The Troublesome Amputee: Scarred Edition [Hardcover]

John Edward Lawson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2006

Welcome to one of the meatiest collections of grizzly, grotey, bizarro poetry you'll come across. In other words, "the good stuff." The stuff you like to read. The guilty pleasure stuff that's hard to come by. Not the stuff you used to read from your lovers or childhood heroes, or the stuff you were made to read by your teachers or parents. The stuff you genuinely like to spend time with, musing and mulling and mashing. The stuff that makes you guffaw with laughter and want to read out loud to other unsuspecting people. The Scarred Edition includes the out-of-print chapbook The Scars Are Complimentary.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Any horror fan--even those who aren't into poetry--should check this one out. -- Jeff Strand, author of Pressure and Casket for Sale (Only Used Once)

Lawson is genuinely one of the best horror poets writing today. -- The Swallow's Tail

Lawson proves he's a poet to reckon with...he's among the leading pioneers of the Bizarro genre. -- Midwest Book Review

Like coming home to unanswered screams, Lawson's poems weave words into unforgettable songs of sweet darkness. -- Linda Addison, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes

With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarro's true bard, its mad laureate. -- Jeremy Robert Johnson, author of Angel Dust Apocalypse and Skullcrack City

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933293241
• ISBN-13: 978-1933293240
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,316,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I live in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. with my wife and son. During the 1990's I kicked around in the D.C. industrial-electro-goth scene in the band Dead Letter Office and owned Rack and Ruin Studio. Currently I am a full-time member of the bizarro community, functioning as an author of poetry, nonfiction, and stories, as well as an editor.

I am also a founding editor of Raw Dog Screaming Press, and their new imprints Imaginary Books (children's and young adult) and Guide Dog Books (nonfiction). From 2002-2006 I served as editor of The Dream People online literary journal of bizarro fiction and poetry.

Keep an eye on my Amazon page because I'll be having a new book published every two months for the forseeable future. Thanks for your interest!