Carlton Mellick III (July 2, 1977, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American author currently residing in Portland, Oregon. He calls his style of writing "avant-punk," and is currently one of the leading authors in the recent 'Bizarro' movement in underground literature[citation needed] with Steve Aylett, Chris Genoa and D. Harlan Wilson. Mellick's work has been described as a combination of trashy schlock sci-fi/horror and postmodern literary art. His novels explore surreal versions of earth in contemporary society and imagined futures, commonly focusing on social absurdities and satire. Carlton Mellick III started writing at the age of ten and completed twelve novels by the age of eighteen. Only one of these early novels, "Electric Jesus Corpse", ever made it to print. He is best known for his first novel Satan Burger and its sequel Punk Land. Satan Burger was translated into Russian and published by Ultra Culture in 2005. It was part of a four book series called Brave New World, which also featured Virtual Light by William Gibson, City Come A Walkin by John Shirley, and Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan. In the late 90's, he formed a collective for offbeat authors which included D. Harlan Wilson, Kevin L. Donihe, Vincent Sakowski, among others, and the publishing company Eraserhead Press. This scene evolved into the Bizarro fiction movement in 2005. In addition to writing, Mellick is an artist and musician.
Series
Books
Glass Children
2023
Parasite Milk
2020
Electric Jesus Corpse
2002
The Steel Breakfast Era
A Postmodern Zombie Novel
2012
Sex And Death in Television Town
2005
Zombies and Shit
2010
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland
2009
Armadillo Fists
2011
Fantastic Orgy
2011
The Steel Breakfast Era
The Decadent Return of the Hi-Fi Queen and Her Embryonic Reptile Infection
2003
The Bizarro Starter Kit
2006
The Big Meat
2017
Full Metal Octopus
2021
Punk Land
2005
Cuddly Holocaust
2013
Sweet Story
2014
Snuggle Club
2020
Hungry Bug
2014
Cybernetrix
2008
The Terrible Thing That Happens
2016
Kill Ball
2012
Ultra Fuckers
2008
Goblins on the Other Side
2022
Crab Town
2011
The Menstruating Mall
2005
Mouse Trap
2019
The Bad Box
2020
Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes
2016
Satan Burger
2001
The Haunted Vagina
2006
The Girl with the Barbed Wire Hair
2022
Barbarian Beast Bitches of the Badlands
2011
Adolf in Wonderland
2007
The Faggiest Vampire
2009
The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2
2010
The Boy with the Chainsaw Heart
2018
Fishy-Fleshed
2004
I Knocked Up Satan's Daughter
2011
Stacking Doll
2018
Bio Melt
2013
Teeth and Tongue Landscape
2006
Spider Bunny
2017
The Handsome Squirm
2012
Ugly Heaven
2012
Zombies
Encounters with the Hungry Dead
2009
The Morbidly Obese Ninja
2011
Quicksand House
2013
Tumor Fruit
2012
War Slut
2006
Razor Wire Pubic Hair
2003
Sausagey Santa
2006
You Always Try to Kill Me in Your Dreams
2023
Clusterfuck
2013
The Egg Man
2008
The Tick People
2014
Exercise Bike
2017
Apeshit
2008
The Cannibals of Candyland
2009
The Baby Jesus Butt Plug
2004
Ugly Heaven, Beautiful Hell
2007
As She Stabbed Me Gently in the Face
2015
Why I Married a Clown Girl From the Dimension of Death
2023
Cancer-Cute
The Collected Chapbooks of Carlton Mellick III
2006
Village of the Mermaids
2013
Sea of the Patchwork Cats
2006
Sunset with a Beard
2000
Neverday
2018
