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Born to Be Weird

Demented Fantasy and Bizarro Horror
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Born to Be Weird by Set Sytes is a thrilling collection that dives into the offbeat and quirky. It presents a series of short stories blending elements of science fiction and fantasy, each exploring strange and bizarre experiences. The book takes readers on a journey into peculiar worlds, filled with unique characters and unpredictable twists, celebrating the wonderfully weird.
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This book may appeal to you if you relish offbeat and trippy adventures in the surreal realm of speculative fiction. It offers an intriguing blend of bizarre narratives that stretch the imagination, making it ideal for readers who savour quirky characters and unusual worlds.

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Born to Be Weird

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Absurdist comedy horror short stories

A public restroom even more horrific than most, with a stained toilet that can swallow a man whole, sending him to a sewage-filled hell. A riverbank lined with swaying mops given faces and philosophies. A secondary school that seems to waver in and out of reality not only in dreams, but also upon wakeful visitation. An isolated grotto, home to trolls and the posthumous shadow form of Elvis Presley. These are all settings of the peculiar, often unnerving events in Set Sytes's collection of short bizarro fiction.

By the author of How Not To Kill Yourself, this second edition of Born to Be Weird features eight new stories (14 total) and a handful of new terrors and otherworldly adventures to make your stomach turn and skin crawl.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781648411496

Publisher: Microcosm Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Microcosm Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Set Sytes was born in the misty, Arthurian woods of England and was raised by bears. He grew up learning how to do and be many things at the same time, including slaying monsters, rescuing damsels in distress (who turned out to be neither in distress nor, in fact, damsels), and commanding great armies (the strategy involved inevitably being "everybody charge at the enemy"). As the Real World struck with a calamitous clang, Set was found wandering around in the desolate aftermath, completely uncertain about what was now expected of him. He faffed and stumbled around for an embarrassingly long time (sometimes failing quite spectacularly) and then finally turned his hand to the only thing he remembered being any good at as a kid: writing. He was relieved to break the curse of never having finished anything in his life, when he finished his first novel. Which was okay-ish. Set has since authored many stories of darkness and weirdness and flights of fancy, including the sci-fi/fantasy/western novel WULF, the YA pirate fantasy India Bones and the Ship of the Dead, the thoroughly twisted dystopian thriller Moral Zero, and the fantasy/horror short story collections of Faces in the Dark and Born to Be Weird. Set requests politely that you don't put onions anywhere near his food.

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