Recensori in anteprimaD. Harlan Wilson

Advance Praise:

A provocative, unsettling, and deeply affecting read with rich stories interspersed with the piercing clarity of the poems. Not a book to be read straight through from cover to cover—one needs to allow some reflection time for many of the pieces to settle in the heart and mind.

—Carol Gyzander, Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author

THIS IS AN EBOOK REVIEW COPY IN .MOBI FORMAT "The clouds glow above the forest fire like the holographic brains of mathematicians..." J. G. Ballard once confessed that his worst fear was an atrophy of the imagination brought on by anti-intellectualism and the dumbing down of culture. D. Harlan Wilson's ferocious innovations remind us that the powers of the imagination remain very much alive. In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed fiction collection, Wilson makes good on what Publishers Weekly called "a lingering threat to do it all again." These stories of ennui, terror and jouissance foreground a raw existential absurdity that siphons energy from the specter of media culture. Dreamlike and satirical, theoretical and obscene, Wilson navigates the riverworlds of the cinematic unconscious, reminding us just how profoundly the real has become the reel.

This is an ebook giveaway in .mobi format "The clouds glow above the forest fire like the holographic brains of mathematicians..." J.G. Ballard once confessed that his worst fear was an atrophy of the imagination incited by anti-intellectualism and the dumbing down of culture. Once again, Wilson’s ferocious innovations remind us that the powers of the imagination remain very much alive. In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed fiction collection, D. Harlan Wilson makes good on what Publishers Weekly called "a lingering threat to do it all again." These stories of ennui, terror and jouissance foreground a raw existential absurdity that siphons energy from the specter of media culture, technology and ultraviolence. Dreamlike and satirical, theoretical and obscene, they navigate the riverworlds of the cinematic unconscious, reminding us just how profoundly the real has become the reel. What they are saying about Vol 1 "In this volume of testosterone-fueled and intentionally disorienting short fiction, Wilson invokes not a dialogue with the reader but a bare-knuckle fistfight. The dizzying journey through a violent capitalist nightmare is braved without aid of plot. Immediacy is prioritized over comprehension; personality is elevated above characters. As frantic and sharp-edged as an unexpected drug dream, these tales and their subjects are at once fascinating and horrifying. In the hilarious and ultraviolent 'Presidency,' Wilson makes physical what is usually metaphorical in American politics, putting gun-wielding bodybuilders in charge of a bloody and broken political landscape. In the title story, he delivers a few clarifications of his intentions, with style and subtlety. Some books that feel like drugs are smooth and shocking. This one is made of the bad drugs, and it delivers a rough, crunchy high. There is no resolution, only the lingering threat that Wilson intends to do all this again." —Publishers Weekly "D. Harlan Wilson has found a new language festering on the dark side of the moon." —Mark Amerika "Wonderfully demented. A thesaural explosion. Gonzo prose for the information age." —Starburst Magazine "D. Harlan Wilson’s work is like a movie directed by the love child of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jacques Lacan if he grew up on a steady diet of action movies, bodybuilding shows, and dense philosophical texts." —Verbicide Magazine "Wilson takes a samurai sword dripping with LSD through our assumptions of what fiction can and should be, directly and indirectly skewering literary criticism, the artist’s ridiculous sense of self-importance, and audience expectations and entitlement." —Muzzleland Review "D. Harlan Wilson moves so fast he strips his labels." —Steve Aylett "D. Harlan Wilson is a top chef in the fast-paced test kitchen of language. In Battle without Honor or Humanity, his cutting board-u-copia includes, to name but a few ingredients, the cinematic eye, naked lunch scraps, New York School echoes (poetry and/or painting, take your pick), the sweet science soured, literary theory gone off the rails, and, yes, the Kennedys. The joy is in the cooking." —Peter Cherches "Each story in this wonderful collection goes right for the vitals as Wilson uses his savage pen and his serrated wit to carve up the soft white underbellies of language and life. His prose froths off the tongue, words all convulsing as they struggle for final breath. If you want to remember why good writing pulses and writhes on the page, D. Harlan Wilson is your man. Damn, this is good stuff!" —Eckhard Gerdes, author of How to Read and editor of Journal of Experimental Fiction

“Salacious - Sacrilegious - Scatalogical - Scotomizing - Strange!” The Big Book of Bizarro brings together the peculiar prose of an international cast of the most grotesquely-gonzo, genre-grinding modern writers who ever put pen to paper (or mouse to pad), including: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD horror writers John Russo & George Kosana HUSTLER MAGAZINE erotica contributors Eva Hore, Andrée Lachapelle, & J. Troy Seate and Established Bizarro genre authors D. Harlan Wilson, William Pauley III, Laird Long, Richard Godwin and so many more! From Alien abductions to Zombie sex, The Big Book of Bizarro contains OVER FIFTY STORIES of the most outrélandish transgressive fiction that you’ll ever lay your capricious and curious hands upon! WARNING: This book may be one of the most controversial and dangerous books you’ll ever read. Intended for an adult audience. The stories in The Big Book of Bizarro include: HORROR Daniel In The Lion's Den by Kai Miro Wet by Mark Gallagher The Whore of the Dartmoor by Rich Bottles Jr. The Fall by David J. Fairhead Glory Holes by Gary Lee Vincent Channel 666 by John Russo Forever Ago Sunshine by Wol-vriey Jesuto Honey-do by Nikko Lee Every Bite by Matt Smallwood Nothing Really Satisfies by Kelly R. Show More Martin Decorations by Nelson W. Pyles Karnivali by Jesse J. Saxon Front Page by Michael A. Migliore Into The Night by Heather Lin Hades on Ice by Kimberly Bennett His Own Worst Enemy by Laird Long Writer's Block by Ryan J. McBriar Every by Charlie Kirby City of the Dead by Clare de Lune Want by Meself John SCI-FI & FANTASY Alien Apocalypse by Zmortis Saved by Thomas Fuchs Pearl by Scott Emerson Worms by George R. Galuschak In Cocoon, I am Embryo by Kenzie Mathews The Only One To Save by Derek Tabor Scotomization by D. Harlan Wilson False Idols by Sean Martin I'm Going To The Moon by Christy Leigh Stewart Diethylamide by Michael C. Thompson Their Quiet, Bookish Life by Chadwick H. Saxelid Gloriana by Angela Caperton Bleedin' Hearts by Salvatore Buttaci The Image of the Lord by Jon Judy Punch and Jesus by Anonymous Christian Jumpers by Michael Bracken Nude Sushi with a Twist by Keith Dugger Talking Heads by Nicole E. Peffer BOOM CLICK CLICK by William Pauley III Succor the Child by Mercy Loomis She Who Cleans: A Dung Sticker’s Shitty Tale by A.D. Spencer Tiffany's!! It's Get Even Time!! by George Kosana Cotton Mouth by Christopher Danaher InBox by Brennon ThompSon Losing Control by R. Scott Steele EROTICA One Hell of a Band by J.T. Seate Lester's Ominous Gift by Eva Hore The Gathering by Madeleine Swann Womb With a View by Reina Sobin Love Bites by Andrée Lachapelle Pomegranate Moth by Richard Godwin Sonata for Insects and Violins by Peter Baltensperger Frosty by Alice Jacobs Fun House by Kimber Vale Butterfly Kisses by Duncan Meece Sexual Madness by Rose de Fer Terra Cupidus by Robin Tiergarten