Kevin L. Donihe

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name = Kevin L. Donihe


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birthdate = May 14, 1977
birthplace = United States
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occupation = Novelist, Editor & Publisher
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genre = Bizarro fiction
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movement = Bizarro fiction
debut_works = "Shall We Gather at the Garden?"
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website = http://www.myspace.com/kevindonihe]
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Kevin L. Donihe is an American author of bizarro fiction from Kingsport, Tennessee. In the late 90's, he was part of a collective of offbeat authors which included Carlton Mellick III, D. Harlan Wilson, and Vincent Sakowski, among others. This scene evolved into the Bizarro fiction movement in2005. [http://www.bizarrocentral.com/article_detail.asp?articleID=12 When Bizarro Became Bizarro]

His first published story, "Every Good Drama", appeared in the Fall 1995 issue of "The Blue Lady". ["The Blue Lady." Blue Lady Publishing, 1995. p.15] Since that time, his fiction and poetry has appeared in "ChiZine", "Flesh and Blood", "Book of Dark Wisdom", "Retort Magazine", "Dark Discoveries", "Dreams and Nightmares", "Star*Line", "Not One of Us", "Enigmatic Tales", "Electric Velocipede", "The Café Irreal", "Psychopoetica", and other venues. [ [http://users.chartertn.net/mbs/kldwriter/ Kevin L. Donihe - Writer, Editor, Publisher ] ]

Donihe is also the editor of the "Bare Bone" anthology series for Raw Dog Screaming Press. [ http://www.bizarrocentral.com/author_detail.asp?authorID=7 Bizarro Central profile ] A story from the first issue - Donald Burleson's "Pump Jack" - was reprinted in "The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13", edited by Stephen Jones. ["The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13." Robinson, 2002. p.88 ISBN 1-84119-540-5]

Books

*"Shall We Gather at the Garden?" (2001)
*"Ocean of Lard" (w. Carlton Mellick III, 2005) [ Claims to be #17 in the "Choose Your Own Mindfuck Fest" series, but is really a stand alone parody of the Choose Your Own Adventure series.]
*"The Bizarro Starter Kit" (Contributing Author, 2006)
*"Grape City" (2006)
*"The Greatest Fucking Moment in Sports" (2006)
*"House of Houses" (2008)

Selected short fiction

*"When Randolph Woke Up" - The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers (2001)
*"The Will of the Dresser; The Will of the Blender" – Sick: An Anthology of Illness (2003)
*"The Fast Food Diaries" – Asylum 3: The Quiet Ward (2003)
*"Living Room Zombies" – Poe’s Progeny (2005)
*"The Last Living Man" – The Undead (2005)
*"Necrowave Oven" – Falling From the Sky (2007)

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External links

*Bio at [http://www.bizarrocentral.com/author_detail.asp?authorID=7 Bizarro Central]