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'''Bizarro fiction''' is a contemporary [[literary genre]] noted for its focus on "high [[weird]]ness." The term was appropriated from popular culture in 2005 by the [[small press|independent publishing companies]] Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books in response to the rising demand for unique and outlandish fiction. In the introduction to ''The Bizarro Starter Kit'', Bizarro is described as "literature's equivalent to the [[cult film|cult]] section at the video store" and a genre that "strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read."<ref>''The Bizarro Starter Kit.'' Bizarro Books, 2006. p.5</ref> According to Rose O'Keefe of Eraserhead Press: "Basically, if an audience enjoys a book or film primarily because of its weirdness, then it is Bizarro. Weirdness might not be the work's only appealing quality, but it is the major one."
'''Bizarro fiction''' is a contemporary [[literary genre]] which often uses elements of [[Absurdist fiction|absurdism]], [[satire]], and the [[grotesque]], along with pop-surrealism and [[genre fiction]] staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works. The term was adopted in 2005 by the [[small press|independent publishing companies]] Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books. Much of its community revolves around Eraserhead Press, which is based in [[Portland, Oregon]], and has hosted the annual [[BizarroCon]] since 2008. The introduction to the first ''Bizarro Starter Kit'' describes Bizarro as "literature's equivalent to the [[cult film|cult]] section at the video store" and a genre that "strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read."<ref>''The Bizarro Starter Kit.'' Bizarro Books, 2006. p. 5</ref> According to [[Rose O'Keefe]] of Eraserhead Press: "Basically, if an audience enjoys a book or film primarily because of its weirdness, then it is Bizarro. Weirdness might not be the work's only appealing quality, but it is the major one."<ref name="Bizarro FAQs">{{cite web|url=http://mondobizarro.yuku.com/topic/362|title=Bizarro FAQs – What is BIZARRO? – Discussion Areas – Mondo Bizarro – Message Board|first=Rose|last=O'Keefe|date=2 October 2005|publisher=[[Yuku]]|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145959/http://mondobizarro.yuku.com/topic/362|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In general, Bizarro has more in common with [[speculative fiction]] genres (such as [[science-fiction]], [[fantasy]], and [[Horror fiction|horror]]) than with [[avant-garde]] movements (such as [[Dadaism]] and [[surrealism]]), which readers and critics often associate it with.<ref name="Fantasy Magazine">{{cite web|author=Randy Henderson|date=21 April 2010|title=Fantasy Magazine » Bizarro Fiction 101: Not Just Weird for Weird's Sake|url=http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2010/04/bizarro-fiction-101-not-just-weird-for-weirds-sake/|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2010|publisher=[[Fantasy Magazine (2005)]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425232516/http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2010/04/bizarro-fiction-101-not-just-weird-for-weirds-sake/|archive-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> While the genre may place an emphasis on the cult and outré, it is not without critical praise. Books by authors who have identified or have been identified as Bizarro have been praised by [[Lloyd Kaufman]],<ref name="horroryearbook.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.horroryearbook.com/549985/ass-goblins-of-auschwitz|title=Ass Goblins of Auschwitz at horroryearbook.com|author=Kevin Touch|date=21 May 2010|publisher=horroryearbook|access-date=22 October 2010|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722130803/http://www.horroryearbook.com/549985/ass-goblins-of-auschwitz|archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> [[Michael Moorcock]]<ref name="The Velocity Gospel review">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jun/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview28/print|title=Curiouser and curiouser|author=Michael Moorcock|author-link=Michael Moorcock|date=15 June 2010|work=[[guardian.co.uk]]|access-date=22 October 2010}}</ref> and [[guardian.co.uk]].<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jul/16/bizarro-fiction-terribly-good|title=Bizarro fiction: it's terribly good|author=Damien G Walter|date=16 July 2010|work=[[guardian.co.uk]]|access-date=22 October 2010}}</ref> Bizarro novels have been finalists for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]],<ref name="Philip K. Dick Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.philipkdick.com/links_pkdaward.html|title=The Philip K. Dick Award – winners by year|publisher=[[Philip K. Dick Award]]|access-date=22 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080934/http://www.philipkdick.com/links_pkdaward.html|archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="Steve Aylett Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.steveaylett.com/pages/interviews.html|title=Steve Aylett Website - interviews section - WWW.STEVEAYLETT.COM|publisher=STEVEAYLETT.COM|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015164834/http://www.steveaylett.com/Pages/interviews.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Bram Stoker Award]],<ref name="Horror Writers Association - Past Stoker Award Nominees & Winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.horror.org/stokerwinnom.htm |title=Horror Writers Association – Past Stoker Award Nominees & Winners |publisher=[[Horror Writers Association]] |access-date=22 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015205855/http://www.horror.org/stokerwinnom.htm |archive-date=15 October 2008 }}</ref> and the [[Rhysling Award]].<ref name="Rhysling Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfpoetry.com/ra/pages/07rhysling.html|title=Rhysling Anthology and Awards: 2007|author=Mike Allen|publisher=[[Science Fiction Poetry Association]]|access-date=22 October 2010|author-link=Mike Allen (poet)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105153650/http://www.sfpoetry.com/ra/pages/07rhysling.html|archive-date=5 January 2011}}</ref> A book of Bizarro criticism and theory was named Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2009 by [[3:AM Magazine]] in Paris.<ref>''Put It Down in a Book'' by Tom Bradley, The Drill Press, 2009</ref>
While works of Bizarro may have [[literary merit]], the primary focus of the genre is to entertain. In this respect, Bizarro has more in common with [[speculative fiction]] genres (such as [[science-fiction]], [[fantasy]], and [[Horror fiction|horror]]) than with the [[postmodern literature|postmodern literary movements]] (such as [[surrealism]], [[absurdism]], and [[beat generation|beat]]), with which it is commonly associated.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}


==Origins==
Prominent exponents of Bizarro include [[Steve Aylett]], [[D. Harlan Wilson]], [[Carlton Mellick III]], [[Jeremy Robert Johnson]], and [[Chris Genoa]].


Bizarro literature can trace its roots at least as far back as the foundation of Eraserhead Press in 1999,<ref name="About « Eraserhead Press">{{cite web |url=http://eraserheadpress.com/about/|title=About « Eraserhead Press|date=24 November 2009 |publisher=Eraserhead Press|access-date=22 October 2010}}</ref> but the description of the literature as "Bizarro" is a more recent development. Previous terms used to refer to the burgeoning scene include "[[Irrealism (the arts)|irreal]]"<ref name="Dark Scribe Magazine">{{cite web |url=http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/feature-interviews/d-harlan-wilson-keeping-it-irreal.html|title=Dark Scribe Magazine – Feature Interviews – D. Harlan Wilson: Keeping It Irreal|author=Blu Gilliand|date=1 August 2009|publisher=Dark Scribe Magazine|access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Specusphere - Irrealism and the Bizarro movement">{{cite web|url=http://www.specusphere.com/feature-articles/irrealism-and-the-bizarro-movement.html|title=The Specusphere – Irrealism and the Bizarro movement|author=Stephen Thompson|date=19 August 2008|publisher=The Specusphere|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005062808/http://www.specusphere.com/feature-articles/irrealism-and-the-bizarro-movement.html|archive-date=5 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "[[absurdist fiction|new absurdism]]",<ref name="The Specusphere - Irrealism and the Bizarro movement"/> but neither of these was used broadly. On 19 June 2005, Kevin Dole II released "What The Fuck is This All About", a sort of manifesto for the then unnamed genre.<ref name="Bizarro FAQs-2">{{cite web|url=http://mondobizarro.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/968|title=What the Fuck is This All About? – Articles & Essays – Discussion Areas – Mondo Bizarro – Message Board|author=Kevin Dole 2|date=28 June 2005|publisher=[[Yuku]]|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919185637/http://mondobizarro.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/968|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="So What the Fuck Is This All About?">{{cite web |url=http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=8 |title=So What the Fuck Is This All About?|author=Kevin Dole 2|date=24 August 2007|publisher=[[Internet Archive]]|access-date=22 October 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824114545/http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=8 |archive-date = 24 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="Kevin Dole 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizarrocentral.com/authors/25-kevin-dole-2.html|title=Kevin Dole 2|publisher=Bizarro Central|access-date=22 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729042919/http://bizarrocentral.com/authors/25-kevin-dole-2.html|archive-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> While the essay does not feature the word "Bizarro," subsequent discussion about the essay led to the name as well as the inauguration of the Mondo Bizarro Forum.
Books by Bizarro authors have been awarded the [[World Fantasy Award]]<ref>[[Forrest Aguirre]], for his editorial work on ''Leviathan 3''</ref>, the [[Bram Stoker Award]]<ref>[[John Edward Lawson]], for ''The Troublesome Amputee'', and [[Michael A. Arnzen]] for ''Grave Markings''</ref>, the [[3:AM Magazine]] Literary Awards <ref>[[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]], for ''Fission Among the Fanatics'', Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2007</ref>, the [[Philip K. Dick Award]]<ref>[[Steve Aylett]], for ''Slaughtermatic''</ref>, and have been made into [[live-action]]<ref>[http://kidshirt.blogspot.com/2008/01/egg-trailer-add-to-my-profile-more.html KID SHIRT: EGG<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> as well as [[animation]]<ref>[http://corporatedemon.com/13/12/2007/project-beebody/ Project: Beebody<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> movies.


In his essay, "The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized",<ref name="Nab">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/2013/06/22/a-blast-from-the-bizarro-past|title=The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized|last=Bradley|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Bradley (author)|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207121828/http://bizarrocentral.com/2013/06/22/a-blast-from-the-bizarro-past/|url-status=dead}}<!-- Text included as part of the ref, should it be a separate one? : see also ''Fission Among the Fanatics'' by Tom Bradley, Spuyten Duyvil Books (NYC), pages 231-245.--></ref> [[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]] traces the genre's roots back in literary history to the time of [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s "gogolization," and his cry of despair and horror at having his central nervous system colonized: "...after reading [[Gogol]], one's eyes become gogolized. One is apt to see bits of his world in the most unexpected places."<ref name="The Overcoat and The Nose">{{cite book |title=The Overcoat and The Nose|last=Gogol |first=Nikolai |author-link=Nikolai Gogol |translator=Ronald Wilks |year=1995 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0-14-600114-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/overcoatnose00gogo|url-access=registration}}</ref> Bradley claims the Bizarro movement is continuing and fulfilling that gogolization process, under the name "Bizarroization": "...we have been completing the preposterous project which [Nabokov] took over from Gogol nearly a hundred years ago.."<ref name="Nab"/> Bradley further asserts that Bizarro writers can trace their spiritual roots back to the [[Epistulae ex Ponto|letters]] which [[Ovid]] wrote while exiled on the [[Black Sea]].<ref>{{Citation
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== Response ==
Bizarro literature can trace its roots at least as far back as the foundation of Eraserhead Press in 1999, but the description of the literature as "Bizarro" is a more recent development. Previous terms used to refer to the burgeoning scene include "irreal" and "new absurdism," but neither of these was used with consensus. On 19 June 2005, Kevin Dole 2 released "What The Fuck is This All About," a sort of manifesto for the then unnamed genre.<ref>[http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=8 Bizarro Central<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> While the essay does not feature the word "Bizarro," subsequent discussion about the essay led to the name as well as the inauguration of the Mondo Bizarro Forum.


Author [[John Skipp]] and fellow [[small press]] author Eden Robins have written in praise of the [[do it yourself]], self-promoting aesthetic.<ref name="BIZARRO-MANIA!!!">{{cite web |url=http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=14 |title=BIZARRO-MANIA!!!|author=John Skipp|author-link=John Skipp|date=21 March 2008|publisher=[[Internet Archive]]|access-date=23 October 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080321062634/http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=14 |archive-date = 21 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="Ecstatic Days">{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/23/bizarro-fiction-stout-hearts-and-strong-stomachs/|title=Bizarro Fiction: Stout Hearts and Strong Stomachs|author=Eden Robins|date=23 November 2009|publisher=Ecstatic Days|access-date=23 October 2010}}</ref> ''Thirdeye Magazine'', an online zine, reinforces the perception of Bizarro writing as purposefully absurd.<ref name="Thirdeye Magazine">{{cite web |url=http://www.thirdeyemag.com/reviews/it-came-from-below-the-belt/|title=It Came From Below The Belt|author=Jeff Siwanowicz|date=3 November 2007|publisher=Thirdeye Magazine|access-date=23 October 2010}}</ref> In the [[io9]] article "Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future," co-editor [[Charlie Jane Anders]] praised Bizarro publisher Eraserhead Press as one of her favorite independent presses.<ref name="io9">{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5409552/independent-publishers-who-are-reinventing-the-future|title=Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future|author=Charlie Anders|author-link=Charlie Anders|date=20 November 2009|work=[[io9]]|publisher=[[Gawker Media]]|access-date=23 October 2010}}</ref>
With regard to the place in literary history this movement occupies, the British magazine [[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|''Dazed & Confused'']] has opined that "The bastard sons of William Burroughs and Dr. Seuss, the underground lit cult of the Bizarros are picking up where the cyberpunks left off."<ref>''Dazed & Confused Magazine,'' London, Vol. 2, Issue 53</ref>


The British magazine ''[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]'' stated that "The bastard sons of William Burroughs and Dr. Seuss, the underground lit cult of the Bizarros are picking up where the [[cyberpunk]]s left off."<ref>{{Citation
In his essay, "The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized<ref>[http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=20 The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized]</ref>, [[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]], a scholar as well as practitioner of Bizarro, traces the genre's roots back in literary history to the time of [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s "gogolization," and his cry of despair and horror at having his central nervous system colonized: "...after reading [[Gogol]], one's eyes become gogolized. One is apt to see bits of his world in the most unexpected places."<ref>back cover blurb, ''The Overcoat and The Nose'' by Nikolai Gogol, trans. Ronald Wilks. Penguin Books (1995)</ref> Bradley claims the Bizarro movement is continuing and fulfilling that gogolization process, under the name ''Bizarroization'': "...we have been completing the preposterous project which [Nabokov] took over from Gogol nearly a hundred years ago.."<ref>The Nab...''ibid''</ref>
| title = [[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]
| pages = 64
| date = September 2007
}}</ref>


== Wonderland Book Award ==
Elsewhere <ref>[http://www.dharlanwilson.com/dreampeople/issue29/reviewpiecemealjune.html Review of Jordan Krall's Piecemeal June]</ref>, Tom Bradley follows Bizarro's origins further back, to the [[Epistulae ex Ponto|letters]] which [[Ovid]] wrote while exiled on the [[Black Sea]] two thousand years ago.
The Wonderland Book Award honors the best in bizarro fiction each year. The award recognizes two categories: best novel/novella and best short story collection. The award is voted on<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wonderland Book Award – Final Ballot 2015|url = http://bizarrocentral.com/2015/08/07/wonderland-book-award-final-ballot-2015/|website = Bizarro Central|access-date = 2015-11-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023834/http://bizarrocentral.com/2015/08/07/wonderland-book-award-final-ballot-2015/|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> by bizarro authors and fans, and presented in the fall at BizarroCon.


=== Best Short Story Collection ===
==Response to the movement==
2023: All I Want Is to Take Shrooms And Listen to the Color of Nazi Screams - John Baltisberger


2022: The Last 5 Minutes of the Human Race - Michael Allen Rose & Jim Agpalza
''Thirdeye Magazine'' has this to say about the Bizarro movement:
{{bquote|The bizarro world is a quickly growing literary genre. It’s not that the storytelling style is new, it’s simply catching on in the mainstream. The stories are not quite horror. Nor are they fantasy. In fact, many of the tales told in this subculture are flat out absurd. That’s the whole point. They take place in worlds where anything goes and nothing is predictable. The lack of form and literary rules used in Bizarro fiction can at times be confusingly entertaining while actually managing to make sense through the tangled wording.<ref>[http://www.thirdeyemag.com/reviews/it-came-from-below-the-belt/ Review of Bradley Sands's It Came From Below the Belt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}


2021: Don't Push the Button - John Skipp
Author and screenwriter [[John Skipp]] has written as follows about practitioners of the Bizarro genre:
{{bquote|They are genuine, hard-working weirdos, in service of a legit and time-honored aesthetic. They are self-made artists, not corporate shills; and they built their beautiful scene from scratch, out of love and fun and sincere art-gnosis...
I love the name Bizarro: for all the reasons mentioned above, and also because it reminds me of [[Frank Zappa]]'s Bizarre/Straight label, back in the early '70's. There, Frank created a home for musical freaks like [[Captain Beefheart]], [[Wild Man Fischer]], [[The GTOs]], and his own [[Mothers of Invention]].


2020: Don't F[Bleep]k with the Coloureds - Andre Duza
I think Frank would love our modern-day Bizarros very, very much...


2019: To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows - Sam Richard
I, for one, hope that Bizarro causes great ripples in the publishing norm-o-sphere, and rallies freaks around the world. It's a beautiful thing, and I am a fan, and will support it any way I can.<ref>[http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=14 Bizarro Central]</ref>}}


2018: Nightmares in Ecstasy - Brendan Vidito
==Aesthetics==


2017: Angel Meat - Laura Lee Bahr
In his essay "The Four Rules of Bizarro," Kevin Dole 2 observed four traits common to contemporary Bizarro writings: "Provocative Offense," "Meaningful Transgression," "Experimentation," and "Brevity." The essay was met with some skepticism, the chief criticism being that as an experimental genre, Bizarro has no official "rules."{{Who|date=July 2007}}


2016: Berzerkoids – Emma Alice Johnson
{{bquote|Bizarro claims it does not "defy categorization so much as deny it," but there are some distinct styles: the isms (surrealism, magic realism, irrealism, absurdism, metrosexualism) and some self-invented tags (like blender, brutality chronic, “tweaker lit”, “Walronian fiction”, the horrible)...The Bizarro writers are very much an acquired taste, and with more books expected from them, they will likely remain fringe material, something...they wouldn’t have any other way.
<ref>[http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/3am-review-the-bizarro-starter-kit/ 3:AM Magazine »» The Bizarro Starter Kit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|||''[[3:AM Magazine]]''}}


2015: The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert – Rios de la Luz
In an interview, [[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]] has said:
{{bquote|...that is the true miracle and transformative revelation of Bizarro: its alchemical wedding of trash and serious literature, its transmutation of base pulp metal into literary gold—which I trust will be lining all our pockets someday very soon.<ref>[http://www.unlikelystories.org/katz0408.shtml Bizarro is My God-Baby]</ref>}}


2014: I'll Fuck Anything that Moves and Stephen Hawking – Violet LeVoit
==Major authors==
{{main|list of bizarro authors}}


2013: Time Pimp – Garrett Cook
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2012: All-Monster Action – Cody Goodfellow

2011: We Live Inside You – Jeremy Robert Johnson<ref name="bizarrocentral.com">{{Cite web|title = Wonderland Book Award winners announced!|url = http://bizarrocentral.com/2012/11/20/wonderland-book-award-winners-announced/|website = Bizarro Central|access-date = 2015-11-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030118/http://bizarrocentral.com/2012/11/20/wonderland-book-award-winners-announced/|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

2010: Lost in Cat Brain Land – Cameron Pierce<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2010 Wonderland Book Award|url = http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/|website = Bizarro Central|access-date = 2015-11-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025452/http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

2009: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars – Cody Goodfellow

2008: Rampaging Fuckers of Everything on the Crazy Shitting Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere – Mykle Hansen

2007: 13 Thorns – Gina Ranalli

=== Best Novel/Novella ===
2023: Edenville - Sam Rebelein

2022: One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve - M. Shaw

2021: Jurassichrist - Michael Allen Rose

2020: The Loop - Jeremy Robert Johnson

2019: Unamerica - Cody Goodfellow

2018: Coyote Songs - Gabino Iglesias

2017: Sip - Brian Allen Carr

2016: I Will Rot Without You – Danger Slater

2015: Skullcrack City – Jeremy Robert Johnson

2014: Dungeons & Drag Queens – Emma Alice Johnson

2013: Motherfucking Sharks – Brian Allen Carr

2012: Space Walrus – Kevin L. Donihe

2011: Haunt – Laura Lee Bahr<ref name="bizarrocentral.com"/>

2010: By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends – J. David Osborne<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2010 Wonderland Book Award|url = http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/|website = Bizarro Central|access-date = 2015-11-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025452/http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

2009: Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland – Carlton Mellick III

2008: House of Houses – Kevin L. Donihe<ref>{{Cite web|title = House of Houses by Kevin L. Donihe {{!}} Odd Things Considered|url = http://www.oddthingsconsidered.com/house-of-houses-by-kevin-l-donihe/|website = www.oddthingsconsidered.com| date=14 July 2010 |access-date = 2015-11-13}}</ref>

2007: Dr. Identity – D. Harlan Wilson<ref>{{Cite web|title = D. Harlan Wilson|url = http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/d-harlan-wilson/|website = Bizarro Central|access-date = 2015-11-13|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024028/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/d-harlan-wilson/|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

== Notable Bizarro Works<!-- This is a work in progress --> ==
Most notable Bizarro works generally tend to come from the major Bizarro presses, most notably Eraserhead Press. Although there are many books that have qualities of Bizarro, such as William Burroughs' ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' or Mark Z Danielewski's ''[[House of Leaves]]'', a Bizarro work tends to be defined by its publication inside of the Bizarro scene, from between the years 2001, when the first Carlton Mellick III book was published, to the present.

Although Bizarro is a DIY genre that gets little media attention, a notable Bizarro work is often one that has broken past the barriers of the genre and received wider attention in literature and media.
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|''[[Satan Burger]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-books/|title=Bizarro Books|date=2011-03-31|work=Bizarro Central|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|''The Baby Jesus Buttplug''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Baby Jesus Butt Plug|last=results|first=search|date=2004-02-23|publisher=Eraserhead Press|isbn=9780972959827|location=Portland, OR|language=en}}</ref>
|2003
|Carlton Mellick III
|Eraserhead Press
|0972959823
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|''Angel Dust Apocalypse''
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|2005
*[[Steve Aylett]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
|Jeremy Robert Johnson
*[[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
|Eraserhead Press
*[[Kevin L. Donihe]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
|0976249839
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|184
*[[Chris Genoa]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
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*[[Eckhard Gerdes]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[Jeremy Robert Johnson]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
| valign="top" |
*[[John Edward Lawson]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[Carlton Mellick III]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[Andersen Prunty]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
| valign="top" |
*[[Gina Ranalli]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[Tony Rauch]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[Vincent Sakowski]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
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*[[Bradley Sands]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
*[[D. Harlan Wilson]]{{List fact|date=August 2008}}
|}
|}

==Authors==
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{{Divcol}}
*Querus Abuttu<ref name="Querus Abuttu">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/|title=Querus Abuttu|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
*Andrew Wayne Adams
*David Agranoff
*[[Forrest Aguirre]]
*Kirsten Alene Pierce
*Forrest Armstrong
*Michael A. Arnezn
*Ben Arzate
*Brian Auspice
*Steve Aylett
*Laura Lee Bahr
*David W. Barbee
*Duncan B. Barlow
*Edgar J. Barrett
*Maxwell Bauman
*William Bevill<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bevill |first1=William |title=Among the Secret Society of Ghosts |url=https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Society-Ghosts-William-Bevill-ebook/dp/B085XN3138/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5B5PO77CG6MZ&dchild=1&keywords=among+the+secret+society+of+ghosts&qid=1590534966&sprefix=Among+the+Secret+Soci%2Caps%2C339&sr=8-1 |website=Amazon |date=20 March 2020 |publisher=Kindle |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
*Amanda Billings
*Vincenzo Bilof
*Lori Bowen
*Christopher Boyle
*[[Tom Bradley (author)|Tom Bradley]]<ref name="Tom Bradley">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/authors/23-tom-bradley.html|title=Tom Bradley|website=Bizarro Central|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208113208/http://www.bizarrocentral.com/authors/23-tom-bradley.html |archive-date=8 December 2009 |access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>
*Dave Brockie
*G Arthur Brown
*[[Cullen Bunn]]
*[[Jeff Burk]]<ref name="Jeff Burk">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/jeff-burk/|title=Jeff Burk|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213022545/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/jeff-burk/|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Justin A. Burnett
*Hugo Camacho Cabeza
*Leza Canotral
*Lance Carbuncle
*Brian Allen Carr
*Nathan Carson
*Shane T. Cartledge
*Adam Cesar
*Autumn Christian
*Michael Cisco
*Alan M. Clark
*Scott Cole
*Edmund Colell
*John Wayne Comunale
*[[Brendan Connell]]
*[[Garrett Cook]]
*Jase Daniels
*Nicholas Day
*Rios de la Luz
*Robert Devereaux
*Jaime Dunkle
*Andre Duza
*Russel Edson
*Brian Evenson
*[[Amber Fallon]]
*Karl Fischer
*Ben Fitts
*Constance Ann Fitzgerald
*Andy de Fonseca
*[[Eckhard Gerdes]]<ref name="Eckhard Gerdes">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/eckhard-gerdes/|title=Eckhard Gerdes|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053917/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/eckhard-gerdes/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Garvan Giltinan
*Larissa Glasser
*J. F. Gonzalez
*Matthew T. Granberry
*Devora Gray
*Gerri R. Gray
*Jamie Grefe
*Michael Griffin
*Justin Grimbol
*Nikki Guerlain
*Douglas Hackle
*Mykle Hansen
*Eric Hendrixson
*C.V. Hunt
*Gabino Iglesias
*Alex S. Johnson
*[[Emma Alice Johnson]]<ref name="Emma Alice Johnson">{{cite web|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/|title=Bizarro Authors|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
*Jeremy Robert Johnson
*Kirk Jones
*[[Stephen Graham Jones]]
*Michael Kazepis
*David James Keaton
*Mike Kleine
*John Edward Lawson
*Michael Sean LeSueur
*Edward Lee
*Christopher Lesko
*Marc Levinthal
*[[D. F. Lewis]]
*[[Simon Logan]]
*Kelby Losack
*Steve Lowe
*Tom Lucas
*[[Nick Mamatas]]
*Spike Marlowe
*Eric Mays
*Shane McKenzie
*Chris Meekings
*[[Carlton Mellick III]]<ref name="Carlton Mellick III">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/carlton-mellick-iii/|title=Carlton Mellick III|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053837/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/carlton-mellick-iii/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Adam Millard
*Brent Millis
*Jonathan Moon
*Christine Morgan
*Charles Austin Muir
*Kyle Muntz
*[[Nisio Isin]]
*Don F. Noble
*Jeff O'Brien
*J David Osborne
*Riley Michael Parker
*Christoph Paul
*William Pauley III
*[[Cameron Pierce]]<ref name="Cameron Pierce">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/cameron-pierce/|title=Cameron Pierce|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053827/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/cameron-pierce/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Sam Pink
*Pedro Proença
*Andersen Prunty
*Katy Michelle Quinn
*Steven Rage
*Liv Rainey-Smith
*Gina Ranalli
*Tony Rauch
*Dustin Reade
*Matthew Revert
*Sam Richard
*Jason Rizos
*Jennifer Robin
*Tamara Romero
*Michael Allen Rose
*Kris Saknussemm
*[[Bradley Sands]]<ref name="Bradley Sands">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/bradley-sands/|title=Bradley Sands|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053817/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/bradley-sands/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Tiffany Scandal]]<ref name="Tiffany Scandal">{{cite web|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/|title=Tiffany Scandal|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
*Michael J. Seidlinger
*Kevin Shamel
*Jeremy C. Shipp
*John Shirley
*Bix Skahill
*[[John Skipp]]<ref name="John Skipp">{{cite web|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/|title=John Skipp|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
*Danger Slater
*Bryan Smith
*[[Shane Ryan Staley]]
*Andrew James Stone
*Alyssa Sturgill
*Madeleine Swann
*Kevin Sweeney
*[[Molly Tanzer]]
*[[Bruce Taylor (author)|Bruce Taylor]]<ref name="Bruce Taylor">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/bruce-taylor/|title=Bruce Taylor|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053822/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/bruce-taylor/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Anthony Trevino
*[[Violet LeVoit]]<ref name="Violet LeVoit">{{cite web|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/levoit-violet/|title=Violet LeVoit|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145726/https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/levoit-violet/|archive-date=11 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Brendan Vidito
*Daniel Vlasaty
*Grant Wamack
*J.W. Wargo
*Patrick Wensink
*Wrath James White
*Lee Widener
*Caleb Wilson
*[[D. Harlan Wilson]]<ref name="D. Harlan Wilson">{{cite web|url=http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/d-harlan-wilson/d-harlan-wilson/|title=D. Harlan Wilson|website=Bizarro Central|access-date=2014-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051258/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/d-harlan-wilson/d-harlan-wilson/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Jason Wuchenich
*Shawn Wunjo
{{Div col end}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bizarrocentral.com/bizarro-authors/|title=Bizarro Authors|date=2011-03-07|website=Bizarro Central|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Absurdist fiction]]
* [[Horror comedy (genre)|Horror comedy]]
* [[Ero Guro]]
* [[New Weird]]
* [[List of genres]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.bizarrocentral.com Bizarro Central]
*[http://www.bizarrocentral.com Bizarro Central]


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==Publishers==
*[http://www.afterbirthbooks.com Afterbirth Books]
*[http://www.eraserheadpress.com Eraserhead Press]
*[http://www.rawdogscreaming.com Raw Dog Screaming Press]

==Publications==
*[http://www.dreampeople.org The Dream People]
*[http://www.absurdistjournal.com Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens]
*[http://www.theswallowstail.tk The Swallow's Tail]


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[[Category:Literary movements]]
[[Category:Literary movements]]
[[Category:Surrealism]]
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[[Category:Fandom]]
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[[Category:2005 neologisms]]

Latest revision as of 09:00, 29 November 2024

Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre which often uses elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works. The term was adopted in 2005 by the independent publishing companies Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books. Much of its community revolves around Eraserhead Press, which is based in Portland, Oregon, and has hosted the annual BizarroCon since 2008. The introduction to the first Bizarro Starter Kit describes Bizarro as "literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store" and a genre that "strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read."[1] According to Rose O'Keefe of Eraserhead Press: "Basically, if an audience enjoys a book or film primarily because of its weirdness, then it is Bizarro. Weirdness might not be the work's only appealing quality, but it is the major one."[2]

In general, Bizarro has more in common with speculative fiction genres (such as science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) than with avant-garde movements (such as Dadaism and surrealism), which readers and critics often associate it with.[3] While the genre may place an emphasis on the cult and outré, it is not without critical praise. Books by authors who have identified or have been identified as Bizarro have been praised by Lloyd Kaufman,[4] Michael Moorcock[5] and guardian.co.uk.[6] Bizarro novels have been finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award,[7][8] the Bram Stoker Award,[9] and the Rhysling Award.[10] A book of Bizarro criticism and theory was named Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2009 by 3:AM Magazine in Paris.[11]

Origins

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Bizarro literature can trace its roots at least as far back as the foundation of Eraserhead Press in 1999,[12] but the description of the literature as "Bizarro" is a more recent development. Previous terms used to refer to the burgeoning scene include "irreal"[13][14] and "new absurdism",[14] but neither of these was used broadly. On 19 June 2005, Kevin Dole II released "What The Fuck is This All About", a sort of manifesto for the then unnamed genre.[15][16][17] While the essay does not feature the word "Bizarro," subsequent discussion about the essay led to the name as well as the inauguration of the Mondo Bizarro Forum.

In his essay, "The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized",[18] Tom Bradley traces the genre's roots back in literary history to the time of Vladimir Nabokov's "gogolization," and his cry of despair and horror at having his central nervous system colonized: "...after reading Gogol, one's eyes become gogolized. One is apt to see bits of his world in the most unexpected places."[19] Bradley claims the Bizarro movement is continuing and fulfilling that gogolization process, under the name "Bizarroization": "...we have been completing the preposterous project which [Nabokov] took over from Gogol nearly a hundred years ago.."[18] Bradley further asserts that Bizarro writers can trace their spiritual roots back to the letters which Ovid wrote while exiled on the Black Sea.[20][21]

Response

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Author John Skipp and fellow small press author Eden Robins have written in praise of the do it yourself, self-promoting aesthetic.[22][23] Thirdeye Magazine, an online zine, reinforces the perception of Bizarro writing as purposefully absurd.[24] In the io9 article "Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future," co-editor Charlie Jane Anders praised Bizarro publisher Eraserhead Press as one of her favorite independent presses.[25]

The British magazine Dazed & Confused stated that "The bastard sons of William Burroughs and Dr. Seuss, the underground lit cult of the Bizarros are picking up where the cyberpunks left off."[26]

Wonderland Book Award

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The Wonderland Book Award honors the best in bizarro fiction each year. The award recognizes two categories: best novel/novella and best short story collection. The award is voted on[27] by bizarro authors and fans, and presented in the fall at BizarroCon.

Best Short Story Collection

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2023: All I Want Is to Take Shrooms And Listen to the Color of Nazi Screams - John Baltisberger

2022: The Last 5 Minutes of the Human Race - Michael Allen Rose & Jim Agpalza

2021: Don't Push the Button - John Skipp

2020: Don't F[Bleep]k with the Coloureds - Andre Duza

2019: To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows - Sam Richard

2018: Nightmares in Ecstasy - Brendan Vidito

2017: Angel Meat - Laura Lee Bahr

2016: Berzerkoids – Emma Alice Johnson

2015: The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert – Rios de la Luz

2014: I'll Fuck Anything that Moves and Stephen Hawking – Violet LeVoit

2013: Time Pimp – Garrett Cook

2012: All-Monster Action – Cody Goodfellow

2011: We Live Inside You – Jeremy Robert Johnson[28]

2010: Lost in Cat Brain Land – Cameron Pierce[29]

2009: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars – Cody Goodfellow

2008: Rampaging Fuckers of Everything on the Crazy Shitting Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere – Mykle Hansen

2007: 13 Thorns – Gina Ranalli

Best Novel/Novella

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2023: Edenville - Sam Rebelein

2022: One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve - M. Shaw

2021: Jurassichrist - Michael Allen Rose

2020: The Loop - Jeremy Robert Johnson

2019: Unamerica - Cody Goodfellow

2018: Coyote Songs - Gabino Iglesias

2017: Sip - Brian Allen Carr

2016: I Will Rot Without You – Danger Slater

2015: Skullcrack City – Jeremy Robert Johnson

2014: Dungeons & Drag Queens – Emma Alice Johnson

2013: Motherfucking Sharks – Brian Allen Carr

2012: Space Walrus – Kevin L. Donihe

2011: Haunt – Laura Lee Bahr[28]

2010: By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends – J. David Osborne[30]

2009: Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland – Carlton Mellick III

2008: House of Houses – Kevin L. Donihe[31]

2007: Dr. Identity – D. Harlan Wilson[32]

Notable Bizarro Works

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Most notable Bizarro works generally tend to come from the major Bizarro presses, most notably Eraserhead Press. Although there are many books that have qualities of Bizarro, such as William Burroughs' Naked Lunch or Mark Z Danielewski's House of Leaves, a Bizarro work tends to be defined by its publication inside of the Bizarro scene, from between the years 2001, when the first Carlton Mellick III book was published, to the present.

Although Bizarro is a DIY genre that gets little media attention, a notable Bizarro work is often one that has broken past the barriers of the genre and received wider attention in literature and media.

Title Year Author Publisher ISBN Pages Notes
Satan Burger[33] 2001 Carlton Mellick III Eraserhead Press 9780971357235 236
The Baby Jesus Buttplug[34] 2003 Carlton Mellick III Eraserhead Press 0972959823 104
Angel Dust Apocalypse 2005 Jeremy Robert Johnson Eraserhead Press 0976249839 184

Authors

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  • Querus Abuttu[35]
  • Andrew Wayne Adams
  • David Agranoff
  • Forrest Aguirre
  • Kirsten Alene Pierce
  • Forrest Armstrong
  • Michael A. Arnezn
  • Ben Arzate
  • Brian Auspice
  • Steve Aylett
  • Laura Lee Bahr
  • David W. Barbee
  • Duncan B. Barlow
  • Edgar J. Barrett
  • Maxwell Bauman
  • William Bevill[36]
  • Amanda Billings
  • Vincenzo Bilof
  • Lori Bowen
  • Christopher Boyle
  • Tom Bradley[37]
  • Dave Brockie
  • G Arthur Brown
  • Cullen Bunn
  • Jeff Burk[38]
  • Justin A. Burnett
  • Hugo Camacho Cabeza
  • Leza Canotral
  • Lance Carbuncle
  • Brian Allen Carr
  • Nathan Carson
  • Shane T. Cartledge
  • Adam Cesar
  • Autumn Christian
  • Michael Cisco
  • Alan M. Clark
  • Scott Cole
  • Edmund Colell
  • John Wayne Comunale
  • Brendan Connell
  • Garrett Cook
  • Jase Daniels
  • Nicholas Day
  • Rios de la Luz
  • Robert Devereaux
  • Jaime Dunkle
  • Andre Duza
  • Russel Edson
  • Brian Evenson
  • Amber Fallon
  • Karl Fischer
  • Ben Fitts
  • Constance Ann Fitzgerald
  • Andy de Fonseca
  • Eckhard Gerdes[39]
  • Garvan Giltinan
  • Larissa Glasser
  • J. F. Gonzalez
  • Matthew T. Granberry
  • Devora Gray
  • Gerri R. Gray
  • Jamie Grefe
  • Michael Griffin
  • Justin Grimbol
  • Nikki Guerlain
  • Douglas Hackle
  • Mykle Hansen
  • Eric Hendrixson
  • C.V. Hunt
  • Gabino Iglesias
  • Alex S. Johnson
  • Emma Alice Johnson[40]
  • Jeremy Robert Johnson
  • Kirk Jones
  • Stephen Graham Jones
  • Michael Kazepis
  • David James Keaton
  • Mike Kleine
  • John Edward Lawson
  • Michael Sean LeSueur
  • Edward Lee
  • Christopher Lesko
  • Marc Levinthal
  • D. F. Lewis
  • Simon Logan
  • Kelby Losack
  • Steve Lowe
  • Tom Lucas
  • Nick Mamatas
  • Spike Marlowe
  • Eric Mays
  • Shane McKenzie
  • Chris Meekings
  • Carlton Mellick III[41]
  • Adam Millard
  • Brent Millis
  • Jonathan Moon
  • Christine Morgan
  • Charles Austin Muir
  • Kyle Muntz
  • Nisio Isin
  • Don F. Noble
  • Jeff O'Brien
  • J David Osborne
  • Riley Michael Parker
  • Christoph Paul
  • William Pauley III
  • Cameron Pierce[42]
  • Sam Pink
  • Pedro Proença
  • Andersen Prunty
  • Katy Michelle Quinn
  • Steven Rage
  • Liv Rainey-Smith
  • Gina Ranalli
  • Tony Rauch
  • Dustin Reade
  • Matthew Revert
  • Sam Richard
  • Jason Rizos
  • Jennifer Robin
  • Tamara Romero
  • Michael Allen Rose
  • Kris Saknussemm
  • Bradley Sands[43]
  • Tiffany Scandal[44]
  • Michael J. Seidlinger
  • Kevin Shamel
  • Jeremy C. Shipp
  • John Shirley
  • Bix Skahill
  • John Skipp[45]
  • Danger Slater
  • Bryan Smith
  • Shane Ryan Staley
  • Andrew James Stone
  • Alyssa Sturgill
  • Madeleine Swann
  • Kevin Sweeney
  • Molly Tanzer
  • Bruce Taylor[46]
  • Anthony Trevino
  • Violet LeVoit[47]
  • Brendan Vidito
  • Daniel Vlasaty
  • Grant Wamack
  • J.W. Wargo
  • Patrick Wensink
  • Wrath James White
  • Lee Widener
  • Caleb Wilson
  • D. Harlan Wilson[48]
  • Jason Wuchenich
  • Shawn Wunjo

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Bizarro Starter Kit. Bizarro Books, 2006. p. 5
  2. ^ O'Keefe, Rose (2 October 2005). "Bizarro FAQs – What is BIZARRO? – Discussion Areas – Mondo Bizarro – Message Board". Yuku. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ^ Randy Henderson (21 April 2010). "Fantasy Magazine » Bizarro Fiction 101: Not Just Weird for Weird's Sake". Fantasy Magazine (2005). Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. ^ Kevin Touch (21 May 2010). "Ass Goblins of Auschwitz at horroryearbook.com". horroryearbook. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. ^ Michael Moorcock (15 June 2010). "Curiouser and curiouser". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. ^ Damien G Walter (16 July 2010). "Bizarro fiction: it's terribly good". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  7. ^ "The Philip K. Dick Award – winners by year". Philip K. Dick Award. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Steve Aylett Website - interviews section - WWW.STEVEAYLETT.COM". STEVEAYLETT.COM. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Horror Writers Association – Past Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  10. ^ Mike Allen. "Rhysling Anthology and Awards: 2007". Science Fiction Poetry Association. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  11. ^ Put It Down in a Book by Tom Bradley, The Drill Press, 2009
  12. ^ "About « Eraserhead Press". Eraserhead Press. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  13. ^ Blu Gilliand (1 August 2009). "Dark Scribe Magazine – Feature Interviews – D. Harlan Wilson: Keeping It Irreal". Dark Scribe Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  14. ^ a b Stephen Thompson (19 August 2008). "The Specusphere – Irrealism and the Bizarro movement". The Specusphere. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  15. ^ Kevin Dole 2 (28 June 2005). "What the Fuck is This All About? – Articles & Essays – Discussion Areas – Mondo Bizarro – Message Board". Yuku. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Kevin Dole 2 (24 August 2007). "So What the Fuck Is This All About?". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Kevin Dole 2". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  18. ^ a b Bradley, Tom. "The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  19. ^ Gogol, Nikolai (1995). The Overcoat and The Nose. Translated by Ronald Wilks. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-600114-7.
  20. ^ Bradley, Tom (2008), The Dream People, archived from the original on 24 July 2008, retrieved 10 April 2008
  21. ^ Bradley, Tom (2009). Put It Down in a Book. The Drill Press. pp. 3–19.
  22. ^ John Skipp (21 March 2008). "BIZARRO-MANIA!!!". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  23. ^ Eden Robins (23 November 2009). "Bizarro Fiction: Stout Hearts and Strong Stomachs". Ecstatic Days. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  24. ^ Jeff Siwanowicz (3 November 2007). "It Came From Below The Belt". Thirdeye Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  25. ^ Charlie Anders (20 November 2009). "Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future". io9. Gawker Media. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  26. ^ Dazed & Confused, September 2007, p. 64
  27. ^ "Wonderland Book Award – Final Ballot 2015". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  28. ^ a b "Wonderland Book Award winners announced!". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  29. ^ "2010 Wonderland Book Award". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  30. ^ "2010 Wonderland Book Award". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  31. ^ "House of Houses by Kevin L. Donihe | Odd Things Considered". www.oddthingsconsidered.com. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  32. ^ "D. Harlan Wilson". Bizarro Central. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  33. ^ "Bizarro Books". Bizarro Central. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  34. ^ results, search (23 February 2004). The Baby Jesus Butt Plug. Portland, OR: Eraserhead Press. ISBN 9780972959827.
  35. ^ "Querus Abuttu". Bizarro Central. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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