Born to Be Weird: Demented Fantasy and Bizarro Horror
by Set Sytes
Dead Theorists: A Card Game for Disillusioned
Philosophers and Aspiring Academics
by Michael Gibson-Author
Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories
by Elly Blue, Amelia Greenhall, Jessie L. Kwak, Gretchin Lair,
Maddy Spencer, and Emily June Street
Born to Be Weird: Demented Fantasy and Bizarro Horror
by Set Sytes
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 hordes of new terrors and otherworldly adventures to make your stomach turn and skin crawl.
Dead Theorists: A Card Game for Disillusioned
Philosophers and Aspiring Academics
by Michael Gibson-Author
A satirical romp through academia’s best ideas
In this turn-based card game, the ghosts of Simone De Beauvoir, W.E.B. Du Bois, Michel Foucault, and Karl Marx have returned from beyond the grave to complete a bit of unfinished business. Become the specter of one of these four great (but deceased) thinkers as you seek to recruit your last great protégé from the ranks of students on one college campus. But you’ve encountered two challenges you didn’t expect…
First, the forces of neoliberalism have been hard at work dismantling the education system. It will be tough to train your final pupil from within today’s profit-oriented university.
Second, you’ve got competition! Other spirits have also awoken and they’re dead set on halting your progress and advancing their own ghostly agendas.
Can you train your protégé in order to complete your unfinished business — and be the first one to do it? Satirical, educational, and a ton of fun for battle-hardened academics and philosophical novices alike.
For 2-4 players, 30-45 minutes per game, and includes 81 cards and the rules in an attractive box set.
Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories
by Elly Blue, Amelia Greenhall, Jessie L. Kwak, Gretchin Lair,
Maddy Spencer, and Emily June Street
In the not-so-distant future, when gasoline is no longer available, humans turn to two-wheeled vehicles to transport goods, seek glory, and defend their remaining communities. In another version of the future, those with the zombie virus are able to escape persecution and feel almost alive again on two wheels. In yet another scenario, bicycles themselves are reanimated and roam the earth. A talented array of writers bring their diverse visions to this volume: sometimes scary, sometimes spooky, sometimes hilarious, always on two wheels. If you love The Walking Dead but can’t figure out why nobody’s riding bicycles, this book is for you.
The zombie apocalypse will be pedal-powered! And feminist! Watch out!
Edited by Elly Blue and featuring an exciting and talented collection of new and returning authors. Scary zombie cover by Amelia Greenhall.
About Microcosm Publishing
Portland’s most colorful, authentic, and empowering publishing house and distributor, Microcosm Publishing & Distribution is a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around them. Microcosm emphasizes skill-building, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Microcosm was started by Joe Biel in his bedroom as a distro and record label in 1996 and is now among the oldest independent book publishing houses in Portland, OR. Microcosm focuses on relating the experiences of what it’s like to be a marginalized person and strives to be recognized for spirit, creativity, and value. All books are printed in the U.S. on post-consumer papers, and the company doubles the industry average in number of women authors and prioritizes hiring of special needs employees.
