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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs December 16, 2013 - 7:20pm

I edit Eraserhead Press’s New Bizarro Author Series and I’m looking for books to publish next year. I’m only interested in novellas. Pitches for unwritten books are strongly preferred over finished submissions, but the books should run from 15,000 to 30,000 words long. Check out the detailed guidelines here: http://eraserheadpress.com/submissions/

You can contact me at bradleysands@gmail.com

I’m also going to use this post to promote the 3 books that I edited this year. (7 books in total were published this year, and I encourage you to find out about the others here: http://eraserheadpress.com/2013/10/28/new-releases-the-new-bizarro-author-series-2013/)

Here they are (ebooks should be available within the next couple of weeks):

Babes in Gangland by Bix Skahill (this may be of interest to you if you’re into humorous noir)

When Marrowburg's most fearsome gangster, Kid Phoenix, gets gunned down behind Stripping Through History (a titty bar that combines nudity with feminist history), there is a silver lining: he gets a second chance at life.

Coming back as Baby Jaydon, whose perpetual five o'clock shadow and penchant for swearing aren't going to win him any friends on the playground, he's adopted by a well-to-do family and goes to live in the suburbs with no memory of his former life. But after a chance run-in with his ex-henchman, Ram Bountybar, Baby Jaydon begins to recall fragments of his former underworld life. He forsakes his quiet existence of building blocks and afternoon naps to find out who put five slugs in his back behind Stripping Through History.

With the help of Ram and Kid's former moll, Ruby Redd, who's now a nun, Baby Jaydon goes on a dangerous journey through Marrowburg's twisted underworld to find out who killed him. Blood and formula flow as Baby Jaydon, Ram, and Ruby Redd encounter onion and chive-scented mobsters, rabid ocelots, and the world's angriest travel agent.

8-Bit Apocalypse by Amanda Billings

A giant Atari gaming cartridge attacks the heart of downtown Denver, causing mass destruction by bringing classic games to life.

Trains turn into giant centipedes, citizens must cross busy roads by jumping across the tops of moving cars, and vehicles levitate over the city, shooting electricity at the people below. It's up to Jimmy Toledo, Chuck E. Cheese employee and former gaming prodigy, to fight back against the games. But first he must overcome his crippling social anxiety, the crushing memory of his past failures, and his worthlessness as a human being.

Does Jimmy have the skillz to save the girl from the Donkey Kong game and reach the final level-the kill screen?

The Cheat Code for God Mode by Andy de Fonseca

In a world where humanoid bulls patrol the street, wormholes and portals make up children's playgrounds, and flying turtles produce the most delicious bacon, Margy Plum and Victor Vance are quite content with playing old school video games and designing 8-bit chickens. When they find a cheat code to a strange game called Adamina, neither are prepared to see their video game exploits on the streets of their own town. To their horror, they have discovered a game that controls the universe.

Before they can even choose an alignment, their world erupts into madness-mutated memes terrorize the streets, clouds fall from the sky and giant balloon animals piss on park trees. Victor and Margy flee to the lands of the old internet, where the dunes are riddled with bandit viruses, the saloons are filled with Japanese porn, and Lolcats roam the dusty plains.

While there, they discover a secret. A secret that twists all they know and believe, one that threatens their entire existence. It's up to Victor and Margy, controlling the fate of everything and everyone, to find the equation at the heart of the universe before they're ripped from their lives.

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Shannon Barber from Seattle is reading Paradoxia: A Predators Diary by Lydia Lunch December 16, 2013 - 10:41pm

Hey do you mind if I post this around? I know a few people who would be pretty into it.

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs December 16, 2013 - 11:30pm

That would be great. Thanks.

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Shannon Barber from Seattle is reading Paradoxia: A Predators Diary by Lydia Lunch December 17, 2013 - 5:09pm

Sweet. I'll probably do it later today. Also I dunno if you remember because I haven't talked to/seen you about in years but I remember you from long ago LJ. I cannot remember what name I used back then though. 

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs December 18, 2013 - 12:32pm

Thanks.

You seem pretty familiar, but my memory is bad.

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs January 2, 2014 - 1:55pm

Bumping this because I really want to see some pitches.