read.

The stories in The Big Book of Bizarro include:

HORROR
Daniel In The Lion's Den by Kai Miro

Wet by Mark Gallagher

The Whore of the Dartmoor by Rich Bottles Jr.

The Fall by David J. Fairhead

Glory Holes by Gary Lee Vincent

Channel 666 by John Russo

Forever Ago Sunshine by Wol-vriey Jesuto

Honey-do by Nikko Lee

Every Bite by Matt Smallwood

Nothing Really Satisfies by Kelly R. Martin

Decorations by Nelson W. Pyles

Karnivali by Jesse J. Saxon

Front Page by Michael A. Migliore

Into The Night by Heather Lin

Hades on Ice by Kimberly Bennett

His Own Worst Enemy by Laird Long

Writer's Block by Ryan J. McBriar

Every by Charlie Kirby

City of the Dead by Clare de Lune

Want by Meself John

SCI-FI & FANTASY
Alien Apocalypse by Zmortis

Saved by Thomas Fuchs

Pearl by Scott Emerson

Worms by George R. Galuschak

In Cocoon, I am Embryo by Kenzie Mathews

The Only One To Save by Derek Tabor

Scotomization by D. Harlan Wilson

False Idols by Sean Martin

I'm Going To The Moon by Christy Leigh Stewart

Diethylamide by Michael C. Thompson

Their Quiet, Bookish Life by Chadwick H. Saxelid

Gloriana by Angela Caperton

Bleedin' Hearts by Salvatore Buttaci

The Image of the Lord by Jon Judy

Punch and Jesus by Anonymous Christian

Jumpers by Michael Bracken

Nude Sushi with a Twist by Keith Dugger

Talking Heads by Nicole E. Peffer

BOOM CLICK CLICK by William Pauley III

Succor the Child by Mercy Loomis

She Who Cleans: A Dung Sticker’s Shitty Tale by A.D. Spencer

Tiffany's!! It's Get Even Time!! by George Kosana

Cotton Mouth by Christopher Danaher

InBox by Brennon ThompSon

Losing Control by R. Scott Steele

EROTICA
One Hell of a Band by J.T. Seate

Lester's Ominous Gift by Eva Hore

The Gathering by Madeleine Swann

Womb With a View by Reina Sobin

Love Bites by Andrée Lachapelle

Pomegranate Moth by Richard Godwin

Sonata for Insects and Violins by Peter Baltensperger

Frosty by Alice Jacobs

Fun House by Kimber Vale

Butterfly Kisses by Duncan Meece

Sexual Madness by Rose de Fer

Terra Cupidus by Robin Tiergarten

Genres: Bizarro Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Anthologies

538 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2011

About the author

After an unillustrious print journalism career in southwestern Pennsylvania, Rich Bottles Jr. moved to West Virginia at the age of 32 to pursue a career in technical writing. He spends his free time visiting and hiking at the many state parks in the Mountain State, which is also where he develops the concepts for his novels.
Rich recently completed a trilogy of WV-themed "humorrorotica," which includes the novels “Lumberjacked,” “Hellhole West Virginia” and “The Manacled.”
In addition to editing and contributing to the Burning Bulb Publishing anthologies “Westward Hoes” and “The Big Book of Bizarro,” he has also written stories for the StrangeHouse Books anthologies “Strange Sex,” "A Very StrangeHouse Christmas," "Strange Versus Lovecraft," "Strange Fucking Stories" and “Zombie! Zombie! Brain Bang!”
He is currently working on a horror novel set in West Virginia’s Amish Country.
His only regret in life is that his out-of-state secondary school education prohibited him from earning West Virginia's prestigious Golden Horseshoe Award.

Reviews

[Christy Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm in good company here.

Also, this book is HUGE so I am pleased with the pricing (as well as my pay check *wink*)

[Stepha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of interesting stories. Really a very enjoyable book. ok so I'm not sleeping much because of it. Really everyone should read it and enjoy the talent within I would suggest to anyone that has a interest in reading the bizarre.

[Clare Lune]

Granted, I'm a contributor (City of the Dead), but I really enjoyed reading the rest of the stories. Talented authors.

[Gary Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two pounds of reading (538 pages) that's packed with some of the strangest fiction on Earth for only twenty bucks! Fifty-seven stories (57 varieties) and not one about Heinz ketcup, so what more do you want?!

[Andree Lachapelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book features one of my stories, "Love Bites." Check it out!

[mkfs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uneven, as one would expect, but still a lot of fun.

Bad writing is part and parcel of Bizarro fiction. Bizarro is the literary equivalent of Troma films: sure, they could have better acting, better scripts, better direction, and bigger budgets. But then they wouldn't be Troma films!

I think Bizarro fiction works best in a format like this: a collection of short works by many authors, in which freedom of expression is the only unifying theme. A Bizarro novel is too much a gamble, as the enjoyment of a good one (Shatnerquake, Fistful of Feet, Satan Burger) requires sitting through a few dozen bad ones.

[Angel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick impressions: It does provide a sampling of what the genre can offer, but it is quite uneven.

(Full review on my blog coming soon.)

[Matthew Smallwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome read and truly one of a kind.