THE SILVER WIND
There’s never been a time travel account like THE SILVER WIND. It’s ostensibly a collection of five stories (three of them previously published) that all have definite links
THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND
Very likely the magnum opus of Japan’s ero-guro master Suehiro Maruo (of MR. ARAHSI’S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, ULTRA-GASH INFERNO and many other sickies), this an absolutely stunning manga adapted from Edogawa Rampo’s 1926 novella
SYLVOW
The environmental catastrophe genre gets an unforgettable overhaul in Douglas Thompson’s SYLVOW, which reads like an acid trip retooling of John Skipp and Craig Spector’s THE BRIDGE with hints of J.G. Ballard at his most extreme
SENSORAMA
This terrifically oft-kilter anthology of bizarre fiction is based on the five senses and our relationship to them
THE SEED
I’m not sure I liked this book all that much, but it exerts a definite druggy fascination
Addio Carmelo
On March 16, 2002, the Italian writer/actor/filmmaker Carmelo Bene passed away
Four Essential Books by Michael Blumlein
Michael Blumlein, a San Francisco-based doctor, is one of the most distinctive horror/sci fi writers on the scene, as evinced by three absolutely stunning novels and an equally dazzling short story collection
On Reality, Fiction and Madness: The Novels of Dennis Potter
Potter’s TV dramas and movie scripts are certainly deserving of careful study, and have for the most part received it. Far less attention has been granted his novels
Alice in Euroland
There must have been something in the air. How else to explain what happened in Europe during the 1970s, when four world-renowned filmmakers inexplicably elected to ditch their usual fare in favor of bizarre ALICE IN WONDERLAND-inspired phantasmagorias?
Sexuality and Religiosity and Violence and War and Love and Everything: The Cinema of Fernando Arrabal
Arrabal’s films are very much in the mode of Bunuel’s seminal UN CHIEN ANDALOU, which, you’ll recall, opened with a close up of an eyeball being slashed and continued in that vein, outraging, scandalizing and shocking cineastes the world over.