TWELVE COLLECTIONS AND THE TEASHOP
This 12 story collection, from the incomparable Zoran Zivkovic, explores the vagaries of collecting in fascinating and bizarre fashion
TOPOR: STORIES AND DRAWINGS
An unheralded but important volume, this, as it was the first-ever English language collection of stories by France’s late Roland Topor, whose brand of macabre satire remains quite distinct
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