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  • Paperback: 236 pages
  • Publisher: Eraserhead Press; First Edition edition (April 18, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933929006
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933929002
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA sickly twisted introduction to the Bizarro Genre
By Schtinky VINE VOICE on December 16, 2006
Format: Paperback
There are a lot of talented authors out there who are writing gut-twisting tales that just don't fit into the accepted mainstream of the New York Publishing Houses. If you are a horror or punk fan, then this tasty little sample simply should not be passed by. I for one love the Odd, the Bizarre, the Sick & Twisted, and the breath of freshly foul air that comes from hidden fictional treasures. This isn't a book for the squeamish or faint of heart. 'The Bizarro Starter Kit' is a collection of short and flash fiction grouped by author rather than story, so I'll give the lineup by author:

D. Harlan Wilson - 'At The Funeral', 'Cops & Bodybuilders', 'Hairware, Inc.', 'The Man In The Thick Black Spectacles', 'Classroom Dynamics', and 'Digging For Adults'. Wilson proves a spectacular ability for the new flash-fiction genre with his absurdly bizarro tales. My favorites were Hairware Inc. and Digging For Adults.

Carlton Mellick III - 'The Baby Jesus Butt Plug'. Adopting cute little Baby-Jesuses as pets, sickos who use their pets as b*tt toys, wolf spiders, pointless jobs, clones, zombies, and music boxes, this is one bizarro story. Mellick is a true master of bizarro. See my individual review of 'The Baby Jesus Butt Plug' for Mellick's stand-alone copy of this bizarre little treasure.

Jeremy Robert Johnson - 'Extinction Journals'. A cockroach suit in an apocalyptic nightmare. I believe Johnson is a writer to keep on your watch-list. Check out 'Siren Promised' and 'Angel Dust Apocalypse'.

Kevin L. Donihe - 'The Greatest F***ing Moment In Sports'. A hilarious and nightmarish account of Oscar Legbo's last bicycle race. Donihe co-authored 'Ocean Of Lard' with Mellick, a book that I loved.

Gina Ranalli - 'Suicide Girls In The Afterlife'.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat introduction
By Nuclear Blue Girl on June 28, 2006
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Since I'm already a fan of Carlton Mellick III, I decided to check out the Bizarro Starter Kit to read work by other authors in the Bizarro genre. I loved the whole collection and will definitely be checking out more books by these authors.

For those of you that are unfamiliar, the first page offers the following explanation:

Defining Bizarro

1. Bizarro, simply put is the genre of the weird.

2. Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store.

3. Like cult movies, Bizarro is sometimes surreal, sometimes goofy, sometimes bloody, and sometimes borderline pornographic.

4. Bizarro often contains a certain cartoon logic that, when applied to the read world, creates an unstable universe where the bizarre becomes the norm and absurdities are made flesh.

5. Bizarro strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read.

6. 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.

7. Bizarro is:

Franz Kafka meets Joe Bob Briggs

Dr. Suess of the post-apocalypse

Japanese animation directed by David Lynch
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeware all who enter ....
By Tanstaafl VINE VOICE on February 16, 2008
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If this is a "Starter Kit", I can't wait to see what comes next! This is a shocking, disturbing, in some cases sick, but fun read - just what they intended. If you can make it through this, you, like me, are pretty weird!

The longer stories are: Mellick's "Baby Jesus Butt Plug"; Johnson's "Extinction Journals"; Donihe's "Greatest F*cking Moments in Sports"; Ranalli's "Suicide Girls in the Afterlife"; Duza's "Don't F(bleep)k With the Coloured"; Beard's "Survivor's Dream"; Lawson's "Truth in Ruins". Shorter pieces are by Wilson, Sakowski & Taylor.

Beware: Most (if not all) of the longer pieces have been published as stand alone books - each costing more than this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsB is for Bizarro
By Hoodie Wilson on September 12, 2006
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You knew it had to happen: Years of using horror as a Band-Aid for any and all sub-genres touting blood, shocking absurdities, or just plain oddness has resulted in a malignant growth in the literary world: bizarro.

What is bizarro? From page 5 of the Bizarro Starter Kit: "Bizarro, simply put, is the genre of the weird." And the Bizarro Starter Kit (Bizarro Books, 2006), simply put, is the weirdest of the weird.

Segmented by a congregation of ten talented (and quite possibly tainted) authors, the Bizarro Starter Kit contains 20 hand-picked works of bizarro fiction from the genre's most brilliant lights, including (but not limited to) D. Harlan Wilson, Carlton Mellick III, Kevin L. Donihe, John Edward Lawson, and Bruce Taylor.

It's uncannily appropriate that D. Harlan Wilson be up first, as he was my first experience with the irreal. Fans of Wilson's work will recognize two stories ("Hairware, Inc." and "Classroom Dynamics") from his 2005 anthology, Pseudo-City. While Wilson's use of the "irreal" might lead you to jump to conclusions concerning the rest of the Bizarro Starter Kit's content, the truth is you simply won't know what to expect from page to page, author to author. Stories like "Suicide Girls in the Afterlife" (Gina Ranalli) and "Don't F(Beep)k with the Coloureds" (Andre Duza) will hit you in the face without warning. After making it to the halfway point, though, it should be no surprise that the work featured in the Bizarro Starter Kit falls in the vaguely-sensible-to-clearly-psychotic spectrum; while you might think Jeremy Robert Johnson's "Extinction Journals" is a more standard-form piece, it does center around a man who survives a nuclear holocaust by wearing a suit of, yes, roaches. (The narrative styles vary, but D.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsI'm not a fan of the Bizarro type of writing ...

I'm not a fan of the Bizarro type of writing. I had to read this for a college course. It verified that there are some very sick minds out there.

Published 8 months ago by PJ
1.0 out of 5 starsA sub-genre of the popular 'ALT-S***'.

The forward advertising of it as somehow equivalent to cinematic work by the likes of David Lynch et al is a BIZARRO claim as I don't seem to remember these people being rooted in... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Michael K
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat sampling of the Genre

I have read three books in the genre prior to reading this one, specifically three by Carlton Mellick III, all of which were really good. Read more

Published on June 12, 2014 by Patrick J. McCartney
2.0 out of 5 starsBleh

I don't mind wacky stories, but this stuff is entirely pointless, and I do mind that. Add (unintentional!) bad grammar, and it becomes painful to read.

Published on June 22, 2013 by Just another reviewer
5.0 out of 5 starsA great starter

This is a great starter for anyone considering getting into Bizarro. The book is filled with a wide range of all-stars, consider this the A-listers of Bizarro. Read more

Published on March 10, 2013 by S. Koch
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful

This is probably my favorite of all the Bizarro Kits. My favorite story is Carlton Mellick III's "Baby Jesus Butt Plug". You have to read this collection. Read more

Published on February 15, 2013 by amadeo777
5.0 out of 5 starsThis Is It

I decided to buy this Orange Starter Kit to cheaply put some volume into my Bizarro Fiction collection. Read more

Published on November 27, 2012 by Raf
5.0 out of 5 starsThe best of the best in this collection

This is the Bizarro Starter Kit with all the legends of Bizarro fiction--Carlton Mellick III, D. Harlan Wilson, Gina Ranalli, and Jeremy Robert Johnson, to name a few. Read more

Published on August 15, 2012 by Jason Wayne Allen
5.0 out of 5 starsA Great Introduction To Bizarro Fiction

The Bizarro Starter Kit (Orange) is a book that's designed as an introduction to bizarro fiction. It's a collection of novellas and short stories by some of the top writers in the... Read more

Published on March 31, 2012 by Yoyogod
5.0 out of 5 starsSuperb !

The bizarro starter kits are simply the way to go. Many different emotions/feelings are possessed as reading through the wide array of available content. Read more

Published on January 7, 2012 by jon117

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