I took a peek at it on Goodreads, liked the cover, am familiar with the publisher, and thought the description sounded pretty cool. And when I do, BOY do I!ĭay of the Milkman came to my attention as a Kindle Recommendation, based on other titles I had recently added or downloaded to the app. But every once in a while, I get it wrong.

I pride myself on knowing what I like and I usually do a pretty damn good job of picking books I know I'll enjoy. Spike Marlowe, author of Placenta of LoveĢ Stars - Recommended Lightly to readers already familiar with the stranger side of Bizarro Sure, this is weird and has touches of science fiction, but it’s also proof that Cartledge will be a very relevant voice in strange fiction for a long time to come.” In Day of the Milkman, he starts by reinventing the shipwreck genre and ends up reinventing his own elegant prose. Cartledge is one of those rare authors who seem to have an innate understanding of how the bizarro genre works and what needs to be done to deliver great stories. Kirk Jones, author of Uncle Sam’s Carnival of Copulating Inanimals and Journey to Abortosphere In this book, Cartledge carves his own path, rising above the ranks with vivid description, milk-laden metaphor, and high-quality storytelling.” This work isn’t a skim derivation of bizarro from preceding works in the genre. Day of the Milkman doesn’t coast in on the latest cream-coated indy formula for success. “In Day of the Milkman, Cartledge continues to show us his depth and gives us a new glimpse into the breadth of his creative potential.

Garrett Cook, author of Time Pimp, Murderland, Jimmy Plush: Teddy Bear Detective, and Archelon Ranch “Day of the Milkman is one of the weirdest damn things I’ve read. Jeremy Maddux, author of Open Lines and editor at Surreal Grotesque His word pictures are like Brom paintings.” a modern day Richard Brautigan for his consistently playful and arresting imagery. “Cartledge’s genius lies in his ability to create surreal worlds so immersive that you can’t be sure whether you are reading them or dreaming them.” Adrift upon a lonely sea in a lonely world, his search for food, drinkable milk, and survivors is soured by the ghosts of those he lost.īut World Milk, HiLo’s former employer, left many secrets in its wake with the company of a ghostly hologram woman, HiLo’s quest for answers might resurrect the once-glorious milk industry and return the world to creamy freshness. The storm has left HiLo, the last milkman, to endure the memories of a world that left him behind. In a world dominated by the milk industry, only one milkman remains after a terrible storm sinks all the ships and throws the Great White Sea out of balance.

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