Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator

A bullied boy's worst shame turns out to be his strongest ally in the never-ending schoolyard war...Saxon warriors hunt down the beleaguered remnants of a Danish army-but they didn't count on the little warrior among them, the one with the strange shimmering armour...Chuck thought that things couldn't get any worse than the giant floating skull always waiting outside his apartment window...but then a knock came on his door...A military cop and his faithful dog seek out an ancient evil in the Iraqi desert, but then discover it's all so much worse than that...The crew of the Enola Gay was en route to Japan, toting the first atomic bomb...and then the pilot, Tibbets, noticed the giant black flower clinging to the bulkhead...A Roman emperor and his adviser unravel the mystery of a series of strange marble sculptures, only to discover sorcery at work...These and many other weird stories...There are few short story specialists as prolific, endlessly entertaining, creative, and simply batshit crazy as Alexander Zelenyj. These bizarre stories often capture startling snapshots of life, coming-of-age moments, heartbreak, or individuals trapped within the ripples of otherworldly occurrences. The natural ability to effortlessly flow between genres is a rare gift and few do it better, where literary rulebooks are discarded and the monsters are frequently the most compassionate characters. He has an unpredictable and jarring writing style, which takes plots and narratives into bizarre directions, often slipping down sideroads, instead of directing his narratives into the realms of the crowd pleasing money shot. He refuses to play by any literary rulebook, except his own. This is all part of Alexander Zelenyj's unique charm.- Tony Jones, Horror DNA