The cult section of the literary world
From the author of Cannibals of Candyland and The Terrible Thing That Happens, comes a depraved love story inspired by Japanese cult horror films such as Ringu and Ju-on: the Grudge. The newest entry to the Carlton Mellick III canon is to release on October, 18th 2022. “Bizarre, twisted, and […]
The newest release from Planet Bizarro is a glimpse into the mind of Charles Chadwick. Celebrated Hollywood star Tom Selleck has it all: talent, good looks, a winning personality, and a track record of television and movie hits, enjoyed by millions around the world. Until one day, while filming his […]
First-time author Kourtnea Hogan delivers a stunning coming-of-age story with CONSUME. Tegan is a fragile teenager who feels invisible around her other classmates, until Rileigh walks into her life and quickly becomes the object of Tegan’s affections. Soon, affection becomes an obsession, and Tegan’s insecurities begin to manifest in unhealthy […]
Ghoulish Books, an imprint of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, seeks submissions from transgender and non-binary identifying authors for their first anthology project. Hello, my name is Lor Gislason (they/them) and I will be the editor of BOUND IN FLESH. Body horror has been a part of my life for many […]
Madness Heart Press is now seeking submissions for its fourth edition of Trigger Warning. The previous editions have covered Speaking Ill of the dead, extreme Body Horror, and Hallucinations. This time around they’re looking for the most unspeakable, gut-wrenching, mind-bending stories about curses writers can drag out of their nightmares. […]
There seems to be nothing short of acclaim for Wonderland Award-winning author Danger Slater’s most recent novel, Moonfellows, from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. There’s no science to be found in this book, but I didn’t order a science book. I ordered a bizarro tale about the true-ish history of the […]
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 […]
Wierd Punk Books brings us Brendan Vidito’s next masterpiece scheduled for July 31st, 2022. The Wonderland-Award-winning author of Nightmares in Ecstasy unleashes nine new tales of apocalyptic body horror in Pornography for the End of the World. A young man is initiated into a cult that worships sickness and disease. Survivors of […]
Soft Places is a novella / graphic novel hybrid from the mind and hands of Betty Rocksteady. Recommended for mature audiences. Set to be unleashed on October 25, 2022. Ghoulish Books, from the good people at Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, are sweetening the deal for those ready to line up. […]
In 2014, after the release of his debut novel, celebrated writer and visionary publisher Kevin Sampsell switched gears and turned to a new creative obsession: making collage art. Initially influenced by the wild cutup language of William S. Burroughs, Sampsell soon discovered countless modern collagists that inspired him to take […]
A family’s Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man’s effigy of a movie monster becomes instrumental in his defense against a bully; a family diminishes while visiting a seaside town, leaving only one to remember what changed; a father explores a mysterious tower, […]
From award-nominated writer John Langan comes a collection of uneasy meetings. A frustrated professor and his graduate student assistant accompany a group of soldiers to a remote Scottish island to learn what is buried there. A man plays an audiotape left for him by his late father and is initiated […]
Some wounds are too deep to ever heal. Two brothers from Michigan are reunited after the death of their father. They’ve never been close, but now they have to live together—and it gets more difficult when one discovers a strange creature, vomited from the body of a dead cat. A […]
Cock-A-Voodoo-Doo (and Other Twisted Love Stories) combines three novelettes from Peter Caffrey, author of The God of Wanking, Dog Food, and countless other titles. Caffrey blends absurdism, horror, and bizarro with dark humor and a modicum of filth. Cock-A-Voodoo-Doo Based on a true story! It happened in 1970, in an […]
When Ezra Wilson took the job as a census worker, he never imagined it would lead to a place like his latest assignment. From the moment he turns off the interstate and travels past the village limits, it becomes clear that Heritage isn’t just some quaint New England town. A […]
