A jealous young man plots to kill his grandfather's dachshund. A pair of conjoined twins have differing opinions on whether or not to separate. A hypochondriac writer is faced with the decision of either finishing his magnum opus or going to the hospital to treat a spider bite. A young man suffering through a mental breakdown takes refuge with the blue whale in his bathtub. Too Weird is a collection of seven short, darkly humorous stories by Christamar Varicella.
Christamar Varicella writes fiction and occasionally dabbles in nonfiction. He is currently writing a horror novel "Split," book 1 of The Others series. Split can be read on the Kindle Vella platform.
In 2020, his short story, "The Other" was published in The Gateway Review: A Journal of Magical Realism. It was named Editor's Favorite and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Also in 2020, his true crime story, "The Voodoo Preacher" was selected for Best True Crime Stories: Small Towns, edited by Mitzi Szereto, and was published under the name of his alter ego, David Brasfield.
In 2019, he edited and published Blood Cries by Chris Hope. The book tells the story of the woman who tracked down a lost true crime manuscript written by a world-famous author. Read excerpts at christamar.com.
Prior to 2019, Christamar wrote and published the thriller novel The Reverend; Too Weird, a collection of short stories; and the humor collection There Are Sneetches in My Breeches and other Parodies. Read excerpts at Christamar.com.