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The Filing Cabinet of Doom: 17 Bizarro Short Stories

Madeleine Swann

What is THE FILING CABINET OF DOOM?

It's a surreal comedy set in a black and white world where people communicate via speech bubbles and no sound exists. During a visit by a traveling carnival a psychic informs a village that the world will end soon. Three people make their way to the Head Office of the Council - a distant and dangerous place - to find out what's going on while the psychic stays behind to face the wrath of the villagers.

In addition to the novella bearing the collection's title, this book is JAM PACKED with sixteen BONUS short stories of the bizarre for your perusal, including:

Amongst the Dust and the Mice
Care For a Dance?
Dimension Lake
Feathers and Fame
Girl in the Picture
I Can See You
Invite Ghosts and Earn Pounds
My Own Real Doll
One Phone Call Away
Son, I'm Afraid I'm a Zombie
The Annual Essex Medical Convention
The Blue Seashell
The Marzipan King is a Dick
The Problem Rock
Time Tastic Tours
We Interrupt With This Message

Book Details

  • Publisher: Burning Bulb Publishing
  • Publish Date: Jul 1st, 2014
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.38in - 0.54lb
  • EAN: 9780692245200
  • Categories: Short Stories (single author)

About the Author

Madeleine Swann has had articles in magazines including Bizarre and The Dark Side, ranging in subject from church restorations to toe wrestling championships. She writes from her home in deepest, darkest Essex and has surreal comedy and horror in American Nightmare, Polluto magazine (issue 10), LegumeMan Books, Black Petal magazine, The Strange Edge and Bizarro Central. She also has erotica published on the Forbidden Fiction website, The Darker Edge of Desire anthology and The Big Book of Bizarro anthology. Maddie blogs at http: //madeleineswann.wordpress.com/.