William Pauley III

A shipwrecked man comes upon an apartment building located in the middle of the ocean. Inside, he finds the skulls of twelve residents, each one eager to tell their story. This is the final book of The Bedlam Bible. Contains the stories: THE FIRST LIFE OF ANACOY MARLIN, HEIRS OF THE ABYSS, TRAPDOOR, KILLING TEDDY, BAD BLOOD, THE PLANT PEOPLE, THE BURDEN OF LUNAR TICKING, CYBER SOLARIS, THE SINKING SANCTUARY, BLACK FRIDAY, A MIST OF LIGHT, THE EDEN...

Bill Krang has a special gift: he can hear insects speaking. Although they incessantly hum the same nonsensical phrase ad nauseam, he can't help but think there must be some reason he alone can hear it. Now in his thirties, Krang's body is beginning to literally collapse in places, just as he discovers there may be other hearers of the constant hum. Convinced this is no coincidence, he sets out for answers, and manages to dismantle all he ever...

When electricity hangs in the air so thick the moon and stars fizzle and drown in a sea of light, the people living within it, breathing it in, can never be "normal." From disfigured mutants accidentally murdering god to a man falling madly in love with a blood-thirsty VCR, we promise you've never read anything as bizarre as this! In these six tales, Pauley explores the lives of those living in the darkest corners of the world, those living electric: GODDAMN...

CHORIZO, NEVADA is filled with the grittiest of men and the filthiest of women-the perfect place for a man chockful of secrets to hide. But one fateful day, his past catches up to him... A Japanese assassin, with a cue-ball for an eye, invades the town with an army of two-foot eyeless minions who thirst for human blood. This man has two things on his mind: Where is his purple television? And who is the dead man that stole it from him? The DOOM MAGNETIC...

The story of a man who became his bathroom.

Something is happening to the residents of Eighth Block Tower... There's radiation in the walls. Salt covers the hallways. The food and water are poisonous. The residents are trapped and losing their minds. Sanity is a myth. Sickness is life.

OUR PROTAGONIST is pretty sure he's just committed a murder. The body is newly dead, he's the only one around, and a quick look at the evidence suggests he's guilty as sin. Also, he's totally insane. A rare brain condition causes his memories to reset every day, and because of this, he often wakes up in strange places with no memory of how he got there. He can't even remember his own name. When he's not racking his brain over his shoddy memory,...

This book is very silly. Actually, it contains two very silly books written by two very silly people. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll throw up. Contains the novellas: Naked Brunch by William Pauley III & Naked Brunch by Zachary T. Owen.