1 | What is Bizarro fiction? Well, there are two ways to explain it: the long way and the short way. |
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3 | [[AC:The Short Answer]] |
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5 | You ever wake up from a dream that made perfect sense at the time; but now that you're awake, you're left thinking, "''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What! Was! That!?]]''" Bizarro Fiction is like that. |
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7 | [[AC:The Long Answer]] |
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9 | Bizarro Fiction is a contemporary literary genre known for high weirdness. As the print media equivalent of the cult film, bizarro fiction strives to be not only strange but also thought-provoking and fun to read. Bizarro fiction takes place in a dreamlike alternate reality where the unexpected, unpredictable, unfathomable, or plain horrifying is commonplace. Think MagicRealism [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on...]] oh never mind... It's [[SanitySlippage it is it is it is]] [[YourHeadASplode AAAAAARRRRRRGGHH*splot*]] |
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11 | Traits of Bizarro Fiction: |
12 | # Bizarro, simply put, is the genre of the weird. |
13 | # Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store. |
14 | # Like cult movies, Bizarro is sometimes surreal, sometimes avant-garde, sometimes goofy, sometimes bloody, sometimes borderline pornographic, and almost always completely out there. |
15 | # Bizarro strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read. |
16 | # Bizarro often contains a certain cartoon logic that, when applied to the real world, creates an unstable universe where the bizarre becomes the norm and absurdities are made flesh. |
17 | # Bizarro was created by a group of small press publishers in response to the increasing demand for (good) weird fiction and the increasing number of authors who specialize in it. |
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19 | Frequently overlaps with {{Horror}}, BlackComedy, and ScienceFiction. Overlaps, but is distinct from NewWeird. May contain an affinity for the [[PunkPunk Punk genres]]. See also GenreBusting. When it comes to fan fiction tropes, compare CrackFic. |
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21 | Here's [[http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/06/19/common-bizarro-components/ this article]] that lists five common components of the genre, and [[http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/non-fiction/bizarro-fiction-101-not-just-weird-for-weirds-sake/ this interview]] on Rose O'keefe about what bizarro is and isn't, and now [[http://www.bookedpodcast.com/2012/01/28/episode-61-intro-to-bizarro/ a Booked Podcast episode!]] |
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23 | !!Bizarro Publishers: |
24 | |
25 | * Afterbirth Books |
26 | * Burning Bulb Publishing |
27 | * Eraserhead Press and its many imprints: |
28 | ** Deadite Press |
29 | ** Lazy Fascist Press |
30 | ** Raw Dog Screaming Press |
31 | ** Swallowdown Press |
32 | * Grindhouse Press |
33 | * Library of Bizarro Horror Press |
34 | * Legume Man Books |
35 | |
36 | !!Novels, Novellas, Collections and Anthologies |
37 | [[index]] |
38 | * ''Literature/AllEncompassingTrip'' |
39 | * ''Literature/AntipaladinBlues'' |
40 | * ''Literature/{{Apeshit}}'' |
41 | * ''Literature/ArmadilloFists'' |
42 | * ''Literature/TheAssGoblinsOfAuschwitz'' |
43 | * ''Literature/TheBadBox'' |
44 | * ''Literature/ABootStompingAHumanFaceForever'' |
45 | * ''Literature/BigGurl'' |
46 | * ''Literature/TheBoyWithTheChainsawHeart'' |
47 | * ''Literature/TheBrothersCrunk'' |
48 | * ''Literature/TheBumTrilogy'' |
49 | * ''Literature/TheCannibalsOfCandyland'' |
50 | * ''Literature/{{Clusterfuck}}'' |
51 | * ''Literature/CrabTown'' |
52 | * ''Literature/{{Cybernetrix}}'' |
53 | * ''Literature/Damnation101'' |
54 | * ''Literature/TheEggMan'' |
55 | * ''Literature/ExtinctionJournals'' |
56 | * ''Literature/TheGreatestFuckingMomentInSports'' |
57 | * ''Literature/TheHandsomeSquirm'' |
58 | * ''Literature/HoleyMatrimony'' |
59 | * ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' |
60 | * ''Literature/IKnockedUpSatansDaughter'' |
61 | * ''Literature/KillBall'' |
62 | * ''Literature/LakehouseInfernal'' |
63 | * ''Literature/LittlePeopleBigGuns'' |
64 | * ''Literature/MarabouStorkNightmares'' |
65 | * ''Literature/MonsterCocks'' |
66 | * ''Literature/TheMorbidlyObeseNinja'' |
67 | * ''Literature/NakedLunch'' |
68 | * ''Literature/NightOfTheAssholes'' |
69 | * ''Literature/PseudoCity'' |
70 | * ''Literature/QuicksandHouse'' |
71 | * ''Literature/SausageySanta'' |
72 | * ''Literature/SeaOfThePatchworkCats'' |
73 | * ''Literature/{{Shatnerquake}}'' |
74 | * ''Literature/ShockTotem'' |
75 | * ''Literature/SnuggleClub'' |
76 | * ''Literature/SomewhereBeneathThoseWaves'' |
77 | * ''Literature/SpiderBunny'' |
78 | * ''Literature/TheSubjectSteve'' |
79 | * ''Literature/SweetStory'' |
80 | * ''Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' |
81 | * ''Literature/TalesOfTheSpaceSouth'' |
82 | * ''Literature/ThisIsYourFinalWarning'' |
83 | * ''Literature/TheTickPeople'' |
84 | * ''Literature/TumorFruit'' |
85 | * ''Literature/Twisted2010'' |
86 | * ''Literature/UglyHeaven'' |
87 | * ''Literature/UltraFuckers'' |
88 | * ''Literature/TheVaginaAssOfLuciferNiggerbastard'' |
89 | * ''Literature/VillageOfTheMermaids'' |
90 | * ''Literature/WarriorWolfWomenOfTheWasteland'' |
91 | * ''Literature/ZombiesAndShit'' |
92 | !!Web sites featuring Bizarro Fiction |
93 | * ''Website/RPCAuthority'' |
94 | * ''Website/SCPFoundation'' |
95 | ** ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary'' |
96 | ** ''Website/ChaosInsurgency'' |
97 | [[/index]] |
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99 | ---- |
100 | !! Tropes often found in Bizarro fiction: |
101 | |
102 | * BodyHorror |
103 | * BizarroApocalypse |
104 | * {{Gorn}} |
105 | * AGoodNameForARockBand: A common trait of the titles. |
106 | * FromBadToWorse |
107 | * ItMakesSenseInContext: For certain values of "context", and even then, not always. |
108 | * MindScrew |
109 | * NauseaFuel |
110 | * RandomEventsPlot: ... to go with the often dreamlike quality of the genre. |
111 | * RefugeInAudacity |
112 | * {{Rule 34}} |
113 | * {{Squick}} |
114 | * SurrealHorror |
115 | * TrueArtIsIncomprehensible |
116 | * VulgarHumor |
117 | * {{Wackyland}} |
118 | * WordSaladTitle |
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