Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre noted for its focus on "high weirdness. " The term was adopted in 2005 by the independent publishing companies Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books in response to the rising demand for unique and outlandish fiction.

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  • Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre noted for its focus on "high weirdness. " The term was adopted in 2005 by the independent publishing companies Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books in response to the rising demand for unique and outlandish fiction. In the introduction to The Bizarro Starter Kit, Bizarro is described as "literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store" and a genre that "strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read. " According to Rose O'Keefe of Eraserhead Press: "Basically, if an audience enjoys a book or film primarily because of its weirdness, then it is Bizarro. Weirdness might not be the work's only appealing quality, but it is the major one. " While works of Bizarro may have literary merit, the primary focus of the genre is to entertain. In this respect, Bizarro has more in common with speculative fiction genres than with avant-garde movements that readers and critics often associate it with. Prominent exponents of Bizarro include Steve Aylett, D. Harlan Wilson, Carlton Mellick III, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Eckhard Gerdes, and Chris Genoa. Books by Bizarro authors have been awarded the World Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Literary Awards, the Philip K. Dick Award, the Wonderland Book Award. They have also been made into live-action as well as animation movies.
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  • Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre noted for its focus on "high weirdness. " The term was adopted in 2005 by the independent publishing companies Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books in response to the rising demand for unique and outlandish fiction.
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