If, on the other hand, you are into the bizarre and demented; I believe I saw this referred to as Illuminati Bizarro Porn, which is mind blowing that there is even a genre for, then please go forth... explore the dark world that Alex Johnson created with maniacal glee.
This book is not for the casual horror or bizarro fan. If you have to get up and put down the book, just to get away from the horrific displays of anal contamination, you may find yourself outside of your comfort zone. Professor Johnson knows how to lay down a twisted wasteland, but he also knows satire. It doesn't matter if he's going after the Illuminati, or Dick Cheney, or the many other highly recognizable pseudo-celebrities that he roasts with the eloquence of a cannibal tribes eldest chef, he spits venom with a wicked tongue.
There is so much wrong with this book, but it has nothing to do with Alex's writing. The content is where some may find issues. Some will be shocked at the graphic displays of horror, and sex. Others will laugh at the absurdity of it all. This is a textbook example of a Bizarro collection doing exactly what it set out... to mind-fuck you into an intoxicated stupor.
Now, if you want a book that will make you a wear poncho while you're reading it, you've found it. All of the stories in this collection are dementedly good in one way or another. But there are a few where the writing really stands out....
The Vile Jelly- WTF did I just read? Anal. Bunny. Hybrids. I can't believe I just put those words next to each other. I can never play Scrabble again. There is a lot of anal play in this book, this one will make you feel like there's a hair in your teeth.
Amphantomine- I love revenge tales. Even this one. The Bizarro Noir feel to this one is perfectly sprinkled across the scope of this tale. Plenty of murder and drugs, don't bring this one to your AA meeting.
Blood Ties- The fact that one can write a touching mother/daughter bonding moment in the middle of a story full of cannibalism and vampirism means that there is much more beneath the glaze of gore and depravity that Alex has committed to paper. There are real stories under there if you have the stomach to look for them.
5 stars for this tome of depravity. I think fans of Bizarro, Illuminati fetishists, and extreme satirists will fall in love with this original work of sinfulness.
Fulfill your destiny and learn the ways of the Illuminati here...
-Cory Cline
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