Bizarro

a genre of film and literature.

You already know Bizarro. You've seen it in films by David Lynch (Eraserhead, Lost Highway), Jodorowsky (El Topo, Fando & Lis), Svankmajer (Alice, Conspirators of Pleasure), Takashi Miike (Gozu, Visitor Q) and even trash-auteurs such as Lloyd Kaufman (Tromeo and Juliet) and John Waters (Desperate Living). It's that surreal, absurd, fucked-up stuff that is usually referred to as Cult because people don't know what else to call it. Not many people hear about the authors who write this kind of stuff. But recently, there has been an uprising of Bizarro in the literary world, centered around the online community Mondo Bizarro.

Bizarro Authors:

Steve Aylett - Slaughtermatic
Carlton Mellick III - Razor Wire Pubic Hair
Kenji Siratori - Blood Electric
D. Harlan Wilson - Pseudo City
Chris Genoa - Foop!
Andre Duza - Dead Bitch Army
Jeremy Robert Johnson - Angel Dust Apocalypse
Kevin L. Donihe - Shall We Gather at the Garden?
Alyssa Sturgill - Spider Pie
John Edward Lawson - Last Burn In Hell
Bradley Sands - It Came from Below the Belt
(among others)

Bizarro Publishers:

Raw Dog Screaming Press - Hyattsville, MD
Afterbirth Books - Lynnwood, WA
Eraserhead Press - Portland, OR