Sunset Park Riders

So I just discovered this whole genre of fiction that sounds damned exciting to me, Bizarro Fiction, which has it’s own subcategory of WESTERN Bizarro Fiction. Naturally, I was intrigued. Fortunately, I was able to get William Pauley III to write me a brief introduction to the genre, as well as a call to arms to help Bizarro Fiction gain a little more notice in the greater literary world.

So without further ado, The Sunset Park Riders Blog presents:

WTF? – An Introduction to Bizarro Westerns

By William Pauley III

Ever wonder what it would be like if David Lynch, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and Douglas Adams all got together and wrote a western? Well wonder no further!

Bizarro fiction has only been around for the last ten years or so, but already the genre has accumulated quite a large following… and deservedly so. Every bizarro book offers something unique to its reader, something that is missing in most of today’s fiction. Every chapter takes the reader to a new and unexplored terrain. And while the reader may not know exactly what to expect, they can be damn sure that they are in for one wild and entertaining ride.

In the first ten years of bizarro fiction, there have only been three westerns.

First was Carlton Mellick III’s SEX AND DEATH IN TELEVISION TOWN, published in December of 2005. The uber-weird plot and characters were a breath of fresh air to the worn and ragged western genre. The book focuses around a pack of misfit hermaphrodite gunslingers who find themselves stranded in a strange town where all the residents all have TVs for heads.

It’s bizarro fiction – NOW are you getting it?

Four years later, in 2009, author Jordan Krall explored the bizarro western even further by adding more of a Spaghetti Western element into the mix. The result was his first novel, FISTFUL OF FEET. While CM3’s book was more a bizarro book with a western tinge, Krall’s was more a western with a bizarro tinge. Basically, it’s a fucked up revisioning of the film classic, DJANGO. It has a man mysteriously dragging a wooden donkey across the desert, cthulu-worshipping Indians, a candy-loving gunslinger, and ass juice. Lot’s and lot’s of ass juice.

The third, and hopefully not the last, bizarro western is William Pauley III’s DOOM MAGNETIC! The story centers around a man who is running from a pack of angry Japanese assasins. When Qoser, an assasin with a cue-ball for an eye, finally catches up to him, all hell breaks loose. Andersen Prunty summed it up nicely in a blurb. He said, “States fleeing the planet, Ziggy Stardust, a guy with a cue ball for an eye, and exploding heads galore! A highly entertaining tale told in exciting, frenetic bursts.”

If any of these books catch your interest, please check them out and tell your friends. Help spread the word about bizarro fiction!

Also, Friday April 16th, 2010 is BIZARRO SPAGHETTI DINNER DAY! Find out how you can attend/help at Jordan’s website: filmynoir.com

To purchase SEX AND DEATH IN TELEVISION TOWN, go here:

To purchase FISTFUL OF FEET, go here:

Buy FISTFUL OF FEET on Friday April 16th, 2010 to help meet the BIZARRO SPAGHETTI DINNER DAY goal!

To purchase DOOM MAGNETIC!, go here: breaksaidsilence.blogspot.com

Or to request a FREE ebook of DOOM MAGNETIC!, send an email request to: eyesliketwenty@hotmail.com

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