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Breaking Bizarro
2019
First Published
4.09
Average Rating
339
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"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." —WikipediaBreaking Bizarro is a twenty-six story melting pot of weirdness, from some of the best authors in the genre. Enjoy!Contributing John Wayne Comunale, David W. Barbee, Patrick C. Harrison III, Chris Miller, J.D. Graves, Dani Brown, Cody Higgins, Frank J. Edler, Catherine J. Cole, Chandler Morrison, G. Arthur Brown, Shoshana Sumrall Frerking, Robert Essig, Mara Malins, Michael Brueggeman, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Brian Asman, Sam Richard, Elana Gomel, C.J. Silver, Mike Sherer, C.C. Parker, Luciano Marano, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Kyle Rader, and James Dorr.
Avg Rating
4.09
Number of Ratings
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Authors

Chandler Morrison
Chandler Morrison
Author · 10 books
Little is known about Chandler’s origins. He has claimed, on separate occasions, to be both from Helltown, California, and Cleveland, Ohio. To date, it is still unclear from which locale he actually hails. He currently resides in Los Angeles, but sightings of him are rare.
G. Arthur Brown
G. Arthur Brown
Author · 8 books
G. Arthur Brown, when not sleeping, writes absurd and irreal fiction, especially in rest rooms. His flash fiction collection I Like Turtles earned a Wonderland nomination for Best Collection of 2014. Governor of the Homeless, his second novella and first horror offering, was released in 2016 by Psychedelic Horror Press. His latest collection, Stories to Make You Puke Your Pants, was released in June of 2022 by Planet Bizarro.
Kyle Rader
Kyle Rader
Author · 3 books

Kyle Rader doesn’t color inside the lines and thinks the greatest sin a writer can commit is to bore his or her readers. He is the author of the novels 'My BFF Satan', 'Kegger' and 'Four Bullets'. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including 'Heavy Metal Nightmares', ‘Masks’, ‘Beneath the Cracks’, and ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion: Tales of the Titanic’. His short story ‘The Countess and the Bard’ was the recipient of the ‘Readers’ Choice’ award on Fiction Vortex.

James Dorr
James Dorr
Author · 6 books
James Dorr is a short story writer and poet with more than five hundred individual appearances in magazines and anthologies. Dorr has worked a number of jobs, including technical writer, city editor on a regional magazine, full time non-fiction freelancer, and semi-professional musician. He resides in southern Indiana with his Goth cat Triana, named for Triana Orpheus in the Cartoon Channel's VENTURE BROS series.
Robert Essig
Robert Essig
Author · 31 books
Robert Essig is the author of over a dozen books and well over 100 short stories. His latest books are Follow the Maggot Wagon (Infected Voices) and Tweaker Creatures (The Evil Cookie). He is the editor of several small Press anthologies, most recently Chew On This! (Blood Bound Books), which was nominated for a Splatterpunk Award. Robert is on all major social media platforms. He lives with his family in east Tennessee.
Frank J. Edler
Frank J. Edler
Author · 6 books
Frank J. Edler is the author of many twisted novels and uncanny short stories often cited as 'laugh out loud' dark comedies. His writing walks the fine line between horror and the bizarre. He resides in New Jersey, a land that is both horrific and bizarre.
Chris Miller
Chris Miller
Author · 6 books
Chris Miller is a native Texan who has been writing from an early age. He began publishing in 2017 with his first novel, A Murder of Saints, and since then he has published several novels—including the Amazon bestselling Splatter Western, Dust—and has also been inducted into many anthologies. When not writing, Chris enjoys playing guitar, watching movies, and reading. He is first and foremost a family man and is happily married to the love of his life (and best friend) Aliana. They have three beautiful children and live in Winnsboro, TX.
Sam Richard
Sam Richard
Author · 11 books
Sam Richard is the author of Grief Rituals, Sabbath of the Fox-Devils and the Wonderland Award-Winning Collection To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows. The owner of Weirdpunk Books, he has edited and co-edited several anthologies, including the Splatterpunk Award-Nominated The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Stories of the Eye, and Cinema Viscera. Widowed in 2017, he slowly rots in Minneapolis. You can stalk him @SammyTotep on twitter.
David Barbee
David Barbee
Author · 8 books
David W Barbee, human about town. Check out my blog-thing: http://www.davidwbarbee.wordpress.com
Duncan P. Bradshaw
Duncan P. Bradshaw
Author · 8 books

I live in the simply marvelous county of Wiltshire in England with my wife Debbie and our two cats, Rafa and Pepe. We wile away the wee hours learning arcane incantations and medieval wind instruments, surviving solely on what our two furry faced fellows bring us. Winter is a bleak time indeed, when the common vole, the staple of our diet slumbers deep within the earth. After writing a number of books and stories on the undead to begin with, I now write whatever weird and wonderful stories infect my brain. Sitting outside of conventional genres, my books have a mix of comedy, horror and the bizarre, you can never be too sure what the hell is going to happen next. With my own label, EyeCue Productions, the physical copies of my books are something a little different. And with my own genre of GoreCom invented, a whole new level of EPICness is inbound. Don't worry about a seatbelt, let yourself get thrown through the windscreen of weirdness and see how you get on.

C.J. Carter-Stephenson
C.J. Carter-Stephenson
Author · 2 books
C.J. Carter-Stephenson is an English writer of fiction, poetry and drama. He writes primarily in the genres of horror, science fiction and fantasy. He was born in the county of Essex on 31 January 1977 and attended King Edward VI Grammar School from the ages of 11 to 18. In 1998, he graduated from De Montfort University in Leicester with a BA (Hons) in English and Performing Arts, and in 1999, obtained a postgraduate diploma in Acting from the Academy of Live & Recorded Arts in London. He currently lives on the Isle of Wight with his common-law wife.
Mara Malins
Mara Malins
Author · 2 books
Mara Malins is an English writer who tackles all genres. She battles spreadsheets by day and drinks a lot of wine by night. She lives in Manchester with her menagerie of two cats, two turtles, a long term partner, and a disobedient garden. If you want to know when her next fiction is released, follow her at Twitter on @MaraMalins
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