Carlton Mellick III Bücher

Bizarro Fiction vereint verschiedene Stile und Einflüsse: sie verbindet Franz Kafka mit John Waters, Kinderbücher nach der Apokalypse, Takashi Miike mit William S. Burroughs und präsentiert eine erwachsene Version von Alice im Wunderland sowie japanisches Kino à la David Lynch.

Petey erinnert sich mit Grausen an die Werbung von Fruit Fun aus den 1980er-Jahren. Sie zeigte klumpige Cartoon-Kinder, die um einen Frühstückstisch herumsaßen und rosa Müsli aßen, das ihnen das Maskottchen Berry Bunny brachte. Als Petey seinen Freunden erzählt, wie gruselig die Figuren waren und dass er als Kind Albträume von ihnen bekam, verstehen sie nicht, was er meint. Niemand hat die Werbung je gesehen. Es gibt nicht einmal Informationen im Internet. Doch dann erscheint Berry Bunny erneut. Wieder wirbt sie im TV mit ihrer schrillen, bedrohlichen Stimme für Fruit Fun. Und jetzt wird Peteys Albtraum wahr: Mitsamt seinen Freunden wird er in die surreale Werbewelt hineingesaugt, die von fleischgewordenen Zeichentrickfiguren bevölkert ist. Eine absurde Horrorgeschichte vom König der Bizarro-Literatur. Irre genial. Amazon.de: »Mellick III ist der Tim Burton der Literatur.« Brian Keene: »Carlton Mellick zu lesen ist, als hättest du dein Hirn in einen Mixer gesteckt.«

Carlton Mellick III präsentiert eine Sammlung skurriler Kurzgeschichten, die die Grenzen der Bizarro Fiction ausloten. Mit abgedrehten Titeln und surrealen Erzählungen kombiniert er Einflüsse von Kafka bis Lynch. Die Geschichten sind bizarr, humorvoll und herausfordernd, ideal für Fans des Unkonventionellen.

In einer alternativen Zukunft, in der Hitler die Weltherrschaft übernommen hat, begibt sich ein SS-Offizier auf eine Mission, um die letzten 'unperfekten' Menschen auf der Erde auszurotten. Sein Weg führt ihn in eine kleine Wüstenstadt, die schon seit so langer Zeit von der Gesellschaft abgeschnitten ist, dass sie ihre eigene seltsame und beunruhigende Kultur entwickelt hat. Bizarro-König Carlton Mellick III lässt in diesem albtraumhaften Abenteuer einen jungen Nazi auf eine chaotische Welt los, in der die Gesetze der Realität nicht mehr zu gelten scheinen. Christopher Moore: 'Carlton Mellick III hat die beklopptesten Buchtitel … und die abartigsten Fans!' Cory Doctorow: 'Ein Meister der surrealen Science-Fiction.' Amazon. de: 'Mellick 3 ist der Tim Burton der Literatur.' Brian Keene: 'Bizarr, abgedreht und erbarmungslos – Carlton Mellicks Werk ist, als hättest Du Dein Hirn in einen Mixer gesteckt.'

There exists a race of cannibals who are made out of candy. They live in an underground world filled with lollipop forests and gumdrop goblins. During the day, while you are away at work, they come above ground and prowl our streets for food. Their prey: your children. They lure young boys and girls to them with their sweet scent and bright colorful candy coating, then rip them apart with razor sharp teeth and claws. When he was a child, Franklin Pierce witnessed the death of his siblings at the hands of a candy woman with pink cotton candy hair. Since that day, the candy people have become his obsession. He has spent his entire life trying to prove that they exist. And after discovering the entrance to the underground world of the candy people, Franklin finds himself venturing into their sugary domain. His mission: capture one of them and bring it back, dead or alive. Cannibals of Candyland is an erotic horror story for the bizarro reader. Dark, disturbing, and absurd; this isn't the board game version of candy land you used to play as a kid.

"Tick and Polly have never met their parents before. They live in the same house with them, they dream about them every night, they share the same flesh and blood, yet for some reason their parents have never found the time to visit them even once since they were born. Living in a dark corner of their parents' vast crumbling mansion, the children long for the day when they will finally be held in their mother's loving arms for the first time ... But that day seems to never come. They worry their parents have long since forgotten about them. When the machines that provide them with food and water stop functioning, the children are forced to venture out of the nursery to find their parents on their own. But the rest of the house is much larger and stranger than they ever could have imagined. The maze-like hallways are dark and seem to go on forever, deranged creatures lurk in every shadow, and the bodies of long-dead children litter the abandoned storerooms. Every minute out of the nursery is a constant battle for survival. And the deeper into the house they go, the more they must unravel the mysteries surrounding their past and the world they've grown up in, if they ever hope to meet the parents they've always longed to see."--Page 4 of cover

Little Benny isn't very good at taking tests. It's not that he's a stupid kid or doesn't pay attention in class. It's just that he's absolutely terrified of failure. It doesn't matter how hard he studies. He gets so nervous that he freezes up and his mind goes blank, rarely even answering a single question before the time is up. This is especially difficult now that he's in Mrs. Gustafson's fifth grade class, where the punishment for failure is to draw a curse from the bad box - a magical device that permanently mutates children into horrific monsters.

"Welcome to Grub Town, the most corrupt city in America. A place where gutter punk mermaids swim in sewage-filled canals, fairy prostitutes hang in birdcages on every street corner, and yakuza elves run everything behind the scenes. Eliot is the most beautiful fairy in all of the city with his dazzling emerald green butterfly wings that make everyone who sees them fall instantly in lust with him. But it's more of a curse than a blessing. Forced to hide his wings in public in order to avoid the constant sexual harassment, Eliot only finds solace when visiting his friends at the Snake Pit lamia strip club or getting tattooed by the dark and mysterious half-octopus woman named Oona. Oona is the best tattooist in the city, but she is a frightening woman three times Eliot's size with nine-foot tentacles that could choke a man to death in seconds. But despite this fact, Eliot is desperately in love with her. He's so infatuated with the octomaid that he gets new tattoos from her each and every week just to be closer to her, addicted to having her artwork permanently embedded into his skin. But when Eliot accidentally murders the only heir to the elf yakuza crime family in Oona's tattoo shop, they are forced to go on the run together, hoping to avoid the wrath of the most dangerous man in town. With everyone in the city out to get them, they can only rely on each other if they have any hope for survival"--Cover, page 4

Karl Lybeck has been trapped in a never-ending loop, reliving the same day for what feels like a millennium. He has forgotten his life before this cycle, including the faces of his parents and his profession. The only remnant of his identity is his name on an Oregon State driver's license. Just when he believes he is alone in this eternal nightmare, a woman named January appears in his backyard, fleeing from armed pursuers claiming to be police. Unbeknownst to her, she too is ensnared in the same time loop. As they connect, Karl learns that he and January are not alone; most of society is caught in this repetitive cycle. While he isolated himself in his suburban home, the world outside has adapted to this bizarre existence, implementing new laws and a memory-based currency. Together, Karl and January join a therapy group with others struggling to cope, including hospital patients with incurable illnesses and parents unable to watch their children grow. However, the governing authorities seem oblivious to the significance of the "neverday," a time that exists only for those who stay awake all night to escape repetition. With newfound allies, Karl and January venture into the neverday, seeking answers that could unravel the very foundation of their society.