Ok, so this may not have been the Bizzong! show you were expecting. That is to say this is not the big Bizzong! Live from Scares That Care show. Not exactly. The audio from the live recording didn't come out all that spectacular so Mr. Frank is cobbling together the listenable parts and including a full on interview with one of the participants of the live recording, John Wayne Comunale. John Wayne has a bunch of new stuff going on so it was time to get him back on the show anyway. So welcome ba...
Jul 31, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 76
This is Bizzong! And things are going to get bizarre and weird as usual Zongers! This week's guest is the author of GUITAR WOLF, Nicholaus Patanude and is part of the 2016 New Bizarro Author Series. I always enjoy interviewing the NBAS writers and it is a unique opportunity to get the persepective or writers who are just beginning their journey into the genre. Nicholaus has provided one of the most open behind the scenes looks at the process of pitching story ideas, fleshing them out and working...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 2 min
This weeks guest can commonly be found giving wedgies to teachers on the playground and he is often time heard giving lectures to turtles about bullseyesing womprats in his T-49 back at home. In fact, he isn't known for any of that stuff. Instead this weeks guest on Bizzong! is Nathan Carson who is really known for writing the snot out of a book called Starr Creek and drumming the snot outta drums for a band known as Witch Mountain. Hit play like its a snare Zongers because it's time for the Biz...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Mandy De Sandra, gnostic, spiritualist, writer and soothsayer of the truth. This may be one of the most important episodes of Bizzong where we have a guest that reveals herself, lays bare her transformation and reveals her truth. Mandy De Sandra is a Dept. of Labor worker by day but is an erotica storyteller at night. She lives and is from Washington, DC where she has seen things that will raise more than just your taxes. ...and now she is this weeks guest on Bizzong! Hit play Zongers and find t...
Jun 26, 2017•54 min
I hope you've brought some pencils and crayons and some paper with you this week Zongers. We aren't here to talk to a Bizarro writer this week. Instead Bizzong! interviews one of the preeminent Bizarro cover artists, Mr. Jim Agpalza. Jim talks about how he got started doing Bizarro book covers, his preference for drawing genitalia, an epic presidential coffee table book as well as myriad other ditties. So lets enter the theater of the mind Zongers and hit play because its #ZongerDay! Don't forge...
Jun 19, 2017•48 min
Bizzong! keeps rolling on strong, interviewing new and exciting writers of bizarre and weird fiction week after week after week. So this week, while a bevvy of bizarro writers decended upon Chicago, Mr. Frank found one guy who didn't go. This week Christopher Lesko joins Bizzong! to talk about his unique brand of weird fiction. Christopher Lesko publishes his work with some real DIY sensibilities. We talk about how he makes his own cover art as well as how he's learned to become a better self-pu...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Are you ready? Ready for Betty Rocksteady? No, her husband is not Freddy. If she played guitar they'd describe her as shreddy. But Betty is shreddy, she's Rocksteady. I often wonder if Betty Rockstead has gone fishing of a jetty? While playing a guitar? She'd be shreddy Betty Rocksteady fishin' out on the jetty. Are you ready for Betty Rocksteady Zongers? Well you better be because when you hit play you gonna get a fistful of Betty Rocksteady. Hit play! Hit play now! It's #ZongerDay!...
Jun 06, 2017•52 min
This is the late holiday edition of Bizzong! This week we tickle the fancy of weird fiction again. Mr. Sean Thompson, author of the NBAS 2016 book, "Hate From The Sky" joins Mr. Frank to talk about dipping his toes in the Bizarro waters, his early screenwriting jaunts and how to stand out visually in a sea of indie authors. It's fun. It's dark, It's informative and hopefully it's entertaining. Hope your Memorial Day BBQ hangovers have cleared because it's time to swig the hair of the dog that bi...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Glad you could join us once again Zongers! This week on Bizzong we reach deep into the grab bag and pull out author Tim Meyer. A name not normally assosciated with bizarre and weird fiction, Tim joins Mr. Frank this week to state his case. And it turns out he is more than qualified as a writer of weird, offbeat fiction. But, of course, you fine Zongers are the final judge. So press play and find out for yourself, Is Tim Meyer bizarre? This podcast sure thinks so!
May 22, 2017•51 min
Hope you've sharpened your sweet tooth this week Zongers because we've got the sweetest Bizarro writer in town. Amber Fallon , author of the forthcoming book The Warbelers from Eraserhead Press joins the show and adds some pep and a woman's intuition on things. Amber talks about going Bizarro, helping out fellow writers and the irresistible confection she's working on for her podcast, It Cooks! So grab a bowl of yummy goodies, sit back and press play because its #ZongerDay with Amber Fallon!...
May 15, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Every great story has a great villain. This week, Bizzong gets its great villain, Kevin Strange. That's right, the evil Bizarre and Cult fiction writer returns to Bizzong! to talk about his new book I DIED IN A BED OF ROSES. Mr. Frank also has some candid discussion about his break with the Bizarro scene and his search for new readership. You can hit play. The choice is yours. I assure you, its probably not as bad as you think. Of course, it could be much worse. Only one way to find out Zongers!...
May 08, 2017•1 hr 37 min
The guy so nice, we had to have him on twice: author Russell Holbrook joins Bizzong! for his second appearance this week. Russell is back with his second book, The Water Babies , a twisted tale born of a local legend. Mr. Frank talks about the new book with Russell and also his continued support and promotion of all things Bizarro. We also dig into Russell's marketing tactics and how he is unwittingly tapping into the local reader market. So please hit play and have a #ZongerDay!...
May 01, 2017•55 min
Zongers, I hope you haven't neglected your balls because this week, Reverend Lance Carbuncle joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The Unmentionables. Mr. Frank also talks with Lance Carbuncle about his writing style, being out of the limelight for long periods of time and of course, Lance's woeful neglect of his own balls. Turn up that weird dial to 11 because Lance Carbuncle is here and you can't possibly be prepared for the kook that awaits you all. White trash transgression abounds! ...
Apr 24, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Spring has sprung on Bizzong! The flowers are blooming, the weather is mild and Mr. Frank is hitting the road trying to convince unsuspecting readers to take a stab at one of his books. This week on Bizzong, host Mr. Frank talks about the #BeersNFears New Jersey Brewery Tour he is a part of. Fresh off the tour's first stop at Demented Brewing , he recounts the evening and the elements that make having this type of signing/selling event a unique way to get your books out to the public you may not...
Apr 17, 2017•42 min
The great MP Johnson has returned to Bizzong! MP has a new tale of drag queens and dinosaurs to talk about. But MP Johnson is also a wonderful source of knowledge about the convention circuits. Mr. Frank, having just finished his first convention weekend had lots to pick MP's brains about. A wonderful learning experience for the veteran and rookie convention book peddlers is talked about. We also give some heartfelt discussion on MP Johnson's future work as well. It's another must-listen-to epis...
Apr 10, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Hey, howdy, hi Zongers! Time for another big BIZZONG show! This week we feature author of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing's latest offering Invasion of the Nerd Weirdos, Andrew Hilbert. Mr. Hilbert had not been on Mr. Frank's bizarro radar so he was thrilled to sit down and talk to Andrew about his latest work, working with PMMP, why he doesn't know who the heck he is and why he should. Listen along as we all discover just who this mysterious new Bizarro author who has been around forever is...
Apr 03, 2017•51 min
Hey Zongers! Hop on board, we've got a long way to travel to talk to this week's guest, ST Cartledge in Australia! Unless you happen to live in Australia then you can relax for a bit and wait for the rest of us to get there. Shane Cartledge is the author of The Orphanarium, the latest release from Eraserhead Press . Bizzong! chit chats with Shane about the book, the writing process and the book market in Perth, Australia. It's another fun bizarre romp in the world of the weird. So hit play becau...
Mar 27, 2017•49 min
Get those beer goggles on Zonger because this week we're going on a Bahr Crawl! A Laura Lee Bahr Crawl! That's right this week's guest on Bizzong! is none other than the author of Haunt, the Wonderland Book of the Year Award winner, Laura Lee Bahr! She's written several other award worthy books as well as some feature length movies as well. Strap in and grab a cup of coffee because this interview goes a bit longer than most. But I promise, it's so engaging you won't even notice and will be beggi...
Mar 20, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Bizzong! is getting THICK and VEINY this week! That's right, Bizzong invites the head curator of Thicke & Vaney Publishing, Bix Skahill, onto the show to talk about publishing poems about mini vans and his own work. Mr. Frank had a ton of fun joking around with Bix and I hope all the Zongers find Bix as endearing as I did. So keep your ears pricked to this weeks show. Hit play because its #ZongerDay with Bix Skahill!
Mar 13, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Zongers! We've got an American classic this week for you. Arthur Graham is one half of the founding duo of the Rooster Republic Press. His tenacity and eye for quality Bizarro fiction helped shape an influential Bizarro press and shape the landscape of what Bizarro can be beyond the scope of Eraserhead Press. But beyond that, Arthur Graham is also a wonderful creator of Bizarro fiction himself. He writes weird poetry, crazy short fiction and balls-to-the-wall fun long form fiction. He is an unsu...
Mar 06, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Zongers! Hope you're hungry for some fish n' chips because we're headed to England today. This weeks guest is the author of an absurd number of novel, novellas and short stories. Additionally he is the curator of Crowded Quarentine , a top notch indie horror fiction publisher. I am, of course, talking about the one and only, most well dressed man in Bizarro, Mr. Adam Millard ! Adam Millard is the author of twenty-two novels, thirteen novellas, and more than two hundred short stories, which can b...
Feb 27, 2017•59 min
Hey Zongers! Time to saddle up and ride another whack podcast off into the sunset. This week, our ranch hand is none other than Zachary T. Owen and with all this western innuendo you'd think he wrote weird westerns or something. Well, NO! He doesn't. He writes cool Bizzaro stuff. And we are going to find out all about who/what/where/when and why Zachary T. Owen does what he does this week on the podcast of podcasts, Bizzong! Podcast. Okay, I'm done. Hit play, its #ZongerDay!...
Feb 20, 2017•55 min
Zongers! Time to unleash the weird on the world with this week's guest, Scottish Bizarro writer, Chris Kelso. Kelso has been entrenched in the scene for a number of years and has gained a lot of street cred amongst his peers. He has several books to his name as well as various editing credits as well. He is an operative behind the scenes behind a lot of great Bizarro fiction. So let's hit play on this #ZongerDay and bring the Scottsman into your living room or car or treadmill or whatever other ...
Feb 13, 2017•1 hr 6 min
This week on Bizzong! The Bizarre and Weird Fiction Podcast, author and editor-in-chief of Broken River Books, Mr. J. David Osborne! He is one of the most laid back, cool guests I've had the pleasure of interviewing. If you want to know what it sounds like to be with the coolest dude in the room, then just hit play and listen in to this weeks adventure, Zongers! Thanks as always for listening and supporting Bizzong! on the Project Entertainment Network!
Feb 06, 2017•57 min
This week Bizzong! interviews the writer of one of Mr. Frank's all time favorite Bizarro books, Kevin Shamel. Mr. Frank does his best not to fan boy too much and succeeds and getting some behind the scenes stories on how the book, Island of the Super People was made and well as the antics that take place at Eraserhead press when people aren't looking. So hit play because its #ZongerDay!
Jan 30, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Hey Zongers! Its time to get WEIRD! No, really! This week's guest is weird fiction author John C. Foster. He joins Bizzong! to talk about what makes things weird as opposed to Bizarro. He talks about his writing, working with Perpetual Motion Machine and Max Booth. Then we talk a lot of shop and craft stuff and have great fun. Girls just wanna have fun and so do Zongers when its #ZongerDay, so just hit play! Pre-order Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances HERE Visit John C. Foster's Homepa...
Jan 23, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Hey, howdy, hi Zongers! It's #ZongerDay but only if you hit play! This week on Bizzong! Justin Grimbol keeps a promise and has released a book of Mini Van Poems for your guilty pleasure. Go on, you know you want it. These are the types of poems you don't need to have a deep artistic appreciation of poetry to enjoy. That is Grimbol's talent, making poetry accessible for everyone. He is the gateway drug of poetry, or at least he hopes to be. So grab a soccer mom and hop in for the ride of your lif...
Jan 16, 2017•49 min
Happy 2017 Zongers! Bizzong is back and Mr. Frank has brought some goodies. Leza Cantoral joins us to kick off the new year. Leza has been a long time fixture in the Bizarro community but just recently she's released her brand new short story collection upon the world, Cartoons in the Suicide Forest. Leza knows a lot of things about a lot of things and she has some great insight into writing and marketing and editing. She's not only a writer but she is also a content manager for CLASH media and ...
Jan 09, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Bizzong welcomes the Bacon Fried Bastard, David Barbee to the show this week. We talk about his new book, the beer the book inspired and writing with children in your head. We also hypothosize a point in the future where Bizarro Dildo Fiction will be as big as The Walking Dead. What a wonderful time we will live in Zongers. Hit play and find out all about it. Make today your #ZongerDay! Don't forget Zongers, this is the final show of 2016. We will return on January 9th with more Bizarre and Weir...
Dec 19, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Hey Zongers! The year 2016 is quickly coming to an end. With that in mind there isn't much room for retrospective so I want to take the opportunity now to look back on the Bizzong! year in bizarre and weird fiction. I'll touch on the year in podcasting and my year in reading Bizarro and weird fiction books. Listen in and let me know what you Zongers read this year as well! Click play and Zong out the Old Year Zongers!
Dec 13, 2016•54 min
