VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (Book)
A real curiosity: a surrealist novel masquerading as a gothic thriller that never entirely satisfies as either. Rather, it’s a rare book that exists in its own indefinable category
VACATION
Fans of the late Philip K. Dick will appreciate this hallucinatory first novel, as will all those unafraid of challenging, thoughtful writing
UNPLEASANT TALES
Having read Brendan Connell’s recent collection METROPHILIAS, I figured I had a good idea of what to expect from Mr. Connell. Turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong
THE UNHOLY THREE
One of the few novels I’ve read capable of disproving the assertion that truth is stranger than fiction, THE UNHOLY THREE is the twisted story of a trio of circus freaks on a crime and murder spree
RAT-CATCHING
A book published in 1896 that appears to have been a dull-as-dirt educational treatise (on the capture and disposal of plague-carrying rodents), twisted by the demented Crispin Glover into an exercise in surreal distortion
The Strangest Book in the World!
The strangest book in the world is the mind-bending CODEX SERAPHINIANUS by Luigi Serafini.