What are your ideas behind writing weirder than normal fantasy? And I don't mean a world in which elves are blue. I mean really, really weird. Most of what I write tends to be weird or some amalgamation of parody or satire. But I do write serious weird stuff sometimes (including surrealism, absurdism, and the like.)
Most mainstream fantasy doesn't stray to far from the path. Of course I tend to like writers like China Mieville because he still writes fantasy, but doesn't seem to follow any of the conventions. In his Bas Lag world he has living cacti, people made of various junk, and insect creatures that paint with their spit. Writers like Martin and Abercrombie (who I like) are now becoming more of the norm, because that kind of writing is selling now. But they aren't weird.
Anyway, still hoping to write my story about the barbarian who has to work odd jobs to pay his child support. I may post some of it in the showcase. Suffice to say, it is weird...
Most mainstream fantasy doesn't stray to far from the path. Of course I tend to like writers like China Mieville because he still writes fantasy, but doesn't seem to follow any of the conventions. In his Bas Lag world he has living cacti, people made of various junk, and insect creatures that paint with their spit. Writers like Martin and Abercrombie (who I like) are now becoming more of the norm, because that kind of writing is selling now. But they aren't weird.
Anyway, still hoping to write my story about the barbarian who has to work odd jobs to pay his child support. I may post some of it in the showcase. Suffice to say, it is weird...