Post #132425 by tikilee on Wed, Dec 22, 2004 10:39 PM

Great topic, I'm always looking for something new myself. As long as its bizarre. I'm a big fan of the short story so here are a few of my favorite authors of this format.

T.C. Boyle - "After the plauge" Terrific collection, grusome, bizzare,scary, and very funny.
Stacey Richter - "My Date With Satan" A collection of very funny, strange and odd stories. Dark Humor
Raymond Carver - "Cathedral" What a style. The perfect collection. One of the greatest short story writers of all time.
Flannery O'Connor "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" Wonderfully talented woman. Her stroies of the south are similar to those Faulkner - Fantastic. When modern day authors get boring give O'connor a try.

Poetry Front - Raymond Carver, Charles Bukowski, Emily Dickonson, and Slvia Plath

Oh yes, and the very strange works of Chuck Palahniuk (Yeah the guy who wrote Fight Club) but he has also written so much more. Check out "Monster", charmingly insane.