Offbeat Books - some horror, some criticism      Offbeat Books - so...      Naked Lunch: The Restored Text William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 2004 fadeout + Beyond Good & Evil + "The man is never on time." + Brilliant             Rashi Maurice Liber Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006 Buy the Dybbuk Press Version Ok I have published Rashi and Merely Mary Ann at the same time, because I'll be publishing Michael Boatman's horror anthology and The Big Bow Mystery later this year and I want to devote as much time as possible to promotion of those books. In writing a review, I know that I have essentially ...             Road From Hell Gerard Houarner Necro Publications, 2007 And another good thing fades away... All things pass, but I'm sad to see Max go this way. Having had the ultimate makeover, he's now a hot young emo guy. The beast has been neutered, or at least tamed. Lee's reformed or retired. Max now has a mission from God, or rather Goddess, so there won't be any more recreational Maxification of ...             History of Shit (Documents Book) Dominique Laporte The MIT Press, 2002 NOT about scatological humor Although it is hilarious in parts, it is actually a pretty sober piece of scholarship, albeit written in the dank hull of that "ship" rather than on the impeccably clean and respectable captain's deck, as it were. The spirit with which this book is written, makes it a sort of lesser cousin to Louis ...             Under My Roof (Soft Skull ShortLit) Nick Mamatas Soft Skull Press, 2007 More Fun Than A Barrel Of Monkeys + Coming of age/nuclear standoff + Fantastic Coming-of-Age Story + The Full Monty would've been so much better with a nuclear gnome.             Dry Spell: Tales of Thirst and Longing Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers RMFW Press, 2004 Top notch anthology of excellent writers + Excellent collection! Eleven stories by eleven different writers capture this title perfectly. Everything from humor to horror to romance and irony can be found here, along with achingly bittersweet slices of life. If you like excellent writing, this one is recommended.             How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art Kathleen Meyer Ten Speed Press, 1994 Finally ... a great help for the novice woodsman + Required reading if you have to "go" outdoors! + It's a body function get over it! + A Masterpiece of English Literature             Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Camille Paglia Vintage Books, 1991 An Erotics of Art + Impressive Ideas + Stunning Way back when Susan Sontag was still an important critic, she said, "In place of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." Well, here it is. The basic thesis of this book is simple, though its consequences are far-ranging. She maintains that aesthetic principles are rooted in the artist's ...             God Laughs When You Die Michael Boatman Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007 A Wonderful Debut + fast, violent, and unsympathetic + Dark, Skanky, Funky Little Twisted Tales: Performance Art Michael Boatman's debut collection is not one to miss by any means. He blends humor with horror, the strange with the unknown--and I loved it! Reading through the pages, it just slipped right through my fingers, and before I knew it I was done with the book begging for there to be more. This is a ...             Queen of the Country dgk Goldberg Prime, 2008 This isn't your daddy's collection of dark fiction. In fact, it's your mama's. From the suicide bombers of Palestine to the whooping fans of NASCAR, Kelly Goldberg was the queen of the country where pink drinks were sacraments and everyone slept till noon. Read along with her tour, and find out the secrets behind the melungeon moon, the fate of Princess Di, and what it feels like to wake up next ...             Dark Cities Underground Lisa Goldstein Tor Books, 2000 Urban fantasy by a master storyteller. + What's going on under the ground?? + Tim Powers light + Take a subway ride through childhood mythic adventure...             Mainspring Jay Lake Tor Books, 2007 Epic journey in amazing world, but a major flaw Lake has created quite a world with Mainspring, and for the most part it works very well. I didn't find the 2nd half of the book NEARLY as tedious, slow, or aimless as some of the reviewers here. I was still interested and even engrossed all the way to the end. The conflict between Rational ...             Mars Underground William K. Hartmann Tor Science Fiction, 1999 An exceptional first hard-SF novel + Mars Mystery Tradition Continues It's 2030 in Mars City. Crusty old scientist Alwyn Stafford is out on a solo Mars-buggy trip in Hellespontus. Now he's overdue, and his young protege "Carter Jahns" (nudge, ) is leading the search. Annie Pohaku, a reporter newly-arrived from Earth, tags along. Stafford isn't found before his ...             No Shit! There I Was (No Shit Series) Michael Hodgson Globe Pequot, 1998 Made me laugh out loud + Tales of death and woe I guess it's because I know so many people like the ones in this book and because I've got my own stories like these that I found it a great read. Some of the pieces, like the story about the trip down the Cal Salmon, had me laughing out loud. People get worked, pulverised, and abused and they ...             New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City Julia Solis Routledge, 2004 The Truth May Be Stranger Than Fiction + underground review + Unknown city. + Essential reading          products you might be interested in        toavi.com    web we recommend fadeout randomly chosen book: Franziskus von Assisi.