| Recipe for Spider
Pie: blend 2 cups of dark humor with a
healthy dash of oddity, add a pinch of ground
freak's ear and 2 tsp of secret desires. Bake
until your neighbors start complaning about
the smell.
In her debut book, Alyssa
Sturgill firmly establishes herself as the
enfant terrible of contemporary surrealism.
Laden with gothic horror
sensibilities, Spider Pie is a one-way
trip down a rabbit hole inhabited by sexual
deviants and friendly monsters, fairytale
beginnings and hideous endings.
What
people are saying about Spider Pie:
“I highly recommend Spider Pie to anyone who enjoys the bizarre and surreal. This book was a pure joy to read and I won't soon forget it. If Carlton Mellick is the King of the Bizarro genre then Alyssa is the Queen. She is one of the brightest new voices out there and I can't wait to see what she gives us next. Go grab a copy for yourself and see what I mean. You wont be able to put it down.”
—Horror World
“After reading through Spider Pie, I find that it is an enjoyable collection of stories, but requires an open mind and active imaginations, as well as multiple readings.”
—Monster Librarian
"I'm not entirely sure
what to make of Spider Pie as it
is rather difficult to classify. I do know
one thing; I liked it...a lot! These two
dozen short tales from the mind of Alyssa
Sturgill are like Grimm's Fairy tales on
acid with a steroid chaser. They are insanity-filled
whimsy that range from the truly horrific
to the outrageously humorous and just about
everything in between."
—The Horror
Review
"By turns twisted, horrific,
touching, erotic, humorous, and absurd-sometimes
all in the same story!...Definitely a nice
start for Sturgill and I will be looking
forward to seeing more from her."
—Dark Discoveries
"Spider Pie delivers
the goods that we love. Our tastes run towards
the macabre and gore of course, so if you
are into that—Spider Pie is
your dish. HIGHLY recommended to those who
are craving something new. Alyssa Sturgill
is on our favorite authors list and we are
hungrily awaiting more goodies."
—AlterPraxis
"Alyssa
Sturgill is a master culinarian of the deliciously
surreal, and Spider Pie is her chef-d'oeuvre.
Read just a single story and you'll see
why she's considered one of the most imaginative
new talents in recent years."
—Carlton
Mellick III, Razor Wire Pubic Hair
"Twenty-four warped
recipes make up one delectable Spider Pie.
Alyssa Sturgill has an astounding talent
for concocting imaginative, irreal stories
with characters you want to know, and in
a freakish way, become.... I highly recommend
consuming Spider Pie before bed,
so that afterwards you can slip into a creamy
dreamlike state, and get lost in a web of
sweet distortion."
—Gothic Review
"These stories will
bitchslap your sensibilities and molest
your pets. Each macabre absurdity is better
than the last. I laughed, I winced, I bled
spontaneously from every orifice. With Spider
Pie, Alyssa Sturgill firmly establishes
herself as the new deviant demoness on the
block."
—Craig Sernotti,
editor Crown of Bones
| Table
of contents: |
|
Leviathan
Beware of Kitten
A Bag of Hair
We Twins
The Contortionist
Born, Not Made
The Bunny Threat
FADE IN
I Wear Black to Mourn Myself
Death of a UPS Man
Spider Pie
The Secret Ingredient
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No. 5 Simian
Place
Scarytale
Mr. Dan the Ice Cream Man
Used
Eat Me, Drink Me
Being John Lovitz
Honest Abe
What Little Girls are Made Of
Athenaeum
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Love Samurai
The Church of the Lamb |
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