Muscle Memory - Softcover

Lowe, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621052397 ISBN 13: 9781621052395

Publisher: Eraserhead Press, 2017

Synopsis

More Muscle, More Memory...

Billy Gillespie wakes up one morning to discover his junk is gone. In its place is his wife's junk. Billy is now Tina, and Tina is probably dead. That's because Billy's dead. His lifeless body is still in bed and empty beer bottles and a container of antifreeze litter the kitchen counter. Did Tina really poison Billy? Can he and his neighbors, all experiencing their own bouts of body switcheroo, fix this before the Feds find Billy's body? Was it aliens, or God, or the government? What was Edgar Winter really doing with his sheep? Is pro football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw the key to everything? What Would Kirk Cameron Do? In the expanded edition of this New Bizarro Author Series original, all will be revealed. Maybe.

“It’s always a risky proposition: to take a well-known trope (especially one that peaked in the films of the 80s) and try to find a new way to spin it. In Muscle Memory, Steve Lowe takes his cue from movies like Freaky Friday and Like Father, Like Son, presenting a tale of bodies switched and swapped all over a small community. Using some clever writing however, Lowe transcends the typical structure of those stories and takes it to a whole new level of absurd and hilarious wonder.”  —Michael Allen Rose, author of Embry: Hard-boiled

About this title

About the Author

Steve Lowe writes dark stuff, except when he doesn't. His first book, Muscle Memory, was released in October 2010 as part of the New Bizarro Author Series from Eraserhead Press. His second book, Wolves Dressed as Men, came out in November 2010 from Eternal Press. His short fiction is has appeared in Drabblecast, Three Crow Press and Allegory, among other places.

From the Inside Flap

"A fast-paced story that is hilarious, poignant, and weird. Sort of like VICE VERSA meets THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Very well-written. Lowe doesn't waste a single word." - JORDAN KRALL, author of Fistful of Feet

"A short, sharp book with exciting, compelling momentum and characters you can't help but like. It has both emotional resonance and sly humour in abundance. I recommend it very highly and can only assume that Lowe has a very bright future ahead of him." - MATTHEW REVERT, author of A Million Versions of Right

"MUSCLE MEMORY is funny, quirky and sensitive in a way I wouldn't have expected from bizarro fiction." - LINCOLN CRISLER, author of Magick & Misery

"Hilariously disturbing! Lowe bends gender roles into a noose and unravels it on an emotional roller coaster where nuclear families explode." - S.D. HINTZ, author of Blood Orchard and Charnel Harbor

Edition details

• Publisher: Eraserhead Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621052397
• ISBN 13: 9781621052395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98