Closet Universe
Paperback, 192 pages
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Whether it's playing Bridge with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, holding a birthday party for the Dark Lord of Hell, or dealing with a horde of man-eating koala bears, there's always something happening in the quasi-dimensional space of Closet Universe.
Closet Universe first appeared in the pages of SEE Magazine, a Canadian urban weekly, where it achieved cult status and an avid readership during its five-year run.
This is the first-ever print collection of A.J. Axline's surreal, poignant, and hilarious vignettes. You are cordially invited to step into the realm of Closet Universe... and be sure to take something with you when you leave.
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"Closet Universe"
I have an affinity for existential musings and satire thereof, so I must admit a favorable bias off the bat. However, the strength of Mr. Axline's book lies not in what it says but how it says it. For instance, there are the carnivorous koala bears. It is a concept made familiar (if not overly so) by Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s rabbit. (“Look at the bones!”) In less adept hands the segment would be merely derivative, but Axline cleverly changes the trope by piling scorn upon his characters. They keep saying the obvious: We’re being mauled by koala bears! And the narrator just can’t live with that sort of redundancy. Well, duh? He seems to say. It is an... More >
I have an affinity for existential musings and satire thereof, so I must admit a favorable bias off the bat. However, the strength of Mr. Axline's book lies not in what it says but how it says it. For instance, there are the carnivorous koala bears. It is a concept made familiar (if not overly so) by Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s rabbit. (“Look at the bones!”) In less adept hands the segment would be merely derivative, but Axline cleverly changes the trope by piling scorn upon his characters. They keep saying the obvious: We’re being mauled by koala bears! And the narrator just can’t live with that sort of redundancy. Well, duh? He seems to say. It is an... More >
"In an Infinite Universe, Everything must Exist."
This subtitle, redolent of both the obvious and the obscure, also serves as a thesis statement encompassing rather than justifying the wild ride to follow.
During essays and yarns alternating between "light" with dark spots and "dark" with light spots, you'll meet Freud, Torquemada, Moses, three of the Four Horsemen (the one's too busy these days to play Bridge), Nixon, a Buddha, the Pariahs of Infinity, and that horde of carnivorous koalas. Among others.
Yes, you're invited to Satan's birthday party (bring a gift!), and summoned to a session of the Courts of Chaos (where great care is taken to keep the judge... More >
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