Palahniuk, Chuck

"In this . . . blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and . . . advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a 'kitchen-table MFA' culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, Sebastian lives a mundane life, but it won't last long, the wife has seen to that. Soon he's back where he started, but this go-round he's got more at stake than his own life.

A collection of over twenty short stories spanning the career of author Chuck Palahniuk, and offering a disturbing and humorous look at life and death.

Following her confrontation with the Devil himself, Madison gears up for the onset of the ultimate battle between good and evil. First, however, she will have to find a way to escape imprisonment in Purgatory.

A collection of transgressive fiction stories by various authors featuring taboo subjects, violence, death, and graphic images.

Lawyer Penny Harrigan is surprised when she is courted and seduced by billionaire entrepreneur Cornelius Linus Maxwell. But after Maxwell spends 136 days bringing her to new heights of sexual gratification and then breaks up with her, Penny discovers that Maxwell is planning to release a new product that will turn women into sex-obsessed zombies and render men obsolete.

While her husband lies in the hospital after a suicide attempt, Misty Tracy Wilmot keeps a diary of her thoughts and reflects on the choices she has made in her life.

Tender Branson, the last surviving member of a death cult, recounts his life story as he flies all alone in an airplane that is set to crash.

A high school rebel who always wins--and possibly a childhood murderer, Rant Casey escapes from his small hometown of Middleton for the big city. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. On appointed nights participants recognize one another by designated car markings and then stalk and crash into each other. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life.