Bizarrism II

Bizarrism II

Author: Chris Mikul

Publisher: SCB Distributors

Published: 2018-07-09

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1909394491

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Bizarrism II collects further tales of high weirdness from around the world, including: • The curious death of Sherlock Holmes scholar Richard Lancelyn Green. • Baroness Eloise de Bosquet and the mystery of Floreana • The strange odyssey of William Seabrook – writer, adventurer, cannibal. • JLB Smith’s obsessive search for the coelacanth. • The cult that promised eternal life. • The unexpectedly appalling story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair and the American Atheists. • Leonard Lawson – comic book artist and killer. • Padre Pio, Italy’s celebrity stigmatic. • The strange fate of Napoleon’s penis and other illustrious male members. • Ferdinand Sauerbruch – the senile surgeon. • Murder and mayhem among the Hare Krishnas. • The enduring enigma of ‘Somerton Man’. Mikul brings these stories to life in meticulously researched accounts that will amuse, appal and intrigue, and leave you marvelling at the infinite strangeness of human beings.


Headpress

Headpress

Author: David Kerekes

Publisher: Critical Vision

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781900486262

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The leading journal devoted to all aspects of popular culture and cult media, Headpress 25 turns its attention to the Dream, or Flicker, Machine. Featuring interviews with William Burroughs and Paul Bowles, Headpress 25 also includes a detailed look at the neglected life and career of the late Luis de Jesus, a star of diminutive stature whose film appearances range from sadistic sidekick in the cult 1976 feature Blood Sucking Freaks, to numerous hardcore porn features, of which the most notorious is The Anal Dwarf.


Headpress Guide to the Counter Culture

Headpress Guide to the Counter Culture

Author: Temple Drake

Publisher: Critical Vision

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781900486354

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An indispensable sampling of the vast assortment of publications which exist as an adjunct to the mainstream press, or which promote themes and ideas that may be defined as pop culture, alternative, underground or subversive. Updated and revised from the pages of the critically acclaimed Headpress journal, this is an enlightened and entertaining guide to the counter culture - including everything from cult film, music, comics and cutting-edge fiction, by way of its books and zines, with contact information accompanying each review.


Bizarrism

Bizarrism

Author: Chris Mikul

Publisher: Headpress

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781900486064

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A funny and entertaining look at outlandish ideas, wacky religious cults and the extremes of human beliefs, both in Australia and overseas. It is a celebration of strange and eccentric lives, with an emphasis on unsung Australian eccentrics, bringing together the best ten years of "Bizarrism" magazine.


The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television

The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television

Author:

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1476620830

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This comprehensive bibliography covers writings about vampires and related creatures from the 19th century to the present. More than 6,000 entries document the vampire's penetration of Western culture, from scholarly discourse, to popular culture, politics and cook books. Sections by topic list works covering various aspects, including general sources, folklore and history, vampires in literature, music and art, metaphorical vampires and the contemporary vampire community. Vampires from film and television--from Bela Lugosi's Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and the Twilight Saga--are well represented.


Dago Red

Dago Red

Author: Bill Pronzini

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1605430951

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Bill Pronzini invades the Ramble House Sanctuary of Loons with a collection of 22 excursions into the darkest heart of noir. From the perils of familial love in "Dago Red" to the deadly TV sports of "Olaf and the Merchandisers" Pronzini runs you through a wringer of chills and thrills, with a couple of Nameless Detective stories to keep you grounded. But don't expect the suspense to let up, because there are dangers lurking in the twenty stories that lie in between, each more menacing than the last. Recently named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and recipient of a Western Writers of America Spur Award for co-writing "Crucifixion River" with his wife, author Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini lives in Petaluma CA. He recently released his 33rd Nameless Detective novel, Fever. and a new stand-alone, The Other Side of Silence, will be published in October of 2009.