Bizzong! The Weird and Wacky Fiction Podcast: Recent Episodes
Frank Edler
Bizzong! The Weird and Wacky Fiction Podcast talks to everyone who is anyone that writes strange and offbeat stories. Bizzong! aims to be a resource to those interested in reading and writing in the genres. Our interviews are conversational, informative and entertaining. So if you feel like the weird kid on your block, press play and discover a wacky world of writers who are just like you.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank talks about The Wonderland Book of the Year Awards 2021 for Bizarro Books published in 2020.
Predictions will be made. You better call your bookies!
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Zongers, this is The Beginning of the End.
On January 8th, 2022, Bizzong! Pocast will bang #TheFinalGong with the last episode of the show.
This is the initial vision and details of that show. There will be more details to follow but I do hope that all Zongers; past, present and future can find a way to participate in the final show.
The first way you can begin to be a part of the big final show is to call into the Bizzong! THE FINAL GONG hotline and record your farewell message that will air on THE FINAL GONG on January 8th 2022.
Call in and leave your voicemail here: (732) 607-8761
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes author John Goodrich to the show to talk about his latest book, LITTLE BRITCHES. We also talk about his past work, working with the good folks at Crossroads Press and why Kaiju stories work better on cellulose and not paper.
Buckle up Zongers! Strap on them Beats and press play for another episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Lucy Leitner stops in to talk discuss how her funny form of horror wound up on an extreme horror imprint. Lucy has grabbed Godless by the horns and has shown how the to use the platform to establish a successful writing presence in the modern horror readership.
Check out Lucy's books Working Stiffs, Karen and the newly released Godless League offering, Lust Butcher and find out why Lucy Leitner has positioned herself as a writer not to miss.
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This week on Bizzong! Bizarro author Matt Clarke joins Mr. Frank to talk about his new books, COFFIN DODGERS and THINGS WERE EASIER BEFORE YOU BECAME A GIANT FUCKING MANTIS. He talks about his love and the bizarro and his desire to promote and progress the genre forward.
History be damned, Matt Clarke is here to grow and champion the great genre of Bizarro!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank flies solo. Having no guest this week offers Mr. Frank the opportunity to reflect on the current state of Bizarro fiction by analyzing a recent rant posted by G. Arthur Brown.
Is Bizarro dead? Find out what Mr. Frank thinks, this week on Bizzong!
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This week's episode of Bizzong! is all about positioning yourself in the right place at the right time. D&T Publishing is the essence of placing their business at the right place at the right time. Dawn Shea of D&T Publishing talks about growing their press and having the foresight to get their press into the right situations at the right time.
Its not just luck. Its not serendipity. It's reading the market and knowing where opportunity lies. Dawn Shea and her husband were able to do just that and put their publishing business ahead of the curve, allowing opportunity to come to them instead of the other way around.
This is how its done Zongers. Read the market and prosper!
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This week on Bizzong! Lucas Milliron talks about his newest offering in the Godless Dot Com flagship series, F*cking Scumbags Burn in Hell. Lucas's story is titled Skin Deep and it will be available on Godless in July.
Lucas talks about the serendipitous moment that led to his involvment in the series, the all-too-real true life experience that inspired the story and writing to the expectations of the series.
Lucas also expounds on his experience so far with Godless Dot Com and the success his previous work, COCKSUCKER, has found on the platform.
There a lot of dirty words this week. Don't let your mom and dad hear you listening to this filth.
Get on those earbuds and
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This week on Bizzong! author Ben Fitts returns to Bizzong! to lay down the tracks for his new book, SNAILBUTTER. It's a coming-of-age story that also serve as an homage to a popular 90's YA horror series.
Benn also talks about his DIY chapbooks and the Rock N' Roll Horror zine and what the future of those projects might be.
And of course, Ben, who is a member of the group War Honey is also excited to get back out and play shows where sometimes his books show up at as well.
So get your poofy chef's toque on and get the snails in the broiler because its time to Escargot and listen to Ben Fitts on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author Zakary McGaha returns to Bizzong! to talk about his new book, Fall Tinted Dorsal Fin.
Zakary shares his takes on generation gaps, his refocused intentions for his writing and his comfort levels of working with new publishers in the wake of his past experiences.
So pot your plants and feed your dinosaurs because its time for the Bizzong! interview of Zakary McGaha!
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When we last left Ron Gabaldon he was preparing to jump over a caged great white shark on his water skis while wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket. Will he survive his death defying leap? Find out this week on part 2 of our interview with Ron Gabaldon, the voice of Death.
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the Voice of Death, Ron Gabaldon. Ron is an audiobook narrator, or more specifically, an an audiobook performer. He is the voice of Death Gets a Book and A Death in Toledo. Ron stops by Bizzong! to talk about being a narrator and working on the Frank J. Edler books and collaborating with Mr. Frank on the projects.
This is a supersized interview and this episode is part one of two.
So get your vocal exercises ready and strap in for the long haul, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author Joshua Chaplinsky returns to Bizzong! to discuss his new book, The Paradox Twins, a thought experiment, brought to life as a sci-fi oddity as only Joshua can tell. This is sound like the type of book that gets expelled from someone with a brilliant mind who has far too much time to spend within the confines of their own metal constraints. The result, is something that blows the collective minds of humanity.
Let's get at it Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! extreme horror writer, Carver Pike joins Mr. Frank to talk about his new book, Scalp. Carver also talks about his double life as an erotic fiction author and his new life as 1/4th of the new horror writing podcast, Written in Red.
So get out your lice comb and get ready for a wriggly, jiggle episode with one of the hot new extreme horror writers on the scene.
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This week on Bizzong! Kevin Strange stops back into talk about his latest project, Cockhammer Lives! a 152 page graphic novel.
We discuss the challenges of writing longer comic book work. Improving over time. Getting back on the convention horse and hats. Lots of hats.
So grab your lid and get ready to listen to the Bizzong! interverview of the mayor of Strangeville, Kevin Strange.
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This week on Bizzong! author Brian Asman sets out to change his skin and change his name. That's right, if Brian's new book, NUNCHUCK CITY pre-sells 1,000 books he's going to tattoo the cover on his body and if he pre-sells 10,000 copies he's going to legally change his middle name to Nunchuck.
Let's curse him to that fate Zongers! Buy NUNCHUCK CITY and tag Brian Asman today!
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This week on Bizzong! Simon McHardy, author of Mother Maggot makes his podcast debuet with Mr. Frank.
Mother Maggot is the most extreme of the extreme. Simon McHardy talks about the struggle to keep Mother Maggot published when it was being deplatformed off several retail channels.
Simon also talks about where he pulls inspiration for writing extreme and disgusting fiction. We also talk about his new books, Gob and Nob and Moonface which are available exclusively on Godless.com. And of course, we spend some time on Simon's side gig writing erotic/fetish fiction.
So get your barf bag ready and get ready to be repulsed by the vile fiction of Simon McHardy
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Get out the the mop and bucket because this week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is going to have to clean-up after guest Aron Beauregard's THE SLOB. Aron's book has been nominated for a 2021 SplatterPunk Award for Best Novella.
Aron mucks it up with Mr. Frank and spills dirt on his origins story, his latest book THE WEDDING DAY MASSACRE and the rest of his filthy bibliography.
Slap on your rubber gloves and get the bleach because its time for a messy episode of Bizzong!
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Y'all need to find god! Wait, no you don't you need to remain godless for this week's episode of Bizzong! because Mr. Frank welcomes guest Drew Stepek of the horror fiction website GODLESS.COM
Drew talks about why he launched Godless and the road it took to get there. Godless is more than just a horror book distribution platform. It's a place where like minded horror readers and writers can converge to collaborate and create with a platform that always has everyone's back.
Godless.com is going places driven by the creative vision of Drew Stepek. Get wrong with god, Zongers and get ready to get Godless.
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This week on Bizzong! noted Doctor of Divinity, Benjamin Anthony joins Mr. Frank to discuss his new peer reviewed thesis, Thick Comics (https://thickcomics.bigcartel.com)
Dr. Benjamin Anthony is an aspiring comic book creator who has long been a fixture and supporter of weird and wacky fiction. He's honed his creative outlet in the form of comics he's ready to share with the world.
We discuss where Dr. Benjamin Anthony has been and where he's heading. Mr. Frank also validates his credentials and we can affirm, Dr. Benjamin Anthony is the real deal. Have a listen and find out for yourself.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank deep dives in the extreme horror book, BILLY SILVER, with author Daniel J. Volpe. Daniel Volpe has been getting a lot of attention for Billy Silver and it is well deserved. After deep diving into the book, we also talk about other work Daniel has been writing and how he goes about his writing days.
Clean your tattoo needles and get ready for an all new, all depraved episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Splatterpunk Award winning author, Wesley Southard joins Mr. Frank once again to discuss his new book, CRUEL SUMMER from Death's Head Press.
We also talk about COVID frustrations and the light at the end of the tunnel. There's also talk about creating dream team collaborations such as his collaboration with Somer Canon for SLAVES TO GRAVITY.
Time for a road trip Zongers! We're headed south...
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Happy Birthday to this week's guest, John Wayne Comunale. What better way does John Wayne like to spend his birthday that hanging out with Mr. Frank and the Zongers. This is just like when the birthday kid brought cupcakes to class. Everyone wins!
This week John Wayne talks about his new book, Mage of the Hellmouth from Grindhouse Press. He also talks about how he's been hustling during the pandemic and what unsuspecting sources of income he's found though his creative talents.
Grab your 20 sided die and roll for fun points. It's time for Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author Julia Platz-Halter joins Mr. Frank to talk about her brand of Bizarro Fiction, her style and the unique voice she brings to her books like OrgyFest, Moby Penis and The Springfield Chronicles to name a few. Julia also discusses her music style and what to do when the orgy is over.
Don't have a cow man. It's time for Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! the deadly duo of extreme horror, Ryan Harding and Lucas Mangum join Mr. Frank to talk about their new collaborative effort, PANDEMONIUM.
There talk about wrestling, European horror, and good old fashion Headers! Yee Ha!
Don your lycra masks and get ready to rumble, this week on Bizzong!
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Happy New Year Zongers!
Let's kick off 2021 correct and bring a new face to the new year. This week, Mr. Frank welcomes Sal Cangemi, author of The Demon, the Dumbwaiter and the Douchebag, from Hellbound Books. Sal discusses his outrageous new book loaded with monsters and mayhem. He discusses why it's taken him so long to get to writing and how good fortune and good writing landed him his first published book once he'd decided it was time to share his work with the world.
There much fun to be had with our first guest of the new year so lets get on with the Bizzong interview of Sal Cangemi!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank bid adieu to 2020.
First I go over the nominees for this year's Wonderland Book of the Year Awards which will be presented virtually on December 23, 2020.
Then I countdown my own personal list of the my favorite weird fiction reads of 2020.
This will be the final episode of Bizzong! in 2020. I wish happy holidays and a functional New Year to all you fine Zongers out there!
See ya next year!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank finally drags in J.C. Walsh from the depths to talk about his new story collection, WITHIN THE ABYSS. We also go back and talk about J.C.'s preliminary release, DEATH HIGHWAY to find out why cosmic horror appeals to his New England senses.
Buckle Up Zongers because we're racing along the Red Plane this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes veteran journalist, poet and fiction writer Meg Smith to talk about her new short story collection, THE PLAGUE CONFESSOR.
We also talk a great deal about Meg's writing career spanning over 30 years. Its a learning experience and you're going to want to have a pen and paper ready. Or a note taking device or whatever you crazy kids use these days.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the author of the latest Eraserhead Press release, Captain Clive's Dreamworld. Jon Bassoff is a seasoned writer who has come up with something a little left of center and perfect for the premier Bizarro fiction publisher.
Jon captures Mr. Frank's fantasy by weaving a tale of a book set in (one of the) happiest places on Earth. What could go wrong when everything is oh-so-right? Then we dig into Jon's body of work and where he likes to take his pen into the darker corners of fiction.
It's time to to take a trip this week to Jon Bassoff's Dreamworld on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! John Baltisberger joins Mr. Frank to talk about the myriad projects he has going on. John runs Madness Heart Press, a rising star in indie press. He is also a fantastic writer in his own right, having recently released WAR OF DICTATES from Death's Head Press. And to round out this creative machine, he also hosts two different podcasts right here on Project Entertainment Network.
So hit play because John Baltisberger is going to fill you heads with all the stuff he's got going on in the world!
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This week on Bizzong! It's THIS IS BIZZOROR! Where Bizzong! mashes it up with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella of This is Horror Podcast to discuss their new collaborative book, THEY'RE WATCHING.
Mr. Frank digs into the duo's origins story and then they discuss the process of writing a book and the importance of getting it right being two, world-famous horror podcasters.
This is one for the ages Zongers so get our your notebooks and take notes. This will be on the test!
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This week on Bizzong! Lucas Mangum returns to chat with Mr. Frank about his new book, EXTINCTION PEAK, from Madness Heart Press. They also discuss his part in Grindhouse Press's HORRORAMA and an upcoming project with Ryan Harding.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll run in terror from rampaging dinosaurs all this week on Bizzong! with Lucas Mangum.
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Exclusively this week on Bizzong! Brain Asman and Danger Slater join Mr. Frank to reveal the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology, BOINKING BIZARRO, from Death's Head Press.
BOINKING BIZARRO is a literary pornographic parody. And if that them isn't bizarre enough wait until you hear the cast of characters and story titles of the stories contained within.
You might need some lube for this one because you're going to be excited by the Bizzong! interview of Brian Asman and Danger Slater this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Kevin Strange joins Mr. Frank once again to talk about his all new creative endeavor, STRANGEVILLE SMOKE WEED: Card Game.
Mr. Frank digs in with Strange to learn about what it takes to create game theory, art, development and production for a card game. It's an interesting conversation to enthusiasts of Magic: The Gathering and Exploding Kittens.
And if you are intrigued about SMOKE WEED you can get in last minute funding for the project (that is already fully funded) at IndieGoGo
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank heads back downunder to talk to author Jesse Guillon. Jesse discussed the rerelease of his book, THE DUDE MYTHOLOGY. He also talks about his Bizarro classic, FOOD VS. EVIL: An Angry Burger Quest.
Jesse Guillon has been around the bizarro world for a long time and it's about time we all got to know him a bit better. So sit, back, relax and spread some Vegemite on some toast and enjoy the Bizzong! interview of New South Wales' own Jesse Guillon
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This week on Bizzong! Charles Austin Muir returns to the show to talk about his new collection, SLIPPERY WHEN METASTASIZED. He explains the difficult road traveled that led to the stories and essays contained within the pages. Mr. Frank also does his best to get Charles to admit that he may, in fact, be the real Batman.
You'll have to listen to find out the truth Zongers.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank puts on his Stetson and shit kicker boots to learn about Neo Westerns with author Marc Cavella. Marc talks about his book, TABERNACLE and this unique style of western storytelling. There's also discussion about his new book THE BALLAD OF RICKY RISOTTO and what drives Marc's writing style.
Saddle up Zongers! Because we're headed out west with Marc Cavella, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank chats with New Bizarro Author Series author, Sarah Karasek. Sarah talks about her new book, The Little Punk Rock Princess and the road to getting the book with Eraserhead Press' New Bizarro Author Series. Sarah also talks about discovering Bizarro, the inspiration for the book and what the future looks like for her writing life.
Time for some new blood Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by guest author Paul Michael Anderson to discuss his newest release from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, STANDALONE. Paul is also a wealth of knowledge in all things horror fiction and he takes Mr. Frank to school.
So get out your notepads because its time to learn and love with Paul Michael Anderson, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes author Phil LoPresti to the show. Phil discusses his new book, The Things We Bury, from Nihilism Revised. Its a dark book that continues his tradition of unique, dark, challenging fiction he wrote with Dynatox Ministries.
There's also discussion about Phil's photography and how he presents his view of the world through photographs instead of the written word.
Also, and most importantly, we talk about why Phil LoPresti maybe the world's most important Hot Dog vendor.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes Zakary McGaha, author of Indie Rock Cabin and Dinosaurs and Potted Plants.
Mr. Frank discusses how Zakary's has had prolific output before graduating college. The new stuff he's got coming out since graduating and how he's able to spit that much work out. Zak also discusses how his religious beliefs inform his work and world view. Mr. Frank digs into why a lot of Zakary's previous released work is no longer available and what may or may not become available again.
Get the needle on your record sharpened because its time for the Bizzong! interview of Zakary McGaha!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank hikes it up into Appalachia country to pow wow with Tony Evans. Tony discusses his brand of folksy horror and what makes Appalachian horror so unique. Tony also talks about the publishers he's worked with and his new journey into self-publishing.
Get yer hiking boots on Zongers as we traverse the deep mountainous woods in search of Tony Evans, bats and naked hobos this week on Bizzong!
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Hey Zongers! Pop the popcorn because this week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes Hansi Oppenheimer, director of the Joe Lansdale documentary, ALL HAIL THE POPCORN KING.
Hansi discusses her love of Lansdale, her self-described personal Yoda. She breaks down the process for making the documentary a reality and what it was like to collaborate with Joe Landsdale to make it a reality.
It's a different kind of Bizzong! this week so get your leather jerky and put on your 3-D glasses because its time for the Bizzong! interview of Hansi Oppenheimer of Squee Projects! ALL HAIL THE POPCORN KING!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes back Sam Richards of Weird Punk Books. Sam returns to talk about his new novella, Sabbath of the Fox Devils. Also, he gives us the latest dirt on all the delicious fiction Weird Punks books has recently released like Roland Blackburn's "Seventeen Names for Skin" as well as what's in store for the future.
Raise your fist to the air. Punk rock forever!
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This week on Bizzong! Gerald Dean Rice returns to the show to talk about gunts, pitch parties, agents and magic. Gerald has been a busy beaver since his last appearance so there is a lot of ground to cover.
Mr. Frank is also raptured by the concept for a forthcoming book which led to Gerald making the short story that set's the book up free this week for all you Zongers out there.
Check out The Bureau: The Ghost and The Shell FREE this week only.
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Welcome back to the weirdest, wackiest show on Earth! Mr. Frank has been on vacation but he's brought back a souvenier for you fine Zongers, this week's guest, Ben Arzate.
Ben chats about his unique new book, Dr. Sodom and Mrs. Gomorrah, a collection of poems and texts. Listen in as Ben tries to peek Mr. Frank's interest in poems that have nothing to do with mini vans.
Ben Arzate is a man of many talents. He also discusses his music projects, movie ideas and his new podcast that combs through Bandcamp to find new amazing music.
Vacation is over Zongers! Back to the bizarre grind!
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HeyZongers! Welcome back for another round of Bizzong! where Mr. Frank invites back British Bizarro author, Leigham Shardlow. Leigham discusses the freshly released BUMPER BOOK OF BRITISH BIZARRO.
Leigham also touches on the re-issue of his freshman effort, FELL BEAUTIES, which will be available very soon for consumption.
Grab yourself a biscuit and a tea and get ready for the Bizzong! interview of Leigham Shardlow, right here on Bizzong!
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You read that right Zongers! This week on Bizzong! host of The Quiet Place, Jeremy Maddux sits down with Mr. Frank for a candid interview about where he's been and where he's going. Jeremy is a veritable historian of Bizarro fiction and incredibly well read all around.
Mr. Frank and Jeremy discuss his beginning is Bizarro. They talk about Surreal Sermons, a precursor podcast to Bizzong! and how he's reinvented his idea of a book based podcast into what The Quiet Place is today.
If Maddux keeps this up it maybe time for Mr. Frank to unplug his mic. So take a deep breath and get ready for an hour with Jeremy Maddux.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the Editor-in-Chief of Econoclash Review, JD Graves. JD pow-wows about the mission of Econoclash Review, his motivations for starting a literary magazine and the various ways he promotes the venture.
Its a lesson in entrepreneurship and the obstacles of starting a periodical publication. So sharpen your pencils and get ready to take note of the wisdom of JD Graves!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank sits down with Mark Zirbel, author of Cyber Punk Zombie Jihad from Nihilism Revised. We discuss the road that Cyber Punk Zombie Jihad took to becoming its own book from a stand alone short story in an anthology. Mark breaks down what Cyber Punk is and what Cyber Goth isn't and shows how ignorant Mr. Frank is when it comes to knowing your punk.
It's a fun episode so put on your happy hat and enjoy the Bizzong! interview of Mark Zirbel!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes author, podcaster, game developer and all around swell fella, Luke Kondor to discuss his new book One to Five Million: Lessons Learned From Podcasting in My Pants When Nobody Was Looking.
We also discuss Luke's other projects such as Tales Of What?! a marvelously produced story podcast that is audio cando and promotes weird fiction.
There is a lot to cram in so forget the seatbelts, just hop in an drive!
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Top O' the mornin' to ya Zongers! This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank has a chat with the ex-patriot from Dublin, Garvan Giltinan. We talk about his new book from Thicke & Vaney, Titty Kitties!
The story behind the title is almost as fun as the title itself. Also Garvan discusses his work before Titty Kitties, his use of the word 'arse' and Mr. Frank and Garvan bond over their love of Monty Python movies.
How many lives have your titties got left Zongers? Hope all eighteen, because its time for the Bizzong! interview of Garvan Giltinan!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the author of THE MUD BALLAD, Jo Quenell! Jo's new book is from Weirdpunk Books, known for their amazing anthologies.
Jo discusses the pressures and high points of being the vanguard stand alone novella from Weirdpunk. Also, we dig into the work that Jo has done previous to The Mud Ballad including work with Filthy Loot.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes first time guest, Jay Slayton Joslin to discuss his new book with CLASH Books, Sequelland. But Jay Slayton Joslin is not new to the writing scene. We discuss his previous work and what the future of his bibliography looks like as well.
Put that reboot down because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of Jay Slayton Joslin!
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This Is Bizzong! welcomes host of This is Horror, Michael David Wilson to discuss his deut novella from Perpetual Motion Machine, The Girl in the Video. Its an honor to finally be able to talk to the voice of This is Horror Podcast and pick his brain on what makes his horror driven mind work. Michael has also been a quiet champion of weird fiction and we tackle that as well in this cursed episode of Bizzong!
Draw a circle in salt and hit play but don't break the circle of this, the cursed episode of Bizzong!
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Hooray! It's Episode 200 Zongers! Host Mr. Frank welcomes back Bizzong's very first guest, Danger Slater to make air horn noises and celebrate the milestone episode.
Put on your party hats and crack open the party poppers because it's time for the TWO HUNDREDTH EPISODE of Bizzong! Podcast
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank talks to the author of THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES, Grady Hendrix. Grady discusses the new book before Mr. Frank takes him on a trip down memory land to discuss the writing journey he's taken to get where he is today.
So grab yourself a juicy peach, bite and and listen to the Bizzong! interview of Grady Hendrix!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes back the great botanist, Sir Duncan P. Bradshaw to discuss his new book DON'T SMELL THE FLOWERS! THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR BONES! Its a cautionary tales about the dangers of plants. And Duncan P. Bradshaw would know being the knighted botanist that he is.
What? He's not a botanist? And he's not a knight? Oh good, I was getting worried people might take him seriously and he is much too funny to be taken seriously. So sit back, relax and keep your distance from this week's guest, Duncan P. Bradshaw the most famous not knighted, un-botanist of our time.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank questions Max Booth III as he edges his way to glory. Max talks about his new book from Fangoria, CARNIVOROUS LUNAR ACTIVITIES. Then the dynamic duo talk about all the goings on with publishing during a pandemic before Max finally loses it over a discussion of the Stephen King podcast, Castle Rock Radio.
Get a diaper because you may wet yourself listening to this week's episode of Bizzong! with Max Booth III
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This week on Bizzong! the host of Losing The Plot Podcast, Leo X. Robertson joins Mr. Frank to discuss his new book, GREEV, coming soon from Nihilism Revised. The podcast duo also discuss examining the world around them as creatives, another new book in the works and the Losing The Plot Podcasts new host, Aphotic Realm.
Sit back and enjoy Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined once again by Garrett Cook to discuss a myriad of topics including upcoming releases, the editing process of an editor, writing workshops, and state of the current bizarro and horror markets.
An insightful conversation as always when Garrett joins the show. Get a pen and paper because you'll need to take notes.
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This week on Bizzong! past guest Gregor Xane returns to talk about the new book in his Hanover Block series, Son of Hanover Block. Mr. Frank and Gregor also fall down a hole of deep Goodreads conspiracy theories. Then, Mr. Frank talks about Gregor's role on The Quiet Place podcast, the least controversial controversial podcast on the internet today.
It's all as weird as Gregor Xane's writing.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the author of the new book from Grindhouse Press . Seriously Lucas?! You're going to make Bizzong! get the entire Pr0ject Entertainment Network thrown off of iTunes again.
Anway, listen in and find out what horrible titled book Lucas is promoting this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author of Human Fish, Ben DeVos joins Mr. Frank to talk about his new NBAS book from Eraserhead Press and the tribulations that go along with that.
Ben also talks about his own press doing remarkable things in weird fiction, Apocalypse Party. Its a press he holds to a higher standing than his own writing so you know the quality that is being put out stand in the upper echelons.
Press play and find out about it all today Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined once again by guest Ben Arzate. Ben is back to talk about his new book coming out with Atlatl Press, ELAINE. He also talks about the success of his previous book, The Story of the Y and what it has to do with Elaine.
Ben also discusses his writing inspiration and process and well as his participation in the YouTube based Podcast, The Quiet Place.
It's another great interview so take some notes and lets get ready for a trip to Elaine, Michigan with Ben Arzate.
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank is joined by Wesley Southard, author of Resisting Madness from Death's Head Press. Wesley discusses the new book and the twisted tales within. Then Mr. Frank strolls back down memory lane to find out how Wesley got where he has wound up. Hope you brought your air sick bag because you're going to go dizzy before losing your mind listening to this week's episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank welcomes back a fixture on the podcast, John Wayne Comunale to do some more lying. John Wayne lies to Mr. Frank about his new book, THE CYCLE, from Groundhouse Press. He also lies about going full time as a writer. Then he starts lying about hitting the road to tour his books and music and then to cap it all off....
Weed. Weed he does NOT lie about.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank kicks of 2020 with a new Bizzong! AMA. All the questions you didn't realize you needed the answers to and still don't after listening to the show!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank closes out the year that was 2019 with his top 5 Bizarro reads of the year. Who will make the list? What does your list look like? Compare and contrast. Let's start a riot!
Happy 2020 Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank welcomes the one and only Joshua Chaplinsky, author of the new release from Clash Books, Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape.
Joshua takes on on his journey in writing. We talk about his hit book, Kayne West Reanimator. We discuss his extensive short story catalog. Then we talk about the work Joshua does with famed literary community resource, LitReactor.
Every journey begins with a single step. So take step one and hit play and enjoy the soulful sounds of Joshua Chaplinsky!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes a guest with the most luxurious, flowing, gorgeous, breathtaking hair ever to grace a book. No! It's not Fabio. Even better, its John Quick!
John Quick joins Bizzong! to discuss three new books he has coming out from three different presses! We also break down John's run at NaNoWriMo as well as talk about mental health and writing and learning from your publishers.
So roll down the window and let the wind flow through your hair as you hit play and enjoy another episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank welcomes the author of the new Deadite Press book, LITTLE PEOPLE BIG GUNS. Matthew sits down with Mr. Frank to talk about the new book, one of the final Jeff Burk curated books for Deadite Press. They also discuss pitch parties on Twitter and selling books at gun shows of all places.
Its an interesting, informative and entertaining episode this week so strap on your ear speakers and get lost in the sultry swinging sounds of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank is joined by none other than Richard Chizmar. Richard is the owner of the esteemed Cemetery Dance Magazine and Publications. Also, more recently, he is noted collaborator on Gwendy's Button Box with Stephen King.
Now, a follow-up to Gwendy's Button Box is out and penned singularly by Mr. Chizmar and he is here on Bizzong! to discuss the new Castle Rock based book as well as discuss his history with Cemetery Dance and connection to Stephen King.
Get ready to climb the Suicide Steps once again, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank gathers all the Zongers around the camp fire to get cozy and check in on the world of weird and wacky fiction. Mr. Frank talks about Brian Keene talking about Chizine. Then a quick rundown of the Wonderland Book of the Year finalists. A recap of recent weird and wacky fiction releases in and around Bizzong! world.
Lastly, Mr. Frank invites all the Zongers to be a part of the Bizarro Discord Channel via the Discord app. Its a great Bizarro networking discussion, come be a part of it!
You're special invitation link is:
https://discord.gg/ywXxUe
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes the hosts of The Dickheads Podcast, David Agranoff and Langhorn J. Tweed (Anthony Trevino was off doing the other guys bidding.) Agranoff and Larry discuss what the Philip K. Dick-centric podcast is all about and why he is important to the Bizarro genre.
Mr. Frank has never read a P.K.D. book in his life. Will the Dickheads convince him to pick up a timeless classic or we he simply use the time to make awful punny jokes at the expense of Philip K. Dick? Tune in and find out!
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This week on Bizzong! we are graced with the presence of Chandler Morrison once more. Chandler is back to talk about his new book, UNTIL THE SUN, due out on Halloween day from Death's Head Press.
In this episode, Mr. Frank takes a deeper dive in Chandler's writing. We discuss the new book and what it takes to put a new spin on an old monster. We also discuss Chandler's upcoming book, DEAD INSIDE, coming early 2020 from Section 31 Productions.
Chandler puts on a clinic with Mr. Frank this week so get a pen and paper and get ready to ingest the aural majesty of Chandler Morrison, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by esteemed guest, Andersen Prunty. Andersen talks about his history in writing and publishing. He also discusses what drives his work and that one crazy time he took on book narration!
It is wonderful to finally have Andersen Prunty on Bizzong! this week.
Take a seat, sit back, chill using your favorite chill method and get ready for an episode a long time in the making.
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank is joined by a rising force in bizarre and weird fiction, Amy Vaughn. Amy discusses the level or research that goes into her writing and the fruits of her labor. Also, Amy talks about a unique project she is working on in cooperation with Filthy Loot, Dog Doors to Outer Space, a collection of bizarro specific writing prompts.
So break out that 50 volume set of encyclopedias and get to researching because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of Amy Vaughn!
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This week on Bizzong! Kevin Strange is back to discuss the completion of his comic book trilogy: DEAD SHIT. A project he came on Bizzong! to talk about back in March has seen itself through to the end. There is another exciting IndieGoGo campaign to order the comic with fun stretch goals to boot!
Listen in as Mr. Frank catches up on all the latest going on in Strangeville and the view of the future beyond.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the one and only Sam Richard of Weird Punk Books! Sam finally has a million reasons to join us on Bizzong! and talk about all his work past, present and future.
There is discussion on the literary tribute to G.G. Allin, BLOOD FOR YOU. The duo break down Sam's upcoming new release, TO WALLOW IN ASH AND OTHER STORIES. As well as his contributions to other projects like BREAKING BIZARRO and LAZER MALL. Plus we talk about the new project getting set for release soon,THE NEW FLESH, a David Cronenberg Tribute.
And don't forget to donate to Sam's wife's legacy project, THE MULTISTABBER TAROT. An important project that needs to see the light of day with your help!
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Pour yourself a cold one because its Miller time this week on Bizzong! And the dad jokes only get worse from there as Mr. Frank is joined by this week's guest, Chris Miller, contributor to the Breaking Bizarro anthology from Death's Head Press.
Chris talks about taking the leap into bizarro and his inspiration behind his contribution, Moobs. Chris and Mr. Frank also break down his other work in other anthologies and stand alones as well to get to the bottom of what makes Chris Miller tick.
So, really. Get a cold one. You've earned it. Sit back, relax and enjoy the Bizzong! interview of Chris Miller!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank picks over the preliminary ballot for the 2018 Wonderland Book of the Year Award. Have the powers that be that collect the list of eligible books made good on their promise to comb the four corners of the Earth for every possible Bizarro book published in 2018?
Hit play and get Mr. Frank's run down of the preliminary list of eligible titles for the Wonderland Book of the Year award.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the other half of Death's Head Press, Patrick C. Harrison III (or PC3 as all the cool kids say.) Patrick discusses the new anthology from DHP, BREAKING BIZARRO, a bizarro anthology featuring well known names and new blood alike presented in a collection of 26 weird, wicked and wacky stories.
Patrick also talks about his role at Death's Head Press and all the goodies they have coming beyond BREAKING BIZARRO as well as his own writing and the balancing act between being an author and a publisher.
Prepare to be broken as PC3, DHP and you and me gear up to have our minds twisted this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the owner of Poltergeist Press, Anna Hayward. Anna is running a press that is doing some very unique things in horror publishing. Find out about the exciting Russian translation books Poltergeist is doing and the challenges in getting an English language book translated to Russian.
But that's not all! Poltergeist is also publishing extraordinary English language horror books as well and they are doing it in a very unique and yet retro way. Poltergeist is bringing back the mass market sized paperback and restarting a revolution that is long overdue!
So stick those gorgeous paperback books in the ass pocket of your denim jeans because its time for the Bizzong! interview of a fantastic publisher, Anna Hayward and Poltergeist Press!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank is sits down with Alaska's favorite son, Marty Beckerman. Marty Beckerman is the author of the dark comedy, KILLENNIALS. Join Mr. Frank as he breaks down Marty Beckerman's writing career and what led him to write KILLENNIALS. Mr. Beckerman also gives valuable insights into the professional publishing industry over the past decade and what does and doesn't work in publishing in this day and age.
This is a valuable, interesting and entertaining look at a writer who has been getting in done since the age of 19. Strap in and get those Bono-sized shades on because its time for the Bizzong! interview of Marty Beckerman!
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This week on Bizzong! Australian Bizarro S.T. Cartledge brings us updates from Down Under. Shane sits down with Mr. Frank to discuss his latest release along with news and teasers for his forthcoming release on Eraserhead due out later this year.
They also talk marketing on the other side of the globe and the success of past work and carrying that momentum into new projects.
Time to catch up with the poetic S.T. Cartledge this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by special guest, Shelly Rosamilia to help recap the fun and madness at Scares That Care 2019, including the Bizarro Power Hour featuring readings and performances from SIX Bizarro and Bizarro adjacent writers.
If you couldn't make it to Scares 2019 then sit back and let Mr. Frank and Shelly bring it to you!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank sits down with Chad Lutzke, author of the upcoming hardcover edition for OF FOSTER HOMES AND FLIES from Poltergeist Press. Chad talks about working with Poltergeist on the new edition of the book as well as his style, career path and his appeal to more Bizarro-centric audiences.
So grab some honey so you can catch more flies this week on Bizzong!
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"Vikings are my jam." -Christine Morgan
This week on Bizzong! Christine Morgan talks about her latest releases, working with Ed Lee, creative outlets and working through her serious health issues. An exciting and interesting interview with an exciting and interesting writer is in store for you this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank provides some mid-year updates on the state of things and things you should know and how much you know about The Thing. And why has it taken this long for The Thing to really be a Thing. And speaking of Things, didja see the Volkswagon Thing on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee?
What are we even talking about Zongers?
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank answers poignant question from some of the many fine Zongers out there who have queries, curiosities and downright oddball questions that can only be answered by your beloved host.
Grab and pen and paper because all will be revealed to you this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author David Barbee retuns to discuss deep frying Nerds, Cowboys, Hornswogglers and evil, Vermicious Kinids!
We are the dreamers of dreams Zongers! Don't ever lose sight of that. I know David Barbee won't, this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! author Chandler Morrison chats with Mr. Frank about being the center of the Bizarro Con controversy and how he handled to infamy. He also dishes on the book that is the source material of his performance at Bizarro Con. He talks about the importance of Ed Lee to his work and other books he has waiting to be unleashed upon the world.
Strap in Zongers, it's a super sized episode as Chandler Morrison pours out his soul on the the Bizzong! airwaves this week.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by an Impossible guest who wrote and Impossible book about an Impossible man and his Impossible son who tell the Impossible story of IMPOSSIBLE JAMES as written by the Impossible author (and also the World's Most Flammable Writer) Danger Slater!
Danger dishes on the new book from Fungasam Press and tells us where he's been and where he's going. It's all capped off with a rousing dueling impression of Lil' John.
YEAH!
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This week on Bizzong! Hackle shoves his hand up the dummy's bum and makes it talk. Don't tell nobody that the dummy is Mr. Frank.
Get the stink fist this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! its double trouble when Mr. Frank is joined by Matt Hayward and Robert Ford to dish on their new collaboration, A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.
Hayward and Ford talk about the collaborative process. The germination of the idea that led to the new book as well as their complimentary writing styles. There is also discussion about Poltergeist Press and reaching foreign markets.
And plenty of Scares That Care talk to boot!
Pour yourself a pint and raise a glass to Matt Hayward and Robert Ford this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes the creator of The Rock 'N Roll Horror Zine, Ben Fitts. Ben talks about his hot zine and the vision and future he sees for it. Ben also discusses his own writing and love of Bizarro fiction. To round it out, Ben reveals himself to be a triple threat by also being a musician.
So squeeze your ass in to those leather pants, don your studded wrist bands and break out the corpse paint because its time once again for Bizzong!
Check out the Rock N Roll Horror Zine here!
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This week on Bizzong! author Ben Arzate suffers through several mispronunciations of his name by host, Mr. Frank, to present to you fine Zongers his new book, The Story of the Y from Cabal Books. Cabal is a Thicke and Vaney book and every Zonger knows that Mr. Frank likes anything Thicke and Vaney even if it isn't Thicke and Vaney.
Hit play because it's time to get both Thick and Vaney this week with Ben Arzate on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by author Gerald Dean Rice to talk about his history in publishing, zombies and monsters and his new found enjoyment of bizarre and weird fiction.
His new book, Part Time Zombie, will be out on May 21st from Melted Brain Books. Keep your Zonging eyes peeled!
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This week on Bizzong! Gods of the Dark Web author, Lucas Mangum joins Mr. Frank to talk about the direction of his writing in the wake of the success of Gods of the Dark Web. They also discuss the future of tech horror and the buzz that was created upon the release of Gods of the Dark Web.
It's time for Lucan Mangum's triumphant return to Bizzong! So sit back and...
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This week on Bizzong! Jeff Burk joins Mr. Frank to discuss the incident at Bizarro Con that led to his ouster from Deadite Press and all that will follow in the aftermath.
Jeff discusses his plans for his new venture, Section 31 Productions. He and Mr. Frank talk about the remaining releases under his tenure at Deadite Press. And what the future of extreme horror might look like when Section 31 launches this summer.
This is a super-sized episode Zongers so grab some snacks and strap in for the Bizzong! interview on the one, the only, Jeff Burk!
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This week on Bizzong! Christopher Lesko returns to Bizzong! to chat with Mr. Frank about his new book Victim 666. We also dive into his creativity and ingenuity in creating his book covers.
So get your black mass sunglasses on and press play Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes co-founder of Death's Head Press, Jarod Barbee! The duo discuss the origins of Death' Head Press, the secret to their early success and how the press envisions Bizarro Fiction.
It's a fun way to peel back the layers of a successful independent press like an onion and cry tears of joy at the beauty within. Then slice you skin and bleed out all that pansy stuff because there will be none of that this week! Petal to the metal and put the lotion on its skin, it's time to sin with Bizzong! and Death's Head Press.
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This week on Bizzong! long time friend-of-the-show John Wayne Comunale returns to talk about his new book, AS SEEN ON TV.
John Wayne pow-wows with Mr. Frank about being a workhorse, staying original and reveals what As Seen On TV products he has unopened packages of in his own house.
Dust off The Clapper and get chill because it's time to...
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Class is in session Zongers! Please be seated and give your undivided attention to your professor this week, Kirk Jones, author of F*#k Happiness. Kirk schools Mr. Frank on the finer points of writing from the second person point of view, balancing writing and life and the importance of having a mentor in life and career.
Kirk Jones is always infinitely interesting. He is that cool teacher you had in high school, unless you're currently in high school then he's the cool teacher you haven't yet had in high school. Get out your notebooks because there will be a test. Hit play and learn something today on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes the first of the 2019 New Bizarro Author Series writers, Brian Asman. Brain is the author of the NBAS 2019 book, I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY. Listen in as Brian dishes on the exciting new book and gives a look behind the curtains of the NBAS process for 2019, which is a bit different from years past.
So grab your Gatorade and an extra ball because it's time for you to listen to this week's episode of Bizzong! with special guest Brian Asman!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes back long, lost guest Kevin Strange. Strange emerges after a long hiatus to reveal what he has been up to during his furlough from social media. He is now Comic Book Creator, Kevin Strange. We learn all about Strange's new direction and the passion that drives his project. As well as what it takes to be an indie comic book creator in this day and age.
You can find out details on Kevin Strange's DEAD SHIT comic book at his IndieGoGo page.
The mega-sized episode of Bizzong! also turns to a discussion on the recent affairs in the Bizzaro fiction community.
It's a long ride, so grab a drink and a healthy meal because its time to #GiveUsTheGong this week on Bizzong!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the lovely Delphine Quinn, one of the exceptional contributors to the And Hell Followed Anthology from Death's Head Press.
Listen in as Delphine discusses her presence in the horror genre and breaks down her writing style. Mr. Frank enjoys talking to newer authors to get a feel for their fresh processes. Delphine has a unique style and a different perspective than a lot of other writers.
So have a listen to the Bizzong! interview of Delphine Quinn. Her FIRST podcast appearance anywhere on planet Earth!
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This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank is joined by Russell Holbrook author of the new memoir and poetry book, Heroine is the Answer. Russell opens about about his own past with addiction and how the book has helped close old wounds for him. Also, Russell Holbrook discusses his new focus on writing and the business of writing.
It's time to Bizzong n' chill with Mr. Frank and Russell Holbrook, Zongers!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the author of LIMBS, Tim Meyer. Tim discusses working with the folks at Grindhouse, how the book came to be as well as the list of other stuff he has coming in the near future. Can a RomCom also be a horror story? Tim Meyer has the answer.
Hang on to your appendages and press play because it's ZongerDay!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes Comedy Horror writer, Mark Cain. Mark is the author of the popular Circles In Hell series. Mark discusses the books in the series and the characters that drive the books. Also Mark offers some tips on SEO and doing the little things to get your books noticed. To round out the conversation, Mark talks about his successes with audiobooks and the importance of getting a good voice actor and the surprising ways in which audiobooks can shape your writing.
It's good and good for you! So hit play Zongers and jump into the fires of Hell with Mark Cain this week on Bizzong!
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Bizzong! returns as Mr. Frank welcomes author of Detroit 2020, BL Daniels. The interview revolves around the concept of updating existing releases. BL Daniels has just re-edited and tweaked the presentation of his collaborative balls-to-the-wall genre bending thriller, DETROIT 2020. It's a clever tactic in the day and age of digital publishing and BL lays it all on the line.
So get your comically large machine guns ready, light up a dirty stogie, find a heroine that could kick your ass in a heartbeat because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of BL Daniels.
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This week on Bizzong! Comedy Horror writer Jeff Strand joins Mr. Frank to talk about the challenges to writing horror comedies. Jeff talks about when to sell out and when to stay true to yourself. Writing to markets and comedic timing in prose.
A legendary episode with a legendary writer not to be missed. Tune in and turn up Zongers.
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The Zine Scene in 2019!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank declares 2019 the year of the Bizarro Zine Scene. It's been slowly snowballing and this year Zines have arrived in the weird world of Bizarro. Case in point is this week's guest, Ira Rat, publisher of the hot new Bizarro Zine, F'd Up Stories To Read In The Daytime.
Mr. Frank talks to Ira to find out what has made the new zine a big hit. We learn about the Zine scene in Bizarro that Ira is trying to curate. In addition Mr. Frank gets befuddled (this is the first time in Bizzong history that the world befuddled has been used) by all the media that Ira Rat utilizes to curate his multi-media empire built on Bizarre!
Put down the paperbacks and unplug the eReaders because it's time to get periodical this week on Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! the author of CLASH Books latest release, This Is A Horror Book, Charles Austin Muir joins Mr. Frank. Listen in as Mr. Frank marvels over Charles Austin Muir's long, storied writing career, his connection to famous Hollywood film moguls and living life in a real world version of The Breakfast Club.
It's not like that but it's totally like that! Dust off them free weights because it's time to get them ear holes buff this week with Charles Austin Muir on Bizzong!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank returns for another solo stint. There is Bizarro Con 11 talk. There is anniversary talk. There is talk about a new focus for the podcast in 2019. There is talk about recent releases for Mr. Frank.
And then there are promotions for other great Project Entertainment Network Podcasts!
Mr. Frank recaps the year 2018 in bizarre and weird fiction. Including an observation about the Wonderland Book of the Year awards, bizarre and weird fiction moving forward and Mr. Frank's own top 5 Bizarro Books of 2018.
Hark and sing Auld Lang Syne Zongers because it's time to look back at the year 2018 and get ready to move on to a new year in bizarre and weird fiction with Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes the author of one of the most anticipated weird releases of 2018, Jess Hagemann, author of the amputee fetish book, HEADCHEESE.
Jess Hagemann has been making waves with the anticipated release of her new, artistic novel, Headcheese. It is a story about fetishism and how far those limits can be pushed. Think you can be shook? Think again as you listen to the Bizzong! interview of the one-of-a-kind author, Jess Hagemann.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank chit chats with weird Sci-Fi(ish) author, Matt Maxwell. Matt is the author of the new release, QUEEN OF NO TOMORROWS. In addition to his Sci-Fi(ish) books, Matt is also the creator of the western/horror comic series, STRANGEWAYS.
Matt Maxwell is no one thing when it comes to genre. He writes dark, magical realism and even noir. One thing is for sure, he is always offbeat and weird. So hit play and learn all about Matt Maxwell on #ZongerDay!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by zombie writer turned bizarro lunatic, Duncan Bradshaw. Duncan talks about his transmutation from zombies to vacuums. Duncan is a dedicated artist and his latest book, Mr. Sucky is a prime example of his eye for detail in prose. This is a book that simply must be consumed as a print edition.
Also, we Tiger Beat it up and discuss Duncan's two favorite things in the world. Hit play to find out what they are, this week on Bizzong!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by New Bizarro Author Series writer, Shawn Koch. Shawn is promoting his new book, the final offering for 2018 in the NBAS, Crime of the Scene.
Shawn discusses social anxiety, his journey to the NBAS and discusses his work prior to becoming a part of the NBAS. This is an author who will have much more to say in the coming months and years. We can say we heard him here, first, on Bizzong!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes guest William Perk, author of the new book, Killing Poppy from Apocalypse Party Press. Is William Perk the new Jeremy Robert Johnson? Listen and find out for yourself, this week, on Bizzong!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes an artist who's voice has been silenced. Kitty Glitter is an independent writer who has had their work removed from Amazon and SmashWords as a result of a misguided witch hunt.
Mr. Frank welcomes author Kitty Glitter on to Bizzong to discuss their viral rise to infamy. Kitty Glitter is not much different from a Many DeSandra type writer and both have seen their work squelched. Kitty Glitter, unfortanatly, to a much more extreme degree.
This level of censorship needs to stop. Right here, right now. Let's rise up as Zongers and support weird, bizarre and transgressive fiction in all forms . Let us support one another against mediocrity.
Let's all, as one, #GiveUsTheGong
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined by the dynamic duo of horror, John Boden and Chad Lutzke. Both writers are powerhouses on their own and now they've teamed up to present a marvelous achievement in modern horror fiction, OUT BEHIND THE BARN.
List as Mr. Frank discusses the mechanics of the collaborative effort behind OUT BEHIND THE BARN. The anatomy of a book going from short story to novella and trusting the insights of others to make a project a home run.
There is also a break down of each writer's individual efforts and exciting reveals on what's to come from them both. So tune and shut up lest you find yourself OUT BEHIND THE BARN as well.
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank is joined once again by Sean M. Thompson, author of Farmington Correctional. Sean makes his triumphant return since his stink as part of the New Bizarro Author Series.
Sean talks about publishing with a common name, the aftermath of being part of the NBAS, working with his new publisher and of course his new book, Farmington Correctional.
All that and more this week on Bizzong!
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Mr. Frank gets broken apart and put back together with this week's guest, body horror author, Brendan Vidito. Brendan joins Mr. Frank to talk about his new body horror story collection, Nightmares In Ecstasy from CLASH Books.
Of course there is chatter about classic body horror films, crossing genres and Brendan's favorite recipe for long pig.
It's all right here, right now on Bizzong!
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Welcome my friends to the show that never ends except that it does, typically after about an hour. This week, before the show ends, Mr. Frank is joined by author of CRISIS BOY, Garrett Cook. Garrett delves deep into the origins of the story and the drive behind writing an emotionally intense story.
Then Mr. Frank explores the new direction of the New Bizarro Author Series. We get a definitive answer behind the cover change decision and Garrett talks about what it takes to get a chance at being an NBAS author yourself.
It's all right here, right now Zongers! As long as you hit play because it's #ZongerDay
I don't know why you say Goodbye, I say Hello Zongers!
This week Mr. Frank is joined by Ben Arzate, author of the new book from Nihilism Revised, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Saying Goodbye.
Ben and Mr. Frank discuss the new book, being a creative, working with Horror Sleeze Trash and what it's like writing drunk. Introduce yourselves to the newest badass of bizarre and weird fiction.
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Join Mr. Frank this week as he welcomes very special guest, Jeff O'Brien who has transformed himself from the well known bizarro author of such books as Big Boobenstein and Byron The Barbarian to noted chronicler of the truth of the Flat Earth.
That's right, if your are a Flat Earther OR a Globe Earther, you will be woken to the absolute truth in this episode of Bizzong.
Also of note, Mr. Frank and Jeff O'Brien make no mention of the rock group KISS in the episode. Hit play because it's #Zongerday
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A new system of booking guests has led to this week's new guest, author Paul Lubaczewski! Paul is the smartest comedian I know, combining literary fiction with horror comedy to create something different from everything else. Paul has spent a lot of time crafting short stories that have been published in a multitude of literary magazines and now he's setting his sights on longer forms of fiction.
Mr. Frank starts the show not knowing a great deal about Paul and by the end of the show they he is prepared to propose marriage. Listen to the evolution of love on this week's episode of Bizzone!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes New Bizarro Author Series author, Leigham Shardlow. Leigham is the author of Fell Beauties which is due out September 15th from Eraserhead Press as part of their long running New Bizarro Author Series line of books.
Mr. Frank discusses Leigham's experience with the NBAS as well as his musical contributions to Bizzong and the arduous task of marketing a new book.
All that and more on this week's episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes author Autumn Christian author of Girl Like a Bomb, Ecstatic Inferno and Crooked God Machine. Autumn talk about her connections to Bizarro, her unique involvement with video games and her forthcoming book from Clash Books.
Autumn Christian is poised to become a titan of a writer and Bizzong! is fortunate to get a hold of her on the way up. Press play and listen to a wonderful creative mind.
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Bizzong! Live from Scares That Care 2018 presented in its entirety!
Join Mr. Frank as he plays Bizarro Game show host featuring Zonger contestants from the live audience: Wiley Young, Lucas Milliron, Ryan Miller, Nick Jasper and YNO Mike. Who will be crowned the Bizzong! Bizarro Champion of 2018?
Hit play and find out who reigns supreme at the first Bizzong! Gameshow LIVE!!!!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank recaps his experience at Scares That Care Charity Weekend 2018.
A memorable weekend for the best of reasons, Fighting Real Monsters.
This week on Bizzong, the return of Andrew James Stone, just as the prophecy foretold!
Mr. Frank chats with Andrew Stone about his latest release from StrangeHouse Book, ALL HAIL THE HOUSE GODS. We break down the book and the story behind how it got written. We also talk about marketing Bizarro in cyberspace and realspace. The discussion is rounded out as Andrew Stone puts on his professor's robes and talks about what is involved in teaching Bizarro fiction to collage students.
Put on your thinking caps and prepare to go to the head of the class with everyone's favorite professor, Andrew James Stone!
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This week on Bizzong! author of Innermind Musclebound, Just Mank joins Mr. Frank to talk about Justin's writing style, his poetry and his latest foray into experimental prose.
In addition to writing, Just Mank is also a musician in the Noise Rock band, Human Adult Band. We discuss the unique style of music and how it relates and co-habitates with his writing.
So adjust your earbuds to be sure to tune out the rest of the world and enjoy this week's episode of Bizzong!
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This week on Bizzong, Mr. Frank is joined by a guest who is long overdue. The author of ÆtherChrist, Die Empty and others, the rising star, Kirk Jones. Kirk has been in and around the Bizarro scene for many years putting out top quality weird work. This is finally Kirk's time to get the Bizzong! Spotlight.
So type odd words that begin with Æ and hit play and enjoy the Bizzong interview of Kirk Jones.
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This week on Bizzong! author and head editor at Grindhouse Press, C.V. Hunt joins Mr. Frank to talk about her new book, Cockblock. She also discusses getting a German translation release of one of her titles.
Then the discussion switches over to the busy summer releases from Grindhouse Press and what that has to do with Scares That Care Charity Weekend.
So grab your male chickens and get ready for this week's episode of Bizzong! with the incomparable C.V. Hunt!
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This week on Bizzong! the author of the summer sizzler, SCUMMER, John Wayne Comunale chillaxes with Mr. Frank to talk about the new book.
Also, Mr. Frank discusses the dedication to weekly podcasting and the healing powers of John Wayne's grandfather's special medicinal cure. Then they both don sweat pants and do a very male-centric boner dance. Can we say boner? We'll find out this week on Bizzong!
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Welcome Zongers to another fine edition of Bizzong! This week, Mr. Frank invites George Billions on to Bizzong! to discuss his book, BUYING ILLEGAL BUGS WITH BITCOIN. A book Mr. Frank gave his first 5 star rating to in 2018.
In addition to the crime-noir-weird-horror-thriller that is Buying Bugs we discuss how George came to write and be exposed to the Bizarro community. We talk about ghost writing and smut writing as well.
It's all bugs, boobs and boos Zongers so don some protection and get ready for this week's episode of Bizzong!
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This week, surrealist (and bizarro) author David Atkinson joins Mr. Frank on Bizzong! to talk about the art of flash fiction and what it means to be bizarro and when to respectfully claim you aren't bizarro even when everyone else says it's okay.
Also, Mr. Frank reveals whats going down for Bizzong! Live at Scares That Care this August in Williamsburg, Virginia. Are you ready?!
Then #GiveUsTheGong Zongers!
This week on Bizzong! Podcast, Mr. Frank has a little pow-wow with the author of The Drip Drop Prophet and Other Stories, Mr. Austin James (Hatch).
We discuss how he came to work with one of the up and coming presses in bizarro fiction as well as what it's like to interact with the two madmen that are the engine of Nihilism Revised.
He ain't Bob Marley but he might as well be. So get ready for the Bizzong! interview of Austin James (Hatch).
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Welcome back to another big Bizzong! show. This week Mr. Frank brings you another New Bizarro Author Series writer. The author of WINNIE, Katy Michelle Quinn. Katy has been around the bizarro community for quite some time and she has now offered up her own brand of bizarro fiction. She self describes her work as "soft bizarro" thus making it a great gateway into the genre for those who are curious and want to experience the weird without going over the top.
So polish up you guns and get ready for the Bizzong! interview of Katy Michelle Quinn.
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This week on Bizzong! New Bizarro Author Series participant, Caleb Wilson joins the show to discuss his NBAS 2018 book, Polymer. Caleb talks about the experience, the process and The Purple One.
In addition, we also discuss Caleb's other side project, writing text based computer games. Yes, they still exist and Caleb is help keeping their spirit alive. So let's get our Zork on Zongers! It's time to hit play and listen in on this week's episode of Bizzong!
This week, Bizzong! finally puts its interviewing hat back on and talks to the head editor at Eraserhead Press, Rose O'Keefe. We discuss Eraserhead's current open submission call, book marketing, living life as a weirdo and the awesome new concept of Carlton Mellick III's upcoming new release.
Of course, there are many other things we talk about but if I listed them all right here it would ruin the surprise. The moral of the story is that you have to hit play and find out what its all about this week on Bizzong!
Don't forget to share this week's show on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #BIZZONG to get entered to win a limited edition Bizzong Pin!
Welcome back to the weirdest show on the webternets, Bizzong! This week, host Mr. Frank dishes more weird news. Also Mr. Frank is currently on tour with the Beers N' Fears Brewery Tour. Listen in to find out if Mr. Frank is coming to a brewery near you.
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank finds just enough of his voice to get through an episode of the finest podcast about the Bizarre and Weird. Mr. Frank kicks off with another round of weird news from around the world.
Then, inspired by a Twitter exchange with a children's television show from the 80's, Mr. Frank talks about weirdness from our childhood and how those children's shows we watched may have influenced our weirdness as adults.
Remember Zongers, No Gnews is Good Gnews on Bizzong!'s Weird Gnews Show! Hit play and listen to all the Gnews that matters.
This week on Bizzong! Host, Mr. Frank, brings you up-to-the-minute news coverage. Mr. Frank digs deep into the news wires to cull the best of all the weird news in the world.
This episode is like the Weekly World News, only better and with at least 100% less bat boy stories. Grab your copy of the Bizzong Tabloid and hit play Zongers, its #ZongerDay!
Nihilism ain't just a river in Egypt Zongers (or is that the Nile or maybe denile? This joke is getting confusing.) This week on Bizzong! author and publisher S.C. Burke joins the show to discuss what the publisher, Nihilism Revised is all about.
We even manage to discuss S.C. Burke's own transgressive fiction as well as the merits if art in literature, especially his own.
Nihilism Revised has been making waves recently and it's time to hear S.C. Burke peel the onion of this great experimental press. Press play to listen and learn Zongers!
Mazel Tov Zongers! I hope you've all brought your Kosher salt because we are going to get cooking this week with Maxwell Bauman and his ANARCHIST KOSHER COOKBOOK from Clash Books.
Listen as we learn all about the history of Jewish horror and how Maxwell has taken it and shaped it into something bizarre and unique to craft as his own brand. We also discuss Maxwell's history of publishing both as the writer and publisher of his zine, Door is a Jar.
There is a great deal to learn about the new kid on the block. So settle in and relax and enjoy the latest interview on Bizzong!
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What is a Satoshi you ask? Well if you don't know, check out the podcast Unreasonably Handsome, co-hosted with this week's guest, Michael Allen Rose.
Michael is an artist, author and entertainer (and that's only scratching the surface). He returns to Bizzong to talk about his latest and upcoming books as well as the interesting things he's been doing with Patreon.
Also, we discuss Satoshis.
Cha-Ching Zongers!
Hit play because its #ZongerDay with Michael Allen Rose!
Welcome back to Bizzong! When we last left Jeff Burk, author and head editor of Deadite Press, he was on a pair of water skis while still sporting his trademark denim jacket. He was also about to hit a ski jump ramp that would send him sailing perilously over a tank filled with man eating sharks. And they're hungry!
Will Jeff make the death defying jump or will he fall into the tank and get eaten alive, denim jacket and all? There is only one way to find out Zongers. Press play and find out if Jeff Jumps The Shark!
(Next time we do this its gonna be with stage coaches and runaway horses!)
(Is anyone getting these bad 80's two part sitcom references or is Mr. Frank just really friggin' old?)
Bizzong is doing something not done before in its history. We are launching a two part interview Zongers! And who else would be the cause of a two part interview, none other than Jeff Burk, author of Shatnerquake, head editor at Deadite Press and The Great Orator of the West.
In part one Jeff tackles his new book, The Very Ineffective Haunted House, coming soon from Clash Books. We touch a bit on his light output in 2017 and how he is doubling down in all areas of publishing in 2018. And thats only the beginning. stay tuned for part 2 of the interview next week.
But for now, hit play because we can't get to part 2 until we blast part 1 into our earholes Zongers!
This week on Bizzong! author Nick Cato joins us once again to talk about his upcoming novella, DEATH WITCH from Dynatox Ministries. We also talk about Nick's work with Horror Fiction Review. HFR is a fantastic book review blog that gives great recommendations of the latest hot titles in horror fiction. Of course you can't talk to Nick Cato without some movie chatter so we go there too.
So hit play Zongers and enjoy another great interview on Bizzong! Give us the GONG!
Hey Zongers! Time for another trip around the Bizarro globe. This time we're headed back to the UK to talk to Zak A. Ferguson. Zak is the author of several transgressive books with the Bizarro flair as well as one half of the team that makes up the new press, Nihilism Revised (I bungle the name in the show, all apologies).
Zak is doing wonderful things in the Bizarro realms and he is a fantastic new voice for a new generation of up and coming writers of weird, transgressive, absurdist and bizarre writers. Hit play and find out what Zak is all about today Zongers!
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This is the one hundredth episode of Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast. It is presented for you, The Zongers by you, The Zongers.
Let's all celebrate what we love. Thanks Zongers for making this show possible. Let's take this moment to celebrate and then keep on going!
See you at Episode 200 and every stop in between.
The 99th Episode of Bizzong features the 2017 Recipient of the Wonderland Book of the Year Award, Danger Slater. Danger talks about his moment at BizarroCon when he won the award and how it affected him. More important, we talk about his newest book, which comes out February 14th, 2018. He Digs A Hole is chock full of symbolism and analogies. And just went you think you've got this clever little narrative all figure out, BOOM, in steps the world's most explosive writer to lay down some fourth wall breaking commentary that somehow manages to weave its way into the plotline as well.
Get out your shovels Zongers because it's going to get DEEP on this, the 99th episode of Bizzong! See ya next week when we hit triple digits!
Class is in session Zongers! Please be seated and ready to learn! This week's lesson is on writer Gregor Xane. We're are going to learn all about Gregor Xane and his writing and influences and opinions. The best part? There will be NO quizs or tests after the lecture!
So get your notebooks out and your batter old highlighted and annotated Bizzong! textbook because it's time to get learnt with Mr. Frank and Gregor Xane on Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast.
This week on Bizzong! Podcast, our guest Lucan Mangum talks about what its like to live life like a jet setter in the Bizarro literary scene. He discusses Illuminati like gatherings of the world's most eminant figures in Bizarro. He discusses collaborations with the elite in horror fiction as if they are some clandestine, back door, top level government conspiracies. And he discusses he books, which also happen to be as awesome as his lifestyle.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the tale of the playboy of Bizarro and Cult Horror, Lucan Mangum*
*Caution: All or none of these facts have been made up entirely by Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast
The staple of Bizzong! Jeff O'Brien returns once again to talk about his latest offering, The Night Manager. Try as he might to convince us this is not a bizarre tale of aliens and late night retail management we scoff.
But this is far more than a look at Jeff O'Brien's new books, this is a podcast about aliens and life and editing and awesomeness and lots of New England sexy accents.
Have a listen Zongers! Today is #ZongerDay if only you press play.
Happy 2018 Zongers! Bizzong! has returned from winter break to bring you the best in bizarre and weird writing. And what better way to celebrate the weird then to bring back the Bacon Fried Bastard himself, David Barbee. David has a new book out from Eraserhead Press titled Jimbo Yojimbo and it's sure to tickle your weird little hearts.
So hit play and find out what David Barbee is frying up for you this time on Bizzong!
Hey Zongers! There are lots of lists in this episode, but not a whole lot of guests. That's how things go sometimes. Hope you don't mind joining Mr. Frank flying solo this week talking about happenings in the bizarre and weird fiction realms. Also, lists! Not year end lists like you may expect, but lists nonetheless. Everyone loves a list. They're so controversial!
Yell at me through your speakers Zongers, I can hear you. All you gotta do is hit play when it's your #ZongerDay.
This week on Bizzong! we talk with NBAS 2018 author Larissa Glasser about her experience at BizarroCon 2017. Then we dig into her book, the first of the new crop of New Bizarro Authors for 2018, and the road it traveled to publication.
Larissa is a vibrant new voice in the genre and it is a pleasure to help introduce her to the Bizarro world at large this week on Bizzong!
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Welcome back to the greatest show on Earth next to all the other great shows on Earth, Bizzong!
This week, author Kevin Strange checks back in with Bizzong to talk about his latest work, She Was Only A Clown. Then he dishes the exclusive on his latest book marketing venture through Patreon. Then the interview goes way long as Strange and Mr. Frank debate the merits of the Wonderland Book of the Year award.
Love him or hate him, Kevin Strange is back once again so hit play because its #Zonger Day!
Sign up for the Strange Book Club on Patreon.
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank cries in his milk about BizarroCon 2017. But then he cheers up when he tells you how you can be a part of Bizzong!'s 100th Episode.
Short and sweet this week Zongers.
This is it Zongers! This week a guest who's been on Bizzong but you never heard him (unless you were one of the lucky ones to be there live). Author Justin Walker joins Bizzong for real this time to discuss the work he's been doing in Bizarro and beyond. Justin has had a surprising, long history in self publishing and he's one of the truly mad people who partake in NaNoWriMo. So he sorts it all out with Mr. Frank this week on your favorite podcast that interviews people who write bizarre and weird fiction, Bizzong!
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Buenos dias senor y senorita Zongers! This week on Bizzong! we speak with editor of Orciny Press. Hugo has been translating Bizarro books from English to Spanish to make them accessible to the Spanish speaking world. It is a monumental task and Mr. Frank wants to spotlight the work Hugo is doing to draw more attention to this important work in spreading Bizarro globally.
Viva El Bizarro!
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Welcome back Zongers! Another fine episode of Bizzong! awaits you this week with author of The Mortuary Monster, Andrew J. Stone. We discuss the book, his writing and editing process, working with StrangeHouse Books and his exciting upcoming projects.
So strap in for another fine #ZongerDay. All you gotta do is hit play!
Join Mr. Frank this week on Bizzong! when he interviews Urban Fantasy/Dark Fantasy/Horror Comedy/Paranormal Thriller/Descriptive User, Rick Gualtieri as he discusses how playing with catagorization on Amazon helped his series, The Tome of Bill, gain success in the digital markets.
Hit play because today is #ZongerDay
Check out all things Rick Gualtieri at http://rickgualtieri.com
It's a two-fer this week Zongers. Co-authors of Flesh Trade, Edward Morris and David Agranoff join Mr. Frank to dish on the collaborative process, their love of Sci-Fi and the plight of personal assistants. This is a cool in-depth interview from two accomplished writers trying their hand at something they've always had a passion for reading.
Check out these two YouTube videos to get a feel for what's in store for you inside the covers of FLESH TRADE:
Promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwFOuPIcdAc
Sample Reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFhEMoWtyH4
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This week on Bizzong! we engage in a little discourse on the Koncourse with absurdist writer, Jon Konrath. A long time presence in the Bizarro community, Jon brings his brand of off beat and irreverence to the podcast as we learn about his writing, publishing and podcasting work. Also, we learn how his picture became one of the most viral images in the Bizarro world.
So hit play and listen to the Bizzong! interview of the one and only, Jon Konrath! #ZongerDaY
Hey Zongers! What a show we have for you this week. Our guest is a Scotsman living in Norway. Mr. Leo X. Robertson is the author of Bonespin Slipspace and the host of Losing The Plot podcast. Is he weird? Is he Bizarre? Does he don corpse paint and burn down wooden churches?
Hit play and find out on this week's episode of Bizzong! Its #ZongerDay Zongers!
This week Zongers, Mr. Frank hosts his tablemates at the New Jersey Horror Convention Chuck Buda and Tim Meyer to give one of the greatest con wrap-up shows ever in the history of con wrap-up shows in the last 16 hours.
Sit back and relax and let the soulful sounds of Bizzong! take you away this #ZongerDay.
This week on Bizzong! the Wonderland Story Collection of the Year nominee and author of A Collapse of Horses, Mr. Brian Evenson.
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Kevin Candela is a dude. A righteous dude. He wears many dude hats. Mr. Frank likely goes overboard by labeling him with so many dude monikers. And yet, there he is, this week's guest on Bizzong! The dude, Kevin Candela.
Hit play because you've just entered #ZongerDay!
Welcome back to the bizarre Zongers! This is episode 80. Who knew we could keep the train chugging for this long. Well, Bizzong is not out of steam yet. In fact, this week we pick up a bunch of steam from the workhorse triple-threat, Nicholas Day. He's a writer, publisher and game developer to boot!
Mr. Frank gets Nick one on one to talk about all those things. Somehow, someway we crammed it all into one hour. Magic!
Hit play, cuz it's #ZongerDay with Nicholas Day!
Bizzong! is back, Zongers. Have you missed Mr. Frank? No. Fine. I'll still happily present you this week's guest, Anthony Trevino. He of the New Bizarro Author Series, 2015 with his book King Space Void, a sci-fi, Bizarro-lite offering sure to appear to a larger audience.
But as we will all learn, Anthony has more up his sleeve than just writing books...
Slap them headphones on and set the treadmill to ludacris speed because it's time to hit play and get Bizzonged! today!
This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank rambles on. It's a short and sweet intimate moment for you and I Zongers. Don't get too cozy, listen and love Zongers!
Mr. Frank, OUT!
We're back with the second part of Bizzong's recap of Scares That Care Charity Weekend. This week we bring back past guest, CV Hunt to recap her time at Scares That Care and to discuss what she's published since we last talked in addition to her new role at Grindhouse Books.
Just like last weeks' show, we end it with some more audio snippets from the Bizzong! Live show at Scares That Care. Enjoy the ride because this is a super-sized show.
Keep Zonging, Zongers!
Ok, so this may not have been the Bizzong! show you were expecting. That is to say this is not the big Bizzong! Live from Scares That Care show. Not exactly. The audio from the live recording didn't come out all that spectacular so Mr. Frank is cobbling together the listenable parts and including a full on interview with one of the participants of the live recording, John Wayne Comunale.
John Wayne has a bunch of new stuff going on so it was time to get him back on the show anyway. So welcome back past guest John Wayne Comunale where we talk about our Scare That Cares Charity Weekend experiences and dig into all the new goodies John Wayne has for you Zongers to devour.
Making lemondade out of lemons is what its all about this episode Zongers. So grab a fan and rocking chair and lets get down-home Comunale to chill out with.
This is Bizzong! And things are going to get bizarre and weird as usual Zongers!
This week's guest is the author of GUITAR WOLF, Nicholaus Patanude and is part of the 2016 New Bizarro Author Series. I always enjoy interviewing the NBAS writers and it is a unique opportunity to get the persepective or writers who are just beginning their journey into the genre. Nicholaus has provided one of the most open behind the scenes looks at the process of pitching story ideas, fleshing them out and working on the final product for the book series.
Nicholaus also runs Psychodelic Horror Press, a publishing house he hopes he can utilize to create books that are not only a blend of high concept fiction and low brow punk driven pulp but also a book that transcends are mere vessel for words and becomes an object of beauty and artful appreciation.
So strap in Zongers 'cuz we're gonna get a bit real this week on Bizzong!
This weeks guest can commonly be found giving wedgies to teachers on the playground and he is often time heard giving lectures to turtles about bullseyesing womprats in his T-49 back at home. In fact, he isn't known for any of that stuff. Instead this weeks guest on Bizzong! is Nathan Carson who is really known for writing the snot out of a book called Starr Creek and drumming the snot outta drums for a band known as Witch Mountain.
Hit play like its a snare Zongers because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of Nathan Carson! Yay!
Nathan Carson is a musician, writer, and Moth StorySlam Champion from Portland, OR. He is widely known as co-founder and drummer of the internationally touring doom metal band Witch Mountain, host of the FM radio show The Heavy Metal Sewing Circle, and the owner of the boutique music booking agency, Nanotear.
Carson's byline can be found on hundreds of music and film-related articles in outlets such as the Willamette Week, SF Weekly, Orbitz, Noisey, Rue Morgue, Terrorizer, Metal Edge, etc.
In recent years, Carson has turned his sights toward weird fiction, earning immediate accolades and publication via Word Horde, Stone Skin Press, Strange Aeons Magazine, Fedogan & Bremer, and Lazy Fascist Press, working with luminary editors such as Ross Lockhart, Molly Tanzer, Cameron Pierce, and Joe Pulver. He is also regularly found as a panelist, reader, or attendee on the convention circuit at HP Lovecraft Film Festival/Cthulhucon, NecronomiCon, StokerCon, ReaderCon, Bizarro Con, etc.
Starr Creek (Lazy Fascist) is Carson's first standalone novella.
Mandy De Sandra, gnostic, spiritualist, writer and soothsayer of the truth. This may be one of the most important episodes of Bizzong where we have a guest that reveals herself, lays bare her transformation and reveals her truth.
Mandy De Sandra is a Dept. of Labor worker by day but is an erotica storyteller at night. She lives and is from Washington, DC where she has seen things that will raise more than just your taxes.
...and now she is this weeks guest on Bizzong! Hit play Zongers and find the truth on #ZongerDay
I hope you've brought some pencils and crayons and some paper with you this week Zongers. We aren't here to talk to a Bizarro writer this week. Instead Bizzong! interviews one of the preeminent Bizarro cover artists, Mr. Jim Agpalza. Jim talks about how he got started doing Bizarro book covers, his preference for drawing genitalia, an epic presidential coffee table book as well as myriad other ditties.
So lets enter the theater of the mind Zongers and hit play because its #ZongerDay!
Don't forget to visit http://jimagpalza.com to check out some fine examples of the art work that Jim has done.
Bizzong! keeps rolling on strong, interviewing new and exciting writers of bizarre and weird fiction week after week after week. So this week, while a bevvy of bizarro writers decended upon Chicago, Mr. Frank found one guy who didn't go. This week Christopher Lesko joins Bizzong! to talk about his unique brand of weird fiction.
Christopher Lesko publishes his work with some real DIY sensibilities. We talk about how he makes his own cover art as well as how he's learned to become a better self-publisher over the years. We also dive into hitting the street and selling your books out in wild where it seems to be most important.
Mr. Frank had a great time getting to know Christopher Lesko and now you too get get to know him if you just click play and make today #ZongerDay!
Are you ready? Ready for Betty Rocksteady? No, her husband is not Freddy. If she played guitar they'd describe her as shreddy. But Betty is shreddy, she's Rocksteady. I often wonder if Betty Rockstead has gone fishing of a jetty? While playing a guitar? She'd be shreddy Betty Rocksteady fishin' out on the jetty.
Are you ready for Betty Rocksteady Zongers? Well you better be because when you hit play you gonna get a fistful of Betty Rocksteady.
Hit play! Hit play now! It's #ZongerDay!
This is the late holiday edition of Bizzong! This week we tickle the fancy of weird fiction again. Mr. Sean Thompson, author of the NBAS 2016 book, "Hate From The Sky" joins Mr. Frank to talk about dipping his toes in the Bizarro waters, his early screenwriting jaunts and how to stand out visually in a sea of indie authors.
It's fun. It's dark, It's informative and hopefully it's entertaining. Hope your Memorial Day BBQ hangovers have cleared because it's time to swig the hair of the dog that bit ya and hit play and listen to Sean M. Thompson on #ZongerDay
Glad you could join us once again Zongers! This week on Bizzong we reach deep into the grab bag and pull out author Tim Meyer. A name not normally assosciated with bizarre and weird fiction, Tim joins Mr. Frank this week to state his case. And it turns out he is more than qualified as a writer of weird, offbeat fiction.
But, of course, you fine Zongers are the final judge. So press play and find out for yourself, Is Tim Meyer bizarre? This podcast sure thinks so!
Hope you've sharpened your sweet tooth this week Zongers because we've got the sweetest Bizarro writer in town. Amber Fallon, author of the forthcoming book The Warbelers from Eraserhead Press joins the show and adds some pep and a woman's intuition on things. Amber talks about going Bizarro, helping out fellow writers and the irresistible confection she's working on for her podcast, It Cooks!
So grab a bowl of yummy goodies, sit back and press play because its #ZongerDay with Amber Fallon!
Every great story has a great villain. This week, Bizzong gets its great villain, Kevin Strange. That's right, the evil Bizarre and Cult fiction writer returns to Bizzong! to talk about his new book I DIED IN A BED OF ROSES. Mr. Frank also has some candid discussion about his break with the Bizarro scene and his search for new readership.
You can hit play. The choice is yours. I assure you, its probably not as bad as you think. Of course, it could be much worse. Only one way to find out Zongers!
The guy so nice, we had to have him on twice: author Russell Holbrook joins Bizzong! for his second appearance this week. Russell is back with his second book, The Water Babies, a twisted tale born of a local legend.
Mr. Frank talks about the new book with Russell and also his continued support and promotion of all things Bizarro. We also dig into Russell's marketing tactics and how he is unwittingly tapping into the local reader market.
So please hit play and have a #ZongerDay!
Zongers, I hope you haven't neglected your balls because this week, Reverend Lance Carbuncle joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The Unmentionables. Mr. Frank also talks with Lance Carbuncle about his writing style, being out of the limelight for long periods of time and of course, Lance's woeful neglect of his own balls.
Turn up that weird dial to 11 because Lance Carbuncle is here and you can't possibly be prepared for the kook that awaits you all. White trash transgression abounds!
Hit play because its #ZongerDay
Spring has sprung on Bizzong! The flowers are blooming, the weather is mild and Mr. Frank is hitting the road trying to convince unsuspecting readers to take a stab at one of his books. This week on Bizzong, host Mr. Frank talks about the #BeersNFears New Jersey Brewery Tour he is a part of. Fresh off the tour's first stop at Demented Brewing, he recounts the evening and the elements that make having this type of signing/selling event a unique way to get your books out to the public you may not necessarily reach otherwise.
There are still three more days left on the tour. If you listen in time and can come out and have a beer with Mr. Frank and company, please do!
Thursday, April 20th at Belford Brewing in Belford NJ
Friday April 21st at Spellbound Brewing in Mount Holly, NJ
Saturday April 22nd at Angry Erick in Lafayette, NJ (With special guest Dan Padavona)
Hope to see some Zongers out there!
The great MP Johnson has returned to Bizzong! MP has a new tale of drag queens and dinosaurs to talk about. But MP Johnson is also a wonderful source of knowledge about the convention circuits. Mr. Frank, having just finished his first convention weekend had lots to pick MP's brains about. A wonderful learning experience for the veteran and rookie convention book peddlers is talked about. We also give some heartfelt discussion on MP Johnson's future work as well.
It's another must-listen-to episode of Bizzong! So get yourself some astronaut underpants and strap in for the jumbo sized episode with MP Johnson. Give us the gong!
Drag Queen Dino Fighters releases on May 1st.
Hey, howdy, hi Zongers! Time for another big BIZZONG show! This week we feature author of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing's latest offering Invasion of the Nerd Weirdos, Andrew Hilbert. Mr. Hilbert had not been on Mr. Frank's bizarro radar so he was thrilled to sit down and talk to Andrew about his latest work, working with PMMP, why he doesn't know who the heck he is and why he should.
Listen along as we all discover just who this mysterious new Bizarro author who has been around forever is. Let's face facts, Mr. Frank has probably been hiding under a rock and every Zonger out there is well versed in Hilbert's world and I'm the one who's been out in the cold for this long. Let me in Zongers, I'm cold.
-Mr. Frank
Hey Zongers! Hop on board, we've got a long way to travel to talk to this week's guest, ST Cartledge in Australia! Unless you happen to live in Australia then you can relax for a bit and wait for the rest of us to get there. Shane Cartledge is the author of The Orphanarium, the latest release from Eraserhead Press. Bizzong! chit chats with Shane about the book, the writing process and the book market in Perth, Australia.
It's another fun bizarre romp in the world of the weird. So hit play because today is #ZongerDay! Give us the gong!
Get those beer goggles on Zonger because this week we're going on a Bahr Crawl! A Laura Lee Bahr Crawl! That's right this week's guest on Bizzong! is none other than the author of Haunt, the Wonderland Book of the Year Award winner, Laura Lee Bahr! She's written several other award worthy books as well as some feature length movies as well. Strap in and grab a cup of coffee because this interview goes a bit longer than most. But I promise, it's so engaging you won't even notice and will be begging for more by the end.
Caffinate Zongers and hit play, because it's #ZongerDay!
Bizzong! is getting THICK and VEINY this week! That's right, Bizzong invites the head curator of Thicke & Vaney Publishing, Bix Skahill, onto the show to talk about publishing poems about mini vans and his own work. Mr. Frank had a ton of fun joking around with Bix and I hope all the Zongers find Bix as endearing as I did.
So keep your ears pricked to this weeks show. Hit play because its #ZongerDay with Bix Skahill!
Zongers! We've got an American classic this week for you. Arthur Graham is one half of the founding duo of the Rooster Republic Press. His tenacity and eye for quality Bizarro fiction helped shape an influential Bizarro press and shape the landscape of what Bizarro can be beyond the scope of Eraserhead Press.
But beyond that, Arthur Graham is also a wonderful creator of Bizarro fiction himself. He writes weird poetry, crazy short fiction and balls-to-the-wall fun long form fiction. He is an unsung hero of the Bizarro genre and I hope spotlighting him on Bizzong this week will help inform everyone of the great work he's done and continues to do with the bizarre and weird fiction realms.
So hit play because it's #ZongerDay with the one and only Arthur Graham!
Zongers! Hope you're hungry for some fish n' chips because we're headed to England today. This weeks guest is the author of an absurd number of novel, novellas and short stories. Additionally he is the curator of Crowded Quarentine, a top notch indie horror fiction publisher. I am, of course, talking about the one and only, most well dressed man in Bizarro, Mr. Adam Millard!
***Adam Millard is the author of twenty-two novels, thirteen novellas, and more than two hundred short stories, which can be found in various collections and anthologies. Probably best known for his post-apocalyptic fiction, Adam also writes fantasy/horror for children and Bizarro fiction for several publishers, who enjoy his tales of flesh-eating clown-beetles so much that they keep printing them. His "Dead" series has recently been the filling in a Stephen King/Bram Stoker sandwich on Amazon's bestsellers chart. Adam is a regular columnist for UK horror website, This Is Horror.*** ***#GiveUsTheGong #ZongerDay***
Hey Zongers! Time to saddle up and ride another whack podcast off into the sunset. This week, our ranch hand is none other than Zachary T. Owen and with all this western innuendo you'd think he wrote weird westerns or something. Well, NO! He doesn't. He writes cool Bizzaro stuff. And we are going to find out all about who/what/where/when and why Zachary T. Owen does what he does this week on the podcast of podcasts, Bizzong! Podcast.
Okay, I'm done. Hit play, its #ZongerDay!
Zongers! Time to unleash the weird on the world with this week's guest, Scottish Bizarro writer, Chris Kelso. Kelso has been entrenched in the scene for a number of years and has gained a lot of street cred amongst his peers. He has several books to his name as well as various editing credits as well. He is an operative behind the scenes behind a lot of great Bizarro fiction.
So let's hit play on this #ZongerDay and bring the Scottsman into your living room or car or treadmill or whatever other perverse place you maybe listening to Bizzong!
Chris Kelso has been printed frequently in literary and university publications across the UK, US and Canada.
His books include - 'The Black Dog Eats the City', 'Schadenfreude', 'Transmatic', 'A Message from the Slave State' and 'Moosejaw Frontier'.
Chris has served as voluntary copy editor for Dog Horn, Jupiter Magazine, Eraserhead press (and cult horror imprint Deadite). Along with Victoria Hooper he edits the Sceptre award winning Sci-Fi magazine
This week on Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast, author and editor-in-chief of Broken River Books, Mr. J. David Osborne! He is one of the most laid back, cool guests I've had the pleasure of interviewing. If you want to know what it sounds like to be with the coolest dude in the room, then just hit play and listen in to this weeks adventure, Zongers!
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This week Bizzong! interviews the writer of one of Mr. Frank's all time favorite Bizarro books, Kevin Shamel. Mr. Frank does his best not to fan boy too much and succeeds and getting some behind the scenes stories on how the book, Island of the Super People was made and well as the antics that take place at Eraserhead press when people aren't looking.
So hit play because its #ZongerDay!
Hey Zongers! Its time to get WEIRD! No, really! This week's guest is weird fiction author John C. Foster. He joins Bizzong! to talk about what makes things weird as opposed to Bizarro. He talks about his writing, working with Perpetual Motion Machine and Max Booth. Then we talk a lot of shop and craft stuff and have great fun. Girls just wanna have fun and so do Zongers when its #ZongerDay, so just hit play!
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Hey, howdy, hi Zongers! It's #ZongerDay but only if you hit play! This week on Bizzong! Justin Grimbol keeps a promise and has released a book of Mini Van Poems for your guilty pleasure. Go on, you know you want it. These are the types of poems you don't need to have a deep artistic appreciation of poetry to enjoy. That is Grimbol's talent, making poetry accessible for everyone. He is the gateway drug of poetry, or at least he hopes to be.
So grab a soccer mom and hop in for the ride of your life as we ride the wind with seven other people in Justin Grimbol's mini van of love. It's time to Bizzong!
Happy 2017 Zongers! Bizzong is back and Mr. Frank has brought some goodies. Leza Cantoral joins us to kick off the new year. Leza has been a long time fixture in the Bizarro community but just recently she's released her brand new short story collection upon the world, Cartoons in the Suicide Forest.
Leza knows a lot of things about a lot of things and she has some great insight into writing and marketing and editing. She's not only a writer but she is also a content manager for CLASH media and she edit's the work of the one and only Mandy DeSandra and that's just scraping the tip of her workload iceberg.
So open up some bubbly and get ready to party with the Bizarro Goth Mermaid herself, Ms Leza Cantoral!
Check out the Book Trailer for Cartoons in the Suicide Forest too!
Bizzong welcomes the Bacon Fried Bastard, David Barbee to the show this week. We talk about his new book, the beer the book inspired and writing with children in your head. We also hypothosize a point in the future where Bizarro Dildo Fiction will be as big as The Walking Dead. What a wonderful time we will live in Zongers.
Hit play and find out all about it. Make today your #ZongerDay!
Don't forget Zongers, this is the final show of 2016. We will return on January 9th with more Bizarre and Weird fiction and a whole new year of Bizzong! Podcast. Happy and Merry everything Zongers!
Hey Zongers! The year 2016 is quickly coming to an end. With that in mind there isn't much room for retrospective so I want to take the opportunity now to look back on the Bizzong! year in bizarre and weird fiction.
I'll touch on the year in podcasting and my year in reading Bizarro and weird fiction books. Listen in and let me know what you Zongers read this year as well!
Click play and Zong out the Old Year Zongers!
Author Jeff O'Brien is back on Bizzong! once again to regale us with tales of debauchery from the annals of New King Books! (Not anals you sick perverts!)
Jeff's recent release, HEART SHAVED BOX recently caught the eye of book review podcast and I was inspired to have Jeff back on the show to discuss his latest work, the indie spirit, editing bizarro erotica and the correct spelling of the word typically used to describe male ejaculate.
We talk about nameless 90's porn stars, the evolution of jazz and why sometimes you may just be a crappy writer. Well, something like that anyway. But enough of this nonsense, because let's face facts, you haven't read a word of this!
On with the show!
It's #ZongerDay
It's Bizzong! The BizarroCon hangover helper. This week Zongers, the cure I've come up with is wholesome, gluten-free and contains no BPA platic... The human explosion known as John Wayne Comunale!
John Wayne has erupted onto the Bizarro scene with THREE books this year, including one of this year's new collection of New Bizarro Author Series books, AUNT POSTER!
Bizzong! chats with John Wayne about his adventures at BizarroCon, how he put out so much great stuff in such a short amount of time as well as some talk about different ways to get your work out in front of people. Its lots of fun, so get ready to dig into a big steamy bowl of John Wayne Comunale!
#ZongerDay #GiveUsTheGong
Have you begun recovering the BizarroCon 2016? Bizzong! has the perfect interview to help you recover. Mr. Kent Hill joins us once again to talk about two new books and a podcast he is doing.
Cheers, Zongers! Enjoy and welcome back to the real world, sorry!
Something a bit different but uniquely cool for you find Zongers this week, Opehelia Darkly and Davey Cadaver have combined art and literature to create a unique reading experience, COFFEE MONSTERS. We discuss Davey Cadaver's artwork and inspirations and discuss with Ophelia Darkly how she is inspired by Davey's artwork to create companion dark fairy tale fiction pieces.
There is also some great discussion on marketing and drawing in an audience to encourage a very human and social experience. We also talk about what they do to make even a hands-off mail order transaction into a real intimate one on one personal buying experience.
All great stuff with two great people. So hit play because its #ZongerDay with Ophelia Darkly and Davey Cadaver!
The Coffee Monsters Kickstarter Campaign featuring the movie discussed in this weeks interview.
Hey Zongers, time to get aquainted with Barrio Bizarro with this weeks guest, Gabino Iglesias. Gabino has a very unique voice in the community and Bizzong took the opportunity to delve into what makes him tick.
Gabino is also one of the finalist for the Wonderland Book of the Year award at BizarroCon. His book Zero Saints is up against a bevy of other great Bizarro titles. This is a wonderful opporutnity to get to talk to one of the Wonderland Nominees leading up to the con in just two weeks.
So hit play because it is once again #ZongerDay
It’s a scandal of a#ZongerDay with everybody’s favorite Suicide Girl and author of the forthcoming S LUCK, Tiffany Scandal! That’s right Zongers, Tiffany will be unleashing her new book at BizarroCon this year*
This week on Bizzong! risk-taking author and publisher, Vincenzo Bilof! It takes a certain amount of bravery to say I’m going to do something that flies in the face of convention and Vincenzo dares himself ...
Danger Slater has got his puppet skin on and he’s ready for you to do the same! This week on Bizzong! Podcast we talk about the Puppet Skin contest Danger Slater and Fungasam Press is having
It’s time to step up and TESTIFY! Chuck Buda, author of Pay Up and Die, joins us on Bizzong! this week to discuss his love of bizarre fiction and his attempts at writing it
Oi, Oi, Oi Zongers, it’s time to get the Doc Martens out, rip the tag off and safety pin that sucker back on! Bizzong! goes punk with the author of Punk Rock Ghost Story, David Agranoff
In The Beginning, God created Bizarro and it was good. God also created Kevin L. Donihe and he was good. Then God created Bizzong! Podcast and it was good. Hence, everything in this week’s episode is good
Get ready for the night shift Zongers! We’re going to stay up late with Max Booth, author of The Nightly Disease, They Might Be Demons and Toxicity (to name a few.)
This week on Bizzong we ask ourselves, why are there so many songs about rainbows and why does author Madeleine Swann write books about them? That’s right Zongers, from the other side of the planet
You’re JRUNK! This week on Bizzong! we present the one and only Douglas Hackle, absurdist humorist bizarrist extraordinaire to the stars. This one is a long one Zongers so drive slowly
If you’re going to get poisoned, you may as well get poisoned slowly. So says this week’s guest on Bizzong! the one man band, Andrew Goldfarb. Another triple threat renaissance man of the Bizarro age!
Want a lesson in gonzo marketing Zongers? You may or may not have to come the right place! This week on Bizzong! we talk to G. Arthur Brown who has been making waves lately
Its time for the official Bizzong Podcast Scares That Care 2016 Convention Review! Long awaited and never debated, the Scares That Care Charity Event went off without a hitch this year in Williamsburg, VA
It’s time to Bizzong! with one of the most underrated beards in Bizarro, Matthew Vaughn!
Matthew Vaughn is not only this week’s guest, he’s also the savior of this week’s show
I have returned from Scares That Care weekend Zongers!
I’ve had a full recovery and I’m ready to tackle some fantastic Bizarro talk with a man from all the way across The Pond... Mr. John McNee!
It’s Zongerday! While Mr. Frank is recovering from the Scares That Care Convention and Charity Event, Bizzong carries on with a special requested guest. One Mr. John Bruni! We explore Bruni’s view on Bizarro and more
Let’s get weird!!! Bizzong! Podcast is proud to present to current curator of all things Flash Ficton Friday at Bizarro Central, Eric Hendrixson! He is the Keeper of the Quick, the Friar of Fast...
This week on Bizzong! … Me! That’s right Zongers, you asked for it and you got it, The Mister Frank show has arrived. Its time to talk about who I am, where I come from and what I think I'm doing
This week is a super sized, super extra large, xxl show! The one and only Jeff Burk of Deadite Press joins the show and refuses to leg go!
A treat for all the Zongers this week! A threesome with Danger Slater and Lisa LeStrange. We catch up with Danger and discuss his upcoming release, PUPPET SKIN, available now for pre-order
This week on Bizzong! the Godmother of Bizarro Rose O’Keefe. She is the head editor at Eraserhead press and one of the the people responsible for the creation of the genre of Bizarro Fiction
Zongers! This week, a man who represent not one, not two, but three facets of the Bizarro genre. Garrett Cook is not only an author, but a teacher and an editor as well.
Jessica McHugh is a Virtuoso at Masturbation. That alone is worth the price of admission to this week’s episode of Bizzong! Podcast. She is also a prolific writer. She writes across a wide array of genres
Welcome to the jungle, have a little patience while we take you down to Paradise City! That’s right Zongers this week the one and only Axl…. Huh? What? Ahh shoot, never mind. It’s only Michael ...
This is the Bizzong! Podcast, for which there appear to be no anagrams BUT we have on Violet LeVoit who has a fantastic anagram to her name!
Zongers, this week we welcome back Kevin Strange to Bizzong! Author Kevin Strange just got back from an epic writing retreat on the Oregon coast.
This week Bizzong busts into the New Bizarro Author Series presented by Eraserhead Press. There have been several amazing authors invited to be published in the 2015 collection. Bizzong has invited Lee Widener.
Author Nick Cato is into 70’s exploitation cinema and it shows. Plus he always adds a splash of the weird to his work. We talk about his writing and his love of movies and his passion.
Better late than never Zongers! This week on Bizzong! Podcast we talk with a writer who may have flown under everyone’s radar, Eirik Gumeny. Eirik has been in the Bizarro game for quite some time.
All hail the fans of Bizarro and Weird Fiction! This week on Bizzong! Podcast, we spotlight the most important element of the genre, the fans! This community thrives off the fans.
Justin Grimbol is a fantastic reader! He also likes butts. And boob sweat. He wishes his dad would wear longer shorts. Justin also is a fantastic writer and poet.
It’s time to get down with your bad-self Zongers! Bizzong Podcast welcomes Canadian Bizarre Erotica writer, Leonard Delaney to the show. He discusses his brand of bad boy story telling, his experience with going viral and more
This week, Zongers, a legend in the bizarre and weird fiction realms. The one and only, John Skipp! Skipp gave us an hour of his precious time to talk about being there at the beginning and so much more
Right mates! This week on Bizzong, we get our Ozploitation on with author, editor and publisher, Kent Hill. Kent has been peddling his brand of B-Movie loving weird fiction for a few years now and he's here to tell us about it
The Church of Bizzong has flung open its doors and this week we present you with a passion play! The Passion of Christoph Paul. Or is it Mandy DeSandra?
Take a walk on the dark side this week with our guest author, C.V. Hunt! C.V. Hunt lives in Dayton, Ohio. She writes in her spare time.
It’s time again for Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast. This episode we present to you the new captains of the bizarro publisher Rooster Republic Press, Don Noble and Nick Day.
Traditionally known for his horror and zombie fiction, we present to you an unlikely interview on Bizzong this week. Armand Rosamilia is a prolific and versatile writer. He writes horror, contemporary fiction, thrillers and suspense.
On Bizzong! this week, the punk rock guru of Bizarro Fiction, none other than MP Johnson. MP is the author of several Bizarro books
You’re back and so is Bizzong! This odd train keeps on rolling with another new interview. This time we explore the chilly Northeast to find our next interviewee, Jeff O’Brien.
When I think of bizarre and weird writers, Kevin Strange is one of the first names that comes to mind. he's our guest on this episode of Bizzong!
This is the inaugural episode of Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast.
I could think of no other writer I would want to kick off the podcast with than Danger Slater.
That’s right, Danger!