The New Stuff

Popping in real quick to drop links about my two newest books, both coming out in 2023:

LITTLE MISS APOCALYPSE 

and 

HOUSE OF ROT

Info on them on Amazon or the publisher's websites or wherever books are sold.

Still working on lots of stuff out here. Still have lots of stuff forthcoming. We're just getting started, kids.

Keep reading.

- D

MOONFELLOWS Landing July 20th

That's right. I have a new book coming out on July 20th called MOONFELLOWS!

Preorders are up now. All preorders come signed.

Here's the synopsis and cover:

ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP INTO THE EXISTENTIAL ABYSS

Washington DC. 1906. The inaugural mission of the Moonfellow Program. A chance to shape the future of civilization as we know it. Our first tentative steps out into the stars...

It was a complete and unequivocal disaster.

Now a hapless gravedigger finds himself among the handful of survivors stranded on the lunar surface - forced to contend with madness, conspiracies, and whatever-the-fuck that thing is on the dark side, picking them off one by one.

This is the 100% true-ish story of the brave men and women we abandoned on the moon.

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From Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing

Cover art by Matthew Revert

ORDER MOONFELLOWS TODAY

2021: Stuff I've Done, Stuff I'm Doing

No new novels from me in 2021. I know. Bummer. But things are happening behind the scenes. And in 2022 I'll likely have two (if not three) books coming your way. All of this while continuing to work on future projects full-time. I know I've been saying this for a while now, but these things take time: there is a BIG WAVE coming and I'mma be doing headstands on my surfboard when it finally arrives. Did that metaphor make sense? Probably not. But I don't give a fuuuuuuuuuck.

1. Anyway, as far as new stuff goes, 2021 brought you four more installments of my absurdist film column Danger's Failed Film Pitches, split between the latest two issues of Unnerving Magazine. If you don't know Unnerving, it's a great magazine, full of excellent fiction and non-fiction alike, from a lot of the best names working in horror today. And then my goofy-ass too:

Issue 15

Issue 16

2. I also saw the second works of mine to receive a translation, the last one being the Colombian edition of I Will Rot Without You back in 2019. This time my short story While My Guitar Gently Eats (originally appearing in Zombie Punks Fuck Off from Weirdpunk Books) was published as a standalone title in Spain as part of Orciny Press's Patreon chapbook collection. I've known Hugo and Orciny Press for years now, and it was great to finally get to be able to work with him professionally. Love the cover they gave it. So damn weird. Haha.

Mientras Mi Guitarra Gentilmente Come (via Patreon)

3. I also continued to be one of the go-to comic writers for Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces. I don't know if I ever mentioned this here, but I write these short one-panel Bazooka Joe-style comic strips that are included under the wrapper of every bottle of Irish Spike's. It's a surprisingly tricky gig and I like to think I've gotten better at it as we've gone along. I don't know how many of these I've done, but it's a decent amount, and he keeps hiring me so apparently they can't be that bad. Haha. If you haven't tried Irish Spike's yet, it's some of the best hot sauce I ever had. Prioritizes flavor over heat. Really delicious stuff. I have a fridge full of it.

Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces

4. Lastly, I got to act in a short film called Doppelbanger, written and directed by my friend and former publisher John Skipp, and executive produced by my Boinking Bizarro co-editor, Brian Asman. I only had one line, but goddamn, did I try to give it my all. This was my first time on a professional set, with a professional crew and professional actors, and I had a blast just watching the whole process unfold. Super happy to get to participate, and was reminded of how much I used to love acting when I was younger. I should look into doing more of it in the future. It's a totally different creative muscle than the one I use to write, but it felt really rewarding to hit my mark and nail my line and have the crew give a little round of applause because the shot came together quickly and correctly. The film is hitting the festival circuit in 2022 so it isn't available to stream anywhere just yet, but the trailer is on youtube, in which I make a brief appearance.

Doppelbanger Trailer

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Now, LOOKING AHEAD to the New Year, here's what I got on the docket:

LITTLE MISS APOCALYPSE should hopefully be released at some point this year from Eraserhead Press. This was supposed to be a 2021 release, but they are running behind schedule so it's been pushed back. Currently no release date in place.

MOONFELLOWS will be coming out through Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing in July. This book has taken a long road to publication. I finished writing it back in early 2019, if you can believe it. That's how slow things move sometimes. But it's on its way. Pre-order campaign should be ready within the next few months. 

IN A QUIET VILLAGE BY THE SEA is still in a bit of a gray zone currently. I've been talking to a few interested agents with this one. I'm getting notes. Making edits. Listening to these industry professionals and incorporating what I can into the text. Promising leads on multiple fronts, but nothing is signed in ink just yet. I worked SO HARD, not just on the book, but on trying to find representation for it, and however it plays out in the end, I'll at least have a better picture of how to move forward with this novel at some point during the year. I'll give updates when I get them, via Twitter where most of my updates go. 

STARLET is currently in the inbox of an interested publisher. This book was one of the most fun times I've ever had writing, a balls-out, splatter-filled Hollywood satire, as weird and wild as I could get. I did it as a kind of palate cleanser after working for so long on IN A QUIET VILLAGE. Two months took STARLET from the initial idea to the final draft. That's a crazy fast turnaround, even for me, but I was really feeling it. I'll have more info when and if the paperwork gets signed, but I don't think this one is gonna end up in the pipeline for long. Updates when I got them.

THE SKINNIES is my current work-in-progress. This one is along the same lines as IN A QUIET VILLAGE in that it is a more serious and lengthier novel that, once done, I also intended to work with an agent on. The plan is to have this completed around May. Not gonna spill all the beans on this story yet, but I will tell you it's based off my hometown in New Jersey (as well as the legend of The Jersey Devil) and there's a lot of personal stuff and lived experiences going into it. It's a horror book, a coming-of-age novel, and a supernatural murder mystery, all rolled into one. Like IN A QUIET VILLAGE, this will be another huge step forward for me in terms of my approach to storytelling, as well as an expansion and refinement of the kinds of tropes and ideas you've seen from me in the past. Obviously, it's still in the draft phase, but it will be dominating my creative life for the immediate future, and a good portion of the upcoming year will be dedicated to completing it.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR NOW.

Again, follow me on Twitter to read my dumb jokes and find updates on all of the aforementioned projects and other unforeseen stuff that might pop up throughout the year.

For everyone reading this, thanks for the support and I too wish you all the luck in your personal endeavors. Let's go kick 2022's ass!

- Danger

2020: A Year Inside!

I don't blog very often. Or ever, really. It's why I haven't updated this janky-ass blogspot page to something more professional. Just find me on Twitter. Who needs this place?

That said, I'm gonna recap all the creative shit I had going on in 2020. While I didn't have a new book come out this year, I've been busy as hell otherwise. So please allow me to list everything that I had released in the past 12 months and take some inventory here. And let me apologize now for not putting in hyperlinks for everything. It's a big hassle and I'm lazy. Plus I already did it on my Published Works page. Anyway, here we go:

Feb saw the first of my new recurring humor column for Unnerving Magazine called "Danger's Failed Film Pitches" the premise of which involves me pitching terrible movie ideas to famous directors, with disastrous results. It's very very silly and there is two of them per issue, so I've done six total so far. You can find those in Unnerving #12, #13, and #14 which came out in February, July, and October, respectively.

I was involved in a few other zines this year too. Excuse Me Mag no. 3 ran my meta-fictional story "Danger Slater's Contract Rider" which is something very weird and goofy I wrote specifically to perform onstage. I've made no less than FOUR live audiences uncomfortable with that piece so I'm glad to have tweaked it to work in print form now too. I also contributed SIX entries to Dog Doors to Outer Space, a zine from Filthy Loot filled with bizarro fiction writing prompts from some of the more active voices in the genre. Mine ended up being more weird than helpful, but ya know, I tried. 

I had two of my books turned into audiobooks this year as well. The audio version of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU was released in May and the one for PUPPET SKIN in December.

Also in December, my first foray into editing, with BOINKING BIZARRO, an anthology of porn parodies inspired by famous literary works. The whole idea was based off a joke between me and Brian Asman (who co-edited) that we somehow convinced Death's Head Press to bankroll. I then asked SIXTEEN of my favorite writers to contribute stories to this thing, and rather than telling me to fuck myself, they delivered to us some truly spectacular stuff. It is a totally insane and irreverent book. Please check it out.

FINALLY, I have an ongoing weekly comedy film podcast I've done for the last year with two of my buddies from high school. It's called Life Coach Pandemonium (though we're rebranding at the beginning of 2021 under the banner Better Living Through Cinema) and the premise is we watch a predetermined movie and then pick it apart for lessons we can apply to our own lives. Building an audience there as been a slow and steady process, but we've done over 50 episodes now and are starting to garner a decent listenership.  It's a lot of fun for me to not only discuss film in depth, but reconnect with people who I've known and loved for over 25 years. Listen to the show if podcasts are your thing.

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NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON. You see, publishing is the slowest and most frustrating industry in the world, so even with all those little things I just mentioned above, all the biggest and best projects are still in the works. Here's the things I'm hoping to make the most headway with in 2021:

1.) I wrote a book called MOONFELLOWS which I finished in 2019 - a bizarro/sci-fi/alternate history/existential horror/comedy novel...ya know, typical "Danger Slater" stuff. As of now, still no publisher on this, and no plans for release either. I spent a good part of the past year querying and looking into various presses, but it's a bit of a hard sell, I guess, since it doesn't quite fit into a genre. I'm very confident of the quality of the book, though, and I am not going to sell myself short with it, so these days it's just about finding the right person or publisher to help me carry it out into the world. In 2021 I will continue trying to place this.

2.) I finished a novella in the summer called LITTLE MISS APOCALYPSE, a coming-of-age bizarro splatter comedy (I was told it's like John Hughes meets John Waters) which I DID find a publisher for but the contract is not yet signed, so I can't discuss it in too much detail currently, but hopefully that'll change in early part of 2021 and I'll have more information to share with you soon.

3.) I wrote a feature-length gore-soaked horror movie script called THE ROMANCE NOVELIST, the premise of which sees a washed-up romance writer getting trapped in a sentient rural motel that wants to "help" her finish her comeback book. This script went through several rounds of notes with my friend and editor, the great John Skipp, who taught me SO MUCH about the screenwriting process. This screenplay is now lean and mean (or leaner and meaner than it was) and raring to go. Too bad I don't know what the hell to do with it. Ha ha. But it's done, so when the opportunity arises, I will be ready to seize it.

4.) Lastly, I finished the first draft of a proper-length horror novel called IN A QUIET VILLAGE BY THE SEA. It's still got a lot of the weirdness, humor, and ennui that I think people identify with in my work, but wrapped up in a more marketable "horror" package. It is by far the most accomplished thing I've ever written, and I should be finished with the final draft in the early part of the coming year. Don't know exactly what'll happen with it from there, but I can feel the energy in this one, so hopefully big things are on the horizon.

Anyway, that's what I've done and what I got planned. There's some other projects in various states of incubation (at least six) but none far enough along to bother discussing yet. Been working my ass off during this damn pandemic, though. Hopefully I don't get COVID and die.

Thanks everyone.

- Danger

Book Sale!

People sometimes ask me what my books are about. Imagine if Vonnegut was into 80s VHS horror. There ya go.

Fuck Amazon. Buy from me:
$15 for 1
$20 for both
All signed, shipping included

Impossible James is my newest release. 14 copies left.

I Will Rot Without You is my Wonderland Award winning book from a few years back. Only 4 copies left.

If you're curious, look 'em up. All my stuff is listed on this site.

PayPal: ilovethemonster@yahoo.com
Venmo: dangerslater

Check the comments section for updated inventories before buying.

Impossible James Pre-Order Promo!

That's right. My new novel IMPOSSIBLE JAMES is up for preorder now.

From the back cover:

"My father was dying. There was no hope. Then he took a screwdriver to the brain. Got pregnant. And found the cure for death. Impossible? That's my dad."

Yeah, this is my most realized novel yet. It's bonkers. You're gonna love it.


And to help move those preorders along, I've decided to run a special promo:

1. Preorder IMPOSSIBLE JAMES 2. DM me proof of purchase + your address + the day you were born 3. Receive a handmade card with a weird one-of-a-kind message inside for your birthday 4. Enjoy IMPOSSIBLE JAMES when it's released on June 15th




You can order the book today on Amazon, or you can not fuck with that conglomerate bullshit and buy it directly from the publisher right here. And if you want to take part of the birthday promo, you can message me on any of my social medias (Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram) or email me directly at danger_slater@yahoo.com

Thanks everyone,
Danger.

I Never Update This!

Yeah, I'm terrible about updating this thing.

As you probably know, HE DIGS A HOLE was released. You can get it here.

For the rest of 2018: I have a few upcoming anthology publications coming up, as well as a few scheduled readings. And my next novel, IMPOSSIBLE JAMES, comes out sometime in the earlier part of 2019.

I'm gonna keep this blog around, basically just to archive my stuff, but if you want real updates, follow me on Facebook -or better yet- Twitter, where I post all the time.

Seeeee ya around!

Danger

HE DIGS A HOLE, My New Novel, Pre-order Up Now!

My new novel HE DIGS A HOLE is up for pre-order now!

From the back cover: "Get a job. Get married. Buy a house. Cut off your hands and replace them with gardening tools. Dig a hole. Can you hear the worms calling? Keep digging."

Bizarro/horror/comedy/drama. This one is almost impossible to define.

Releases Feb. 14th.

I love you.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER HE DIGS A HOLE.

Thank you all,
DS

HE DIGS A HOLE Book Cover and Release Date!

Here is the wraparound cover for my next book, HE DIGS A HOLE:

Back cover description: "Get a job. Get married. Buy a house. Cut off your own hands and replace them with gardening tools. Dig a hole. Can you hear the worms calling? Keep digging."

Physical copies will be available in Nov. ONLY at Bizarrocon in Portland, OR (where it will featured at the Friday night Eraserhead Press party)  

Aside from that preorders will be up on Amazon soon, with an official release date of Feb. 14, 2018.

In the meantime, catch up with my last books, notably my weird coming-of-age bizarro story PUPPET SKIN and my Wonderland award nominated body horror love tale I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU.

Later!

~ Danger

Puppet Skin's First Birthday!

PUPPET SKIN came out a year ago today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LITTLE BOOKIE! I'm going to celebrate by eating an entire cake by myself. You can celebrate by buying a copy or leaving a review over on Amazon.

PERSONALIZED BOOK SALE! And New Puppet Skin Trailer!

Business first:

Now that convention season is officially over, I can sell off the rest of my stock, so if you want a personalized copy of PUPPET SKIN or I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU, today is the day! $12 each or $20 for both of them, shipping price included. And in addition to autographing the books, I will include some other fun stuff, including a piece of original artwork. 

To pick one up, send me an email at (danger_slater@yahoo.com) or just direct message me on any of my social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads)

Help me pay my rent! READ A BOOK!

And last but certainly not least WE MADE A TRAILER FOR PUPPET SKIN, and here it is:


Puppet Skin Trailer from Fungasm Press on Vimeo.

Upcoming Performances and My New Podcast!

Friends and Strangers Alike!

We're hitting the road next week (or rather, the sky, as I'll be taking an airplane) to take PUPPET SKIN out across America! Well, at least *part* of America. Denver, LA, and Portland LISTEN UP because we got some performances scheduled inside of you:

To wit: 

Oct. 18th in Denver 

Oct. 21st in LA/Burbank

Nov. 4th in Portland

These are going to be some pretty special and theatrical performances with a lot of funny and talented people (too many to tag them all) so if you ever wanted to check out a literary event THIS IS ONE YOU SHOULDN'T MISS.

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And changing the subject entirely:

My girlfriend Lisa and I have just started a new comedy podcast called THE DANGER & LISA SHOW.

Available on iTunes, Stitcher, or directly from our host at Libsyn, here is the shows description:

It's a show where we just talk. To each other. For an hour. And that's it.

New episodes release every THURSDAY so make sure you subscribe.

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Other than that, PUPPET SKIN is back up on Amazon proper, so make sure you pick up your copies while the getting iS good.

I love you all and thanks for the continued support

~ Danger!

I've Written Some Non-Fiction! Also, Updates About PUPPET SKIN!

Hey Internet!

I haven't updated in a while. Things are happening. Slowly, they're happening.

Here's the first thing:

I've had two non-fiction essays run at the Clash Media website. Linking below:

WHY I DECIDED TO QUIT WRITING AND BECOME A KID ROCK FAN INSTEAD

-and-

SOMEONE ELSE'S BIG BREAK

I've found writing these personal essays to be a cathartic experience, so hopefully there will be more in the future. Keep your eyes peeled.

Here's the second thing:

There has been a few problems with the paperback version of PUPPET SKIN on Amazon. Some computer glitch keeps bumping it offline or something. I don't freakin' know what the deal is, but it's been that way for the better part of a month. YOU CAN STILL ORDER THE BOOK FROM AMAZON, but it might take a while to show up. So while my publisher tries to straighten that out, they've lowered the price of the Kindle version to $2.99.

PUPPET SKIN - $2.99 Kindle sale

If you want the paperback (and I fucking hope you do) your best bet right now would be to go through barnesandnoble.com or bookdespository.com. You can still get a good deal there, price-wise. And I believe Book Depository does free shipping, even internationally.

PUPPET SKIN at Barnes and Noble

PUPPET SKIN at Book Depository

If that's not good enough, feel free to shoot me a message on Facebook or Goodreads or shoot me an email at danger_slater@yahoo.com if you want a personalized copy mailed directly from ME to YOU.

That's all for now.

Forever real,
Danger

PUPPET SKIN Out Now!

My new book PUPPET SKIN is OUT TODAY!

A Bizarro/body horror/coming-of-age fable about a human girl rebelling in a strange world where everyone is turned into a puppet after they graduate 8th grade.

Here's the PAPERBACK

And the KINDLE

And, in case you're on the fence here are a few reviews that have come in so far:

From Dirge Magazine

From Cultured Vultures

From Splatterpunk Zine

And here's an interview my girlfriend Lisa and I did about PUPPET SKIN on the Bizzong! Podcast

Hellz yeah, folks. This is a very personal and very bizarre book I wrote and I really hope you all enjoy it. Thanks so much, Everyone on the Internet.

Love,
Danger Slater

New Book - PUPPET SKIN - Preorder Now Up!

Let's get right to it:

MY NEW BOOK PUPPET SKIN IS UP FOR PREORDER ON AMAZON RIGHT NOW!!!

LINK! LINK! LINK!

Front cover:

And back:

A Bizarro body-horror fable for YA readers.

Here's the link again:

PUPPET SKIN ON AMAZON!

Don't wait preorder today.

Official release date is July 18th.

From Fungasm Press.

Thanks,

Danger

New Upcoming Novel! And My First Acting Job!

You read the title to this post. We're not burying the lead here. I HAVE A NEW NOVEL COMING OUT hot off the heels of my last one, I Will Rot Without You. The new book is called PUPPET SKIN and as you can see from that picture, the amazing Katie McCann once again did my cover art. Here the description from the back cover:

Hannah graduates from middle school on Friday. That is the day she transforms into a living puppet, like her parents and teachers before her. No longer a human girl made of flesh and feelings, but a perfect wooden NEW self, whose strings lead up from her limbs to an endless black void above. With no pain. No sorrow. No sickness. No fear.

But Hannah has begun to suspect something is very, very wrong. And in a world where emotion is treated like a disease, and unknown terrors lurk inside everyone, just keeping your soul alive past childhood might be the greatest challenge of all.

"Puppet Skin is a dark, grotesquely-beautiful Bizarro nightmare fable for alienated teens of all ages. If you've ever felt lost in this deranged universe, Danger's book knows exactly what you mean." - John Skipp, author of THE LIGHT AT THE END and THE ART OF HORRIBLE PEOPLE

ARCs are available RIGHT NOW so if you are a blogger or reviewer (or know a reviewer) hit me up at danger_slater@yahoo.com and we'll see what we can do about getting you a copy.

The book releases this July, from Fungasm Press.

And if that wasn't enough...THERE'S MORE!

I have a small cameo in Anti-Films new movie THE WOLF AND THE BABY, a weird horror-comedy-thriller-I-don't-know-what-to-call-it. The whole movie is available to watch RIGHT NOW, FOR FREE on YouTube:

YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE BY CLICKING THIS LINK!

The Anti-Films guys are great. They even gave me a speaking role which officially puts me on IMDb! Plus they're fans of my books. HOW FREAKIN' COOL IS THAT?

So please enjoy the film. Especially since it's free.

Thanks!

Danger.

Post Convention Book Sale!

After a successful and FUN weekend selling books with MP Johnson at Days of the Dead in Los Angeles, I have a bunch of extra copies of my books available. So if anyone out there wants to buy one from me directly, send me a message at or here or at my email at: danger_slater@yahoo.com.

I'm thinking $12 for one book, $20 for two, $25 for all three. This includes the shipping cost. I'll of course sign them for you and thrown in a bunch of goodies too. Tell your friends.

Thanks!

~ Danger

Days of the Dead! LA Convention!

Let's not bury the lead:

Catch me and MP Johnson selling books and being weird at the Days of the Dead horror convention in Los Angeles, April 1-3rd. I'll be there with copies of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU and MP and I (along with John Skipp and others) will also be on a panel Friday night called 'The Bizarro Invasion'. Then on Sunday I will be doing a reading at Dark Delicacies book store.

SHOULD BE FUN! COME OUT AND PARTY!

Love,

Danger

I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU is OUT NOW!!!!

Guess what?!

My new novel I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU is out now. Available on Amazon and other fine places.

From the back cover:

WHEN THE WORLD FALL APART AND YOUR BODY STARTS TO ROT, LET THE ROACHES LEAD.

Meet Ernie. His life is a mess. Gretchen's gone, and the apartment they once shared in this grey, grim city is now overrun with intelligent mold and sinister bugs.

Then his neighbor Dee shows up, so smart and lovely. If he can just get past the fact that her jealous ex-boyfriend can reach out of her blouse and punch him in the face at any moment, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Unfortunately for all involved, a Great Storm is coming and it will wash away everything we've ever known about the human heart.

"I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU is like Cronenberg's THE FLY if it had been directed by Frank Zappa and Bruce Bickford. Nightmarishly rich in vision, absurdly and painfully hilarious, sorrowfully poignant, and bristling with outrageous surprises that never ever ever stop coming till it's done." - John Skipp, from his introduction

BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY!

Also, I did Frank Edler's new podcast Bizzong! where I talked about the process of writing this book. You can find that on iTunes, Stitcher, or at the link I'm providing below:

Bizzong! episode 1

Also, also, the Fungasm Press website is now up, where you can pick up copies of ROT, see links to some of my stuff, and check out what the other Fungasm writers are up to. Good books, good people.

CHECK IT OUT

That's it.

Love you all,

Danger

Calling All Book Bloggers!!!

So, with the release of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU just a month away (Feb. 8th) I figured why not paddle on out to see if we can catch another couple of waves before the book drops.

IF YOU ARE A BOOK BLOGGER/REVIEW/MAGAZINE/ETC. and are interested in obtaining a review copy of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU please SEND ME A MESSAGE. I could hook you up! I'd be much appreciated, and trust me, you're gonna like the book. If you don't believe me take a peep at the Goodreads page where some of the Indiegogo campaign supports are starting to leave their reviews:

I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU ON GOODREADS

Contact me HERE or at danger_slater (at) yahoo (dot) com if you'd like a review copy.

OTHER NEWS:

I'm performing some "comedy" in Portland tomorrow night (Jan 8th) at the Gilbert Road Grotesque show (hosted by Garrett Cook). If you live in SE Portland, this is the most interesting thing you're going to do tomorrow:

GILBERT ROAD GROTESQUE

Hope to hear/see you soon!

Danger