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Sunday, December 02, 2007
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Ugly Heaven, Beautiful Hell - now available
Category: Writing and Poetry
My novella Ugly Heaven co-published with Beautiful Hell by Jeffrey Thomas is now available. Check it out
Jeffrey Thomas and Carlton Mellick III collaborate on their own twisted visions of heaven and hell. UGLY HEAVEN At one point in time, Heaven was a paradise. It was a blissful utopia full of wonders far beyond human comprehension. But that was a long, long time ago. The afterlife is now in ruins. It has become an ugly, lonely wasteland populated by strange monstrous beasts, masturbating angels, and sad man-like beings wallowing in the remains of the once-great Kingdom of God. As two recently departed souls arrive in Heaven, they discover their eternal home is not one of divine peace but of nightmarish ugliness. So they go on a quest to explore this dead alien landscape, desperately seeking answers, allies, and some sort of place they can forever call home. BEAUTIFUL HELL A writer named Frank Lyre finds himself damned to an afterlife where Demons and Angels are equally sadistic and conflicted, where torturers become seducers, where Jesus likes to sit for a pleasant chat and God is not only going through monstrous changes to His body, but a personal crisis that might forever change His vision of creation. Beautiful Hell is a sequel of sorts to Jeffrey Thomas's acclaimed novel Letters From Hades, but stands on its own as a harrowing study of damnation and regeneration, physical passion and emotional pain, faith and rebellion, and the conflict between the spirit and the flesh.
PS - I have two more books coming out within weeks
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Monday, September 03, 2007
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Reading Event in Portland
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
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BIZARRO CENTRAL - now live
Love Bizarro fiction? This is the place for you! Don't know about Bizarro fiction? This is the place to learn more!
BIZARRO CENTRAL
Bizarro Central is the major hub for the Bizarro genre. It acts as a resource for all those new to Bizarro, a fan site for those who love Bizarro, an online community, and an online bookstore.
With fiction, articles, comics, podcasts, author profiles, interviews, reviews, and much more.
Right now we have fiction by Steve Aylett, D. Harlan Wilson, Vincent W. Sakowski, and John Edward Lawson.
There's a Bizarro comic, "The Eye Hand of the Carolinas," by Andrew Goldfarb.
And a podcast of Mykle Hansen reading from his upcoming Bizarro novel "HELP! A Bear is Eating Me!" ... the gruesome comedy about a go-getter business man who is trapped under his SUV in the middle of the woods and slowly being eaten by a bear. Mykle is a great performing reader, so subscribe to this podcast and hear a chapter a week for free, before the paperback is released in October.
I hope you check it out. Post in the forum and say hi.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
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New Book - Ugly Heaven, Beautiful Hell
My next book, "Ugly Heaven, Beautiful Hell" is being released through Delirium Books/Corrosion Press:
It features one book by me and one by author of Punktown and Letters from Hades, Jeffrey Thomas. With cover art by Alan Clark.
Here's a description:
Jeffrey Thomas and Carlton Mellick collaborate on their own twisted visions of heaven and hell.
UGLY HEAVEN by Carlton Mellick III
At one point in time, Heaven was a paradise. It was a blissful utopia full of wonders far beyond human comprehension. But that was a long, long time ago. The afterlife is now in ruins. It has become an ugly, lonely wasteland populated by strange monstrous beasts, masturbating angels, and sad man-like beings wallowing in the remains of the once-great Kingdom of God. As two recently departed souls arrive in Heaven, they discover their eternal home is not one of divine peace but of nightmarish ugliness. So they go on a quest to explore this dead alien landscape, desperately seeking answers, allies, and some sort of place they can forever call home.
BEAUTIFUL HELL by Jeffrey Thomas
A writer named Frank Lyre finds himself damned to an afterlife where Demons and Angels are equally sadistic and conflicted, where torturers become seducers, where Jesus likes to sit for a pleasant chat and God is not only going through monstrous changes to His body, but a personal crisis that might forever change His vision of creation. Beautiful Hell is a sequel of sorts to Jeffrey Thomas' acclaimed novel Letters From Hades, but stands on its own as a harrowing study of damnation and regeneration, physical passion and emotional pain, faith and rebellion, and the conflict between the spirit and the flesh.
I am very proud of this book. Please check this one out.
For more info, click here.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
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new book - Sausagey Santa
Coming soon ...
Plot:
For Matthew Fry, inventor of the 'Sly Guy' haircut, life at the North Pole just isn't what he expected. The elves are way too obsessed with playing Dungeons and Dragons, the reindeer have a tendency of exploding for no apparent reason, and Santa is a piratey mutant with a body made of sausages.
Christmas is in jeopardy when Frosty the Neo-Nazi Snowman of Satan steals Santa's bag of presents, and Sly Guy Matthew Fry is called upon to help get it back. Along with Decapitron, his brutish wife who has a Christmas fetish, a candy cane sword, and the heart of an evil Transformer, Sly Fry must journey to the South Pole to do battle with Frosty's legion of zombies and demonic snowmen. Will Christmas be saved? Will Sly Fry's groovy hairdo ever get the admiration it deserves? Is Burt Reynolds Elf really as badass as he seems? All will be answered and more in SAUSAGEY SANTA, Carlton Mellick III's bizarro Christmas tale for adults.
More info is at shocklines.com
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New Book - War Slut
My novella, War Slut, is out now. I like to think of it as an absurd dystopian future story told within the script of an action horror video game.
"In a future where everyone in the world has been drafted into the military, there is only one enemy left to fight... ourselves."
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New Book - Haunted Vagina
"It's difficult to love a woman whose vagina is a gateway to the world of the dead."
Upcoming releases:
"War Slut" will be released november 2006
and a christmas-themed book is due out in December 2006
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
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The Bizarro Starter Kit - free giveaway
BIZARRO WEEK starts this monday at http://lostdamned.com. Come chat with some of the authors and publishers of bizarro.
Lost and the damned is also giving away some copies of The Bizarro Starter Kit.
Here are their guidelines for the Bizarro Starter Kit Giveaway:
There are 16 copies of this book to be given away. The giveaway starts October 9th and goes through October 13th.
There are three ways to win.
1. Participate in board discussion at http://lostdamned.com. If you start a thread or reply to a post, you are eligible. Smiley and replies like, ..me too,.. ..I agree,.. and things like that will not be considered. 1 copy per day will be given away.
2. Attend the chats. Stop in and say hello to the authors and publishers. You MUST be there at the end of chat. If you leave before, you will not be eligible. 2 copies will be given away at the end of each chat.
3. Join the email reminder list. This list usually goes out once a week and talks about upcoming chats and events for the board. Only 1 will be given out for the list. You must join the list before Friday, October 13th to be considered.
All winners will be drawn at 11 PM EST, each night after the chats. The email reminder list winner will be drawn on Friday the 13 at 11 PM EST. All winners will be notified by email and/or private message. You will need to send me your address at monica@lostdamned.com, once you are notified you won. Please allow at least 10 days to receive the book.
You are only allowed one book per person. Good luck!
All winners will be listed below for the entire week.
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
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BIZARRO WEEK (oct 9th - oct 13th)
I'm participating in BIZARRO WEEK on Friday the 13th of October. Come on over and meet some bizarro authors and learn more about the bizarro genre.
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The Lost and the Damned presents:
BIZARRO WEEK
During this week, we will explore the genre, Bizarro. Every night we will chat with authors and publishers.
WHAT: Bizarro is a genre of film and literature.
WHY: To explore the genre of bizarro.
WHERE: At http://lostdamned.com in the chat room
WHEN: October 9th - 13th
Chats will be held at 10:00 PM EST.
WHO: 10 of the leading bizarro authors and publishers
October 9th John Edward Lawson & D. Harlan Wilson
October 10th Kevin Donihe & Chris Genoa
October 11th Karen Townsend/Afterbirth Books & Rose O'Keefe/Eraserhead Press
October 12th Gina Ranalli & Jeremy Robert Johnson
October 13th Carlton Mellick III & Kevin Dole 2
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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Avant Punk Book Club
You asked for it, so here you go:
The
AVANT PUNK
BOOK CLUB
Tired of trying to track down books by Carlton Mellick III? Sick of the long wait from amazon.com or bugging Barnes and Noble to actually put the rotten things on their shelves? Then you should subscribe to The Avant Punk Book Club! For $55, you will get the next six Carlton Mellick III books released through Avant Punk sent directly to your home one month before their release dates! No more waiting, no more hassle. Just razor wire butt plugs all year round!
SPECIAL OFFER:
Sign up for the Avant Punk Book Club during the month of April and receive a FREE copy of
SEA OF THE PATCHWORK CATS .... Holy shit!
SIGN UP TODAY!(Prices include shipping)
6 books (Plus a free copy of Sea of the Patchwork Cats) ........... $55
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