The Cycle by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2020 by Grindhouse Press ISBN-13: 978-1-941918-52-4, ISBN: 1-941918-52-2
"Beth is ready to move out and be on her own when she suddenly inherits a house from her Aunt Agnes who she’s only met once. Her mother is vague about the relationship the sisters had but decides to let Beth move into the house alone. It starts with bad dreams and mild auditory hallucinations. Then, the hallucinations become more than auditory. Something is happening to Beth and she believes the explanation lays in the cryptic journals s ..."
Scummer by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2018 by Grindhouse Press ISBN-13: 978-1-941918-32-6, ISBN: 1-941918-32-8
"A filthy barfly haunts the bar down the road. He lives off the leftover dregs of the patrons’ beers and spent cigarettes he finds on the ground. He may be living in the trunk of someone’s car. His name is Scummer. He’s mysterious and elusive. He’s unbound by inhibitions and you want to be just like him."
"Everyone is looking for shortcuts in life, but rarely do they find the kind they're looking for, and when they do it never turns out like they thought. But what if you were to accidentally fall into cahoots with an other-worldly creature who could provide those shortcuts and so much more? Of course, there's always a price attached to such favors, but killing gets easier the more you do it, and everything is great as long as the rewards ..."
As Seen On T.V. by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2019 by Grindhouse Press ISBN-13: 978-1-941918-41-8, ISBN: 1-941918-41-7
"Artie is a serial killer obsessed with As Seen On T.V. products. Collecting and modifying these items is his only passion outside of killing, which he’s been doing a long time. Far longer than most of his peers, but Artie always took special care to make sure he remained free. Now a strange, small man has moved next door to him, and the smell of popcorn hangs thick in the air. After a few odd interactions with him, Artie starts to wonde ..."
Aunt Poster (New Bizarro Author Series) by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2016 by Eraserhead Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62105-234-0, ISBN: 1-62105-234-6
"Being a teenager is awkward. Being a teenager when you’re attracted to your aunt is even more awkward. Being a teenager when you’re attracted to your aunt who happens to be a seventies pin-up poster hanging in your uncle’s bathroom is almost unbearable. Aunt Poster is a coming of age story like you’ve never seen before, a tale of guilt, lust and obsession with no easy answers. Can love conquer all this awkwardness? Probably not. ABOUT ..."
Sinkhole by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 85 Pages, Published 2019 by Death's Head Press Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-950259-12-0, ISBN: 1-950259-12-9
"After the hurricane, Reggie and Betsy discover a portion of their backyard has begun to sink. Fearing the ground will open up and swallow their house sooner rather than later, Reggie calls the city to come fix it, but push back from the local Sheriff slows the process down by a day. Come nightfall the power goes out, the sinkhole opens, and a busload of ghoulish children crawl to the surface for their first meal in fifty-two years."
"Prepare for impact as you embark on this unnerving odyssey. This is horror like you've never experienced before."
Sinkhole by Comunale, JohnWayne Trade Paperback, Published 2019 by Death's Head Press ISBN-13: 978-1-63951-066-5, ISBN: 1-63951-066-4
"Come nightfall the power goes out, the sinkhole opens, and a busload of ghoulish children crawl to the surface for their first meal in fifty-two years."
"The culling took most of the men from Cochran Texas away to a dusty old town that exists between this plane and the next called Cocytus."
The Cadillac Man(First Edition) by Comunale, JohnWayne Paperback, 406 Pages, Published 2021 by Death's Head Press ISBN-13: 978-1-63951-006-1, ISBN: 1-63951-006-0
"The Cadillac Man is one of these denizens, an extension of evil, a collector of sorts."
"A dozen stories! Each one truer than the last! John Wayne Comunale, Houston’s greatest Renaissance man and author of bizarro fiction, including: Aunt Poster (Eraserhead Press); Charge Land (Rooster Republic); and Porn Star Retirement Plan (New Kink Books); he has split his imagination like wet pine over and over again… …But! for this book, Comunale has forsaken his fertile imagination in order to give you the most bizarro kind of stor ..."
""Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre, which often uses elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works." --WikipediaBreaking Bizarro is a twenty-six story melting pot of weirdness, from some of the best authors in the genre. Enjoy!Contributing Authors: John Wayne Comunale, David W. Barbee, Patrick C. Harrison ..."
"Seventeen authors re-imagine the biblical apocalypse and all the hell that follows in sixteen horrifying tales. What if the prophecies of Revelation hit today? What sort of craziness and evil would ensue? With this list of excellent authors contributing, it’s sure to be a Hell of a read!Wrath James WhiteSam WestThe Sisters of SlaughterJeff StrandK Trap JonesC Derick MillerChristine MorganPatrick C. Harrison IIIJohn Wayne ComunaleHyäne S ..."
"Enjoy!Contributing Authors: John Wayne Comunale, David W. Barbee, Patrick C. Harrison III, Chris Miller, J.D. Graves, Dani Brown, Cody Higgins, Frank J. Edler, Catherine J. Cole, Chandler Morrison, G. Arthur Brown, Shoshana Sumrall Frerking ..."
Charge Land by JohnWayneComunale Paperback, 134 Pages, Published 2016 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5397-0617-5, ISBN: 1-5397-0617-6
"Jim Charge is in charge. He’s coming through the door with a big dick and a smile, and there’s not a goddamn thing you can do about it! In an attempt to outdo his overachieving father and grandfather he’s taken over the makeup counter of a local department store as his first step on the road to complete domination. With the help of his trusty Number 2, the disembodied head of a shoe salesman, and his never-ending wardrobe of designer su ..."
"This issue, dear readers, brings the first year of Broadswords and Blasters to a close. We’ve got a weird Western kind of tale where people are missing their skins, and a special kind of video game that’s more immersive than ever. We also have a simple act of theft leading to much deeper trouble, and a pirate ship that gathers curses like other ships collect treasure. You’ll meet a man living in the future in a compartment, noticing the ..."
"What do you want out of bizarro fiction? Go ahead. Think about it for a minute. Not an easy question, is it? Actually, it’s not even a fair question. The question itself goes against the nature of bizarro. Bizarro fiction is built on its unwillingness to be pigeonholed, its defiance of genre. So what do you want out of bizarro? Everything. You want everything, and you want it in surprising, unprecedented combinations. You don’t just wan ..."
"What Gary doesn't know is that he's about to become a cog in an industry that has a unique way of dealing with those who are on their way out. He's about to become a part of The Porn Star Retirement Plan."