num_pages: 172
description: Abortion Arcade is a collection of three novellas by one of the shining young stars of bizarro fiction. Cameron Pierce's work is an intoxicating blend of body horror and midnight movie madness reminiscent of early David Lynch and the splatterpunks at their most sublime. His fiction will punch you in the brain and leave you gasping for more.NO CHILDRENThe apocalypse is over. Now zombies farm humans for their brains. As the imprisoned human cattle drift further from their humanity the zombies flourish in a primitive renaissance flying around in helicopters and living in smart houses made of human brains.THE ROADKILL QUARTERBACK OF HEAVY METAL HIGHAfter Heavy Metal High's star quarterback dies in a car accident Danny the Dio-worshipping werewolf must transform from loser to gridiron star in this surreal pulp tragedy about teenage anxiety high school violence and heavy fucking metal.THE DESTROYED ROOMIn a near-future city where automobiles have been outlawed and exotic animals roam the streets a man wakes up one morning to discover that everyone in the world is a marionette. Now his wife is dead and he must find the answer or else lose everything to the Great Shark Head in the Sky.
language: English
title: Abortion Arcade
publisher: Eraserhead Press