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October 5, 2023 29 mins

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What´s Bizarro Fiction? 

Bizarro is like: 

  1. Franz Kafka meets John Waters
  2. Dr. Seuss of the post-apocalypse
  3. Takashi Miike meets William S. Burroughs
  4. Alice in Wonderland for adults
  5. Japanese animation directed by David Lynch

Read more at:  https://www.bizarrocentral.com/about/


👽 Favourites Authors/ Stories:

  • Candy-coated - by Carlton Mellick III

https://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/


  •  A Million Versions of Right - by Matthew Revert

https://www.matthewrevert.com/05-A-Million-Versions-of-Right


Other mentions:

  • Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
  • Damned - Chuck Palahniuk
  • Unclean Jobs for Girls and Women -Alissa Nutting


👽 Bizarro Podcasts:

  • Tales of What!? 

Created by Luke Kondor
https://www.lukekondor.com/

TERROR sardines in  TERROR sauce - by Douglas Hackle, narrated by the amazing Persephone Rose
https://shows.acast.com/talesofwhat/episodes/s1.1terrorsardinesinterrorsauce

  • Welcome to Nightvale

https://open.spotify.com/show/0s6Wc5qf8SIvCtKZNC6N7s?si=70760eb7ac9d48d9


👽Bizarro Cartoons

(All the adult cartoons ever!) But I mentioned:

  • Rick and Morty
  • Adventure time
  • Midnight Godspell
  • Strange Planet


👽 Bizarro Plastic Artists

  •  Aleksandra Waliszewska

https://www.instagram.com/aleksandrawaliszewska/?hl=en

  • Patricia Piccinini

https://www.patriciapiccinini.net/


👽Bizarro in Spanish (Literatura Extraña)

  • I mentioned the authors: Agustina Bazterrica, Tomás Downey, Mariana Enriquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar.






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