Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox and Unusual from the Magazine Morbid Curiosity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439124666)

For ten years, Morbid Curiosity was a one-of-a-kind underground magazine that gained a devoted following for its celebration of absurd, grotesque, and unusual tales -- all true -- submitted from contributors around the country and across the world. Loren Rhoads, creator and editor of the magazine, has compiled some of her favorite stories from all ten issues in this sometimes shocking, occasionally gruesome, always fascinating anthology.

This quirky book is filled with tales from ordinary people -- who just happen to have eccentric, peculiar interests. Ranging from the outrageous (attending a Black Mass, fishing bodies out of San Francisco Bay, making fake snuff films) to the more "mundane" (visiting a torture museum, tracking real vampires through San Francisco), this curiously enjoyable collection of stories, complete with illustrations and informative asides, will entertain and haunt readers long after the final page is turned.

Author: Loren Rhoads
ISBN-10: 1439124663
ISBN-13: 9781439124666
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.58w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 123
Publisher's Weekly Annex 10/12/2009