Top 5 Bizzaro Horror Books
Mike Phalin
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Sometimes we horror fans just hit a wall with what the genre has to offer and need that little something extra. Okay, maybe a lot extra. Maybe an excessive amount of extra. Screw it, maybe we just need something bizzaro!
#5 CV Hunt’s Ritualistic Human Sacrifice
Nick Graves is a miserable man. Every day he comes home from his dream job to a stale marriage. On the day he finally summons the courage to tell his wife, Eve, he wants a divorce, she has exciting news for him – she’s pregnant.
Nick is a spiteful man. He purchases his dream home in an ideal location far away from family, friends, and coworkers. It’s a life-changing decision he’s chosen to make without Eve’s consultation.
Nick is a terrified man. He quickly realizes the residents of his new home town are a bit eccentric. After a trip to the local doctor’s office, Eve begins to behave strangely. And once Nick finds out what’s really going on, he’ll never be able to look at Eve the same way.
#4 Kevin Strange’s Vampire Guts in Nuke Town
Guts is a bad motherfucker in a bad, bad world. The government nuked the sky seven years ago to combat a super fast-spreading virus that turns humans into bloodthirsty, ravenous killing machines that look more like giant, mutated bats than people. The new sky kills these “vampires” instantly, but at a cost. The entire planet is slammed with mega-high doses of radiation every time the sun comes up, completely changing life on earth as we know it and decimating what little civilization there is left.
In Nuke Town, Guts wakes up in a strange motel with no memory of how he got there. A brother and sister duo are the only two humans in sight, but are they friend or foe? As the paranoia sets in and Guts begins to understand the true implications of a nest of sophisticated, mutated vampires, he must use all the cunning and skills that his years in the wasteland have taught him if he hopes to survive the horror that awaits him in … VAMPIRE GUTS IN NUKE TOWN!
#3 Cameron Pierce’s Cthulhu Comes to The Vampire Kingdom
Franz and Lola are vampires in love. They live in a cottage near the sea with their little vampire baby.
Burn Girl is a lonely girl who walks along the bottom of the sea, constantly on fire. The water doesn’t put her fire out or soothe her burns. It only makes her feel like she’s wearing an itchy wool sweater.
Bruno is the buffest vampire. He is building Muscle Island, a floating fortress comprised of mussels.
The Vampire Science Council has been working for centuries to prevent the depletion of their Arctic planet’s blood supply, but the blood has finally run out.
#2 MP Johnson’s Cattle Cult Kill Kill
Bovikraaga, the God of Agriculture, must be resurrected! MP Johnson’s tale of human sacrifices and a bovine-themed cult made this list for its premise and the amazing cover art that is at the same time disgusting, gory, and arousing!
#1 Carlton Mellick’s Zombies and Shit
Wonderland Book Award-winning author Cartlon Mellick tops the list by putting a twist on the zombie genre: reality television! A score of people find themselves at the center of a city populated with rotting biters. A shot at remaining among the living means they’ve got to participate in the reality show “Zombie Survival.” Only one seat is available at the extraction point, so it’s every bastard for him/herself!
