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| child thief | Sep 26 2012, 09:39 AM Post #1 |
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The concept of Candyland Cannibals is based loosely off the writings of "Carlton Mellick iii" a bizarro fiction author and deviant mastermind. His works are the inspiration for both CC and the sub-room "The Revolving Door" what is bizzaro fiction? Carlton refers to it on his site as the following: 1. Bizarro, simply put, is the genre of the weird. 2. Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store. 3. Like cult movies, Bizarro is sometimes surreal, sometimes avant-garde, sometimes goofy, sometimes bloody, sometimes borderline pornographic, and almost always completely out there. 4. Bizarro strives not only to be strange, but fascinating, thought-provoking, and, above all, fun to read. 5. Bizarro often contains a certain cartoon logic that, when applied to the real world, creates an unstable universe where the bizarre becomes the norm and absurdities are made flesh. 6. Bizarro was created by a group of small press publishers in response to the increasing demand for (good) weird fiction and the increasing number of authors who specialize in it. 7. Bizarro is like: Franz Kafka meets John Waters Dr. Suess of the post-apocalypse Takashi Miike meets William S. Burroughs Alice in Wonderland for adults To me.. bizarro is anything wild.. crazy and not of the norm created for the soul purpose of being absurdly fascinating. It forces the writer to tap into the deepest darkest most imaginative recesses of their mind and create solely from 'there'. When reading something you to say to yourself "they've gone too far"... only then.. and there.. can you truly understand the concept and design that 'is' the bizarro genre. Candyland.. is not the candyland boardgame of your youth. It's a fictional world first created by Carlton Mellick iii in his book "The Cannibals of Candyland" it's a subterranean underworld thriving beneath the city.. what city? any city.. we do not specify this information but rather encourage the player and those that choose to partake in this madness to keep the particulars of the world above minimal. The world we live.. is the world of lollipop trees and chocolate rivers. A world where candy coated sprinkles fall like rain. And a gingerbread house is truly made of gingerbread. But their is more.. the people who live in this sweet utopia.. are not human. They are the "Candy People" they are those with cotton candy hair.. those that have a candy coated exterior and soft gooey middle. Those that are in every sense of the term... "sweet".. however.. in this same vein you are not simply "Princess Candy Apple" or "Suzy the Swedish Fish Girl" you are an evil creature that travels to the city above when the adults of the world are busy with their routines of the day to day. You are a Candyland Cannibal.. you hunt your prey.. those that consume from the tortured bodies of your kin. Those that find a sugary solace in the candy aisle of the convenience store. Those that dress in costume on Halloween to gather bits and pieces of your fellow Candy People. All mortal are equal opportunity prey.. and all are "NPC". As Candy People.. you live like humans. The differences only fall on what you eat.. the landscape of where you live.. and the appearance of what you are. Welcome to Candyland.. sweet Cannibal of human flesh.. just think Hansel and Gretel meets Cannibal Holocaust.. and you'll be just fine. Edited by child thief, Sep 26 2012, 09:55 AM.
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