Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues
True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox and Unusual from the magazine ',Morbid Curiosity',
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2009
320 pages
978-1-4391-3645-4 (ISBN)
Description
For ten years, Morbid Curiosity was a one-of-a-kind underground magazine that gained a devoted following for its celebration of absurd, grotesque, and unusual tales -- all true -- submitted from contributors around the country and across the world. Loren Rhoads, creator and editor of the magazine, has compiled some of her favorite stories from all ten issues in this sometimes shocking, occasionally gruesome, always fascinating anthology.
This quirky book is filled with tales from ordinary people -- who just happen to have eccentric, peculiar interests. Ranging from the outrageous (attending a Black Mass, fishing bodies out of San Francisco Bay, making fake snuff films) to the more "mundane" (visiting a torture museum, tracking real vampires through San Francisco), this curiously enjoyable collection of stories, complete with illustrations and informative asides, will entertain and haunt readers long after the final page is turned.
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True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox and Unusual from the Magazine Morbid Curiosity
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For ten years, Loren Rhoads was the publisher and editor of the cult nonfiction magazine "Morbid Curiosity." She edited the books, Death's Garden: Relationships with Cemeteries and Lend the Eye a Terrible Aspect. Loren's own nonfiction spans from morbid erotica to personal essays and gleefully gloomy travel articles. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association and was a cemetery columnist for Gothic.net, with 10,000 readers a month. She likes long walks in the moonlight and old graveyards.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Morbid Curiosity Changed My Life Loren Rhoads
- Childhood's End: Growing Up Morbid
- Why M. Parfitt
- You Lock It Behind You Lee Smith
- The Barbie Wrecking Yard Michael Hemmingson
- The Fruit of All Evil John A. Domeier
- Gilding the Afterlife: My Pubescence in the Bathtub of the Dead Dean Estes
- This Is a Very Old Scar Dorian Katz
- The Road of Life Simon Wood
- Far from Home: Morbid Curiosity on the Road
- Souvenir of Hell Brian Thomas
- Happy Trails in Southeast Asia Jessica Eisner
- Museum Pieces Julia Solis
- Amsterdam Christine Sulewski
- Dragon's Teeth Claudius Reich
- Holiday in Genoa Dan McQuillan
- Tracking the Zodiac Darren Mckeeman
- Gainful Employment: The Morbid Things People Do for Money
- Hell on Heels Dana Fredsti
- Blood Gags Frank Burch
- The Jumper and the Crabs Kalifer Deil
- A Night in the House of Dr. Moreau R. N. Taylor
- Brain Salad Surgery Seth Flagsberg
- Another Day, Another Dead Guy Kimberly Poeppey-Del Rio
- Halloween Hell Mary Ann Stein
- Curious Behavior: The Morbid Catchall Category
- Prelude and Fugue State for Roadkill (An Accident Report) William Selby
- Thanksgiving at Bel's Mehitobel Wilson
- Feed Katrina James
- The Black Mass Gravity Goldberg
- The Pain of Art vs. the Art of Pain Christopher R. Bales
- Be Careful What You Ask For. Vance Yount
- The Bomoh A. M. Muffaz
- Medical Adventures: Morbid Medicine
- Killing Max JD
- Slippery Little Devil T. M. Gray
- DIY Urology Geoff Walker
- Donating My Body to Science Wm. Rage
- Needles in the Spine Dalton Graham
- Man-o-gram: Guys Shouldn't Give Milk Maurice Broaddus
- Beyond Death: Exploring Behind the Curtain
- Finding Paul George V. Neville-Neil
- In Grandpa's House Trilby Plants
- Going into Tombs Hugues Leblanc
- Love Among the Tombs: Adventures in Forensic Archaeology Leilah Wendell
- Grandmarama Allegra Lundyworf
- The Keeper of the Shop Jill Tracy
- Epitaph: The Final Word on Morbid Curiosity
- The Mortician's Gift Loren Rhoads
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors to Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues
