DOOM FICTION Starter Kit: 10 Bizarro Stories

by William Pauley III

DOOM FICTION STARTER KIT: 10 Bizarro Stories
by William Pauley III

Looking to get lost in the psychedelic worlds of DOOM FICTION, but don't know where to start?

Look no further!

This collection features ten of the very best stories the genre has to offer! Don't hesitate! Get these twisted tales into your head and let the infection spread!

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INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME:

• The First Life of Anacoy Marlin

  • Synopsis: A shipwrecked man comes upon an apartment building located in the middle of the ocean. Inside, he finds the skulls of twelve residents, each one eager to tell their story.

• The Jelly Pumps

  • Synopsis: A woman sits on a darkened shoreline and injects electric jellyfish into her veins. Another walks straight into the ocean.

• Heirs of the Abyss

  • Synopsis: A newlywed couple discovers their apartment is sentient and responds to their every command. Life is perfect—that is, until the apartment begins making decisions all on its own. Soon, they find themselves trapped in a psychedelic dreamscape, hopelessly entangled within the physical manifestation of its every want and desire.

• Black Friday

  • Synopsis: A young woman returns home for the holidays, only to discover her parents went a little crazy with this year’s Christmas presents.

• The Lump

  • Synopsis: A quadriplegic discovers he can move his body during thunderstorms.

• Boom Click Click

  • Synopsis: Brothers Divey and Reynold Crunk are two traveling breakfast burrito salesmen trying to make a living in the post-apocalyptic world of Planet Japan, a place where there are no rules and old video game accessories are used as real weapons.

• Killing Teddy

  • Synopsis: A slumlord discovers two of his tenants are competing in a dangerous reality game show that’s taking a toll on his building. After they repeatedly ignore his requests, he breaks into their apartment and is shocked to see one of them has fully transitioned into a man-sized carpenter ant, and the other is attempting to murder him! Hoping to not be evicted from their home, the tenants explain to their landlord just how the game works. After discovering how much they stand to win, he joins in on the fun!

• The Plant People

  • Synopsis: Death was the only thing that made her feel alive.

• The Eden Room

  • Synopsis: At the end of your life, you must walk a path you unknowingly created while you were living.

• The Second Life of Anacoy Marlin

  • Synopsis: Through the stories of twelve skulls, a man learns what he must do to find inner peace.