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A
collection of fourteen stories that attempt to blend two opposing genres: surreal fiction and science fiction. The resulting
journey through dark and desperate futures of aliens, diseases, and humanity's own madness is brain-bending and utterly
bizarre.
"Bizarre, twisted,
and emotinally raw--Carlton Mellick's fiction is the literary equivalent of putting your brain in a blender. You'll
laugh while you squirm. Highly recommended!" - Brian Keene, author of The Rising and Terminal
"Carlton Mellick's stories invade your mind like
a murder outside your window. Following in a direct line from Lautremont through William Burroughs, his stories combine absurdist
landscapes with a cannibalistic, sexual unease. If there's a barcalounger in hell, Carlton's already got his feet
propped up and his pen draining flames for new ink."
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Ron Dakron, author of Hammers.
"If
any living person is set to pick up where Nostradamus left off and tell us what the future might hold, it's Carlton Mellick
III. He has a wickedly fertile brain and I suspect he has a few extra-sensory organs. Maybe a pineal gland that registers
psychic vibrations. The truth is out there and Carlton already knows it."
- Mark McLaughlin, editor of The Urbanite.
Contents: The Earwig Flesh Factory, A Soulless Man, City of New York, Fist
World, Scrows, Plastic Storming, Drunk and King, Venus' Triangle, Multiple Personalities, Between Midnight and Tomorrow,
High-Strung Heroes, Creatures of the Heavens, Kiss the Sun, and An Era of Liquid Streets. Read Some Sample Stories:
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