Slippery When Metastasized by Charles Austin Muir (English) Paperback Book

Description: Slippery When Metastasized by Charles Austin Muir Inspired by the authors wife and her struggle to overcome cancer, Slippery When Metastasized is a collection of absurdist, cross-genre, darkly comic fiction that explores the fears, sorrows, joys, and wonders of living in a universe that has shattered every human illusion. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Telepathic hospice workers... a Danish prince haunted by his immortality... a naked mercenary with the ultimate bioweapon... a ghostly gunslinger in a showdown with the Devils bandits... a writer losing his dog and his mind... a wormhole with a cure to every human ill...Slippery When Metastasized.Sixteen pieces of prose and poetry inspired by the authors wife and her struggles to live with, and overcome, cancer. The genres of horror, science fiction, spaghetti western, bizarro, all get a turn in Slippery When Metastasized, an absurdist, darkly comic, surreal, metafictional, pop culture-laced tour into fear, grief, helplessness, and determination to navigate the insanity of life.Slippery When Metastasized: A literary medical report on the fears, sorrows, joys, wonders, assaults, and tender moments of life after a single phone call shatters even the smallest illusions.With influences ranging from Franz Kafka to Ray Bradbury to 80s action movies, Charles Austin Muir "is a genre to himself... sit back and enjoy the insanity. Youll laugh your way into the abyss and maybe cry a little, too."--Brendan Vidito, Wonderland Award-winning author of Nightmares in Ecstasy Author Biography Charles Austin Muir is the Splatterpunk Award-nominated author of the comedic horror collection, This Is a Horror Book, and the bizarro collection, Bodybuilding Spider Rangers and Other Stories. His fiction is a blend of absurdism, dark comedy, weird horror, heartfelt literary, and nostalgia with influences ranging from Franz Kafka to Ray Bradbury to 80s action movies. His stories have appeared in many horror and bizarro anthologies, including Peel Back the Skin, 18 Wheels of Horror, Years Best Hardcore Horror, This Book Aint Nuttin to F*** With, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Dark Visions and Hell Comes to Hollywood. A former journalist and ex-powerlifter, Muir was an obituary writer, humor writer, and fitness columnist before he became a personal trainer. His experiences with grief, professional and personal, and his passion for healthy movement also influence his bizarre, darkly humorous, sometimes surreal writings. After the release of This Is a Horror Book, Silent Motorist Media named him one of Ten Weird Writers to Save Us All in 2019. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, pugs, and pit lab. Review "Charles Austin Muir is a genre unto himself. Slippery When Metastasized is an unrivaled blend of absurdist humor, slapstick horror, bizarro, 80s pop culture, social satire, and bittersweet literary flights of fancy laced with so much truth and untruth you wont know what youve swallowed until youre drunk to the gills with emotion... If youre looking for a collection bursting with soul and mischief, look no further. Sit back and enjoy the insanity. Youll laugh your way into the abyss and maybe cry a little, too."--Brendan Vidito, Wonderland Award-winning author of Nightmares in Ecstasy"One of the hardest tasks an author has is finding a voice thats distinctly their own... Charles Austin Muir has found his, and its deceptive. Funny and self-mocking, his tales unwind like a story tossed at you from the guy at the next bar stool. You listen, nod, not paying much attention and then--wham! You get hit with the punch line, or more importantly--the truth."--C. Courtney Joyner, author of Nemo Rising and screenwriter/director with credits including Prison, Class of 1999 and Trancers 3"Charles Austin Muir has a gift with words that suckers you into his stories on one level, then punches you in the gut with subtle but profound revelations about the human condition."--Eric Miller, Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor, Big Time Books Details ISBN1734934603 Publisher Bench Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1734934603 ISBN-13 9781734934601 Format Paperback Pages 218 Publication Date 2020-08-18 Illustrator Kara Muir Author Charles Austin Muir UK Release Date 2020-08-18 Imprint Bench Press Illustrations 4 Illustrations Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127489838;

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