silencia

I've just had, quite possibly, the most amazing weekend ever.

I've attended the fifth annual BizarroCon, and seriously feel as though I've found home. Never have I found myself surrounded by so many intelligent, creative, weird, and hilarious people in my life. Instantly, I was made to feel welcomed, and the rest of weekend played out like a dream that I never wanted to wake from.

Here are photos:


Michael Allen Rose having his pages burned as he reads. The lovely Spike Marlowe is his page-burning assistant.


Publisher at Eraserhead Press Rose O'Keefe and bizarro author Kirsten Alene being adorable.


Shane McKenzie after his reading. At this point, he was making his way around the house offering fortune cookies with the best fortunes ever! Much like:

and...

My fortune read "Jeff Burk is going to climb inside of you." What was funny was that I had just grabbed dinner and a drink with him before this party to talk about writing and shoot the shit about nerdy stuff. I managed to snag him to show him the fortune, we both laughed, and decided to take advantage of the photo op.

Speaking of Jeff, check out this gem!



This fella published a rare Carlton Mellick III book that I absolutely love titled "Red World." He sort of became my convention bestie. Can't wait to hang out again next year, dude!

At the Wonderland Awards Ceremony, there was a vienna sausage eating contest (gag):


Many entertaining performances during the Bizarro Showdown:

(Kevin Shamel performing his one-act play.)

Hanging out with marvelous people:

Brian Keene and myself.

Wonderland Novel of the Year award winner Laura Lee Bahr smelling Ross E. Lockhart's luscious locks:


One of my favorite ladies ever (Constance Ann Fitzgerald):



Jeff Burk and Andrew Goldfarb.




Michael Allen Rose, Kevin Shamel, and Matthew Humphries dancing like pteradactyls.






With Portland artist Chrissy Horchheimer.

And... dubstep vampire Andrew Wayne Adams:


I had video of some of the performances, but if it wasn't horrible quality or sound, I would have loved to share them with you guys. I should also note that I'm normally not a fan of giving people's first and last names (hell, even naming them if people don't already know them), but I thought I'd give names to reference if you ever want to check out bizarro fiction. Search the above people through amazon.com, and I can assure you, you'll find books you want to read.

I hardly slept this weekend, had way too much fun, and may have been one of the only persons that wasn't stabbed by Jeremy Robert Johnson (I got a high-five instead). I came home with more books than I can carry, more than half of them signed by the marvelous friends I've made. The weekend came to end, and the sadness filled me. I seriously cannot wait to do this again next year.

On another note:
Looks like I'm going to get published! My book will more than likely not come out until this time next year, but I've been asked to submit short stories in the meanwhile for quarterly magazines to start to build interest before the book is released.

When Kevin told me the news, I didn't know how to react. I think I just silently sat there as he excitedly told me about how I've managed to impress a whole bunch of people and how people have vouched saying that I need to be a part of Eraserhead Press. Later, when Rose came up to me and said that everyone at Eraserhead loves me, I felt a tremendous warmth inside and knew that I have found home. Thank you Jeff, Carlton, Rose, and Kevin for being so fucking awesome. And thank you to everyone else for the love and support you've shared with me over the weekend. I truly feel like BizarroCon gave me a new family.



Now I am home. Aside from puking on the jacket wore to the convention, my cats have been as affectionate as ever.

Let the reading and writing commence!

Love.
Silencia

Oh, shit! The usual SG stuff. How could I forget?! Here we go:


Sets in Member Review


Whispers (shot by P_mod)


Black Lodge (shot by DarrylDarko



Since I posted "Portland Ladies in MR," two of the sets I've mentioned have made it as set of the day. Let's keep this going!

Portland ladies in MR!
Portland is where SG started, so why not celebrate the ladies that are still here? Here's what I have so far:


Doxie - Heartstrings


Doxie - Cleanse


Doxie - Softly does it


Persephone - The Epigrammatist


Persephone- Bad Luck


Selene - Apodyserotic


Toxic - Robots in Disguise


Serene - She's coming undone


Serene - Dark Divination


Dali - Sun Gaze


Bully - Tropical


Pistolita - Mistress

If I'm missing anyone, PLEASE let me know. I don't want to be a douche about this.



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