S.T. Gulik
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"Muffy: or a Transmigration of Selves" is the thin, zigzagging, three dimensional line between brilliance and insanity. Gulik, a man who claims to be an enlightened immortal cockroach in the service of the Goddess of chaos, is an interesting blend of equal parts Tom Robbins, Robert Anton Wilson, and Jhonen Vasquez. He uses the theme of love as self destruction to form an eloquent crash course in the fundamentals of quantum mechanics. The story is original and every bit as funny as it is disturbing. It's the type of book that a young Countess Bathory might have kept in her bathroom. Gulik plays with taboos like a cat with a small snake and questions a number of axioms which are rarely addressed, if ever, in this PC nightmare which we have made for ourselves. This book is beautiful, depraved, thought provoking, bizarre, and absolutely not for children. This is transgressive literature at its best."
- Claire Ashton,
Society for the Debasement of Society.
Muffy is the daughter of an extremely wealthy and powerful captain of industry and a famous lawyer. Fineries and privilege permeate her existence. Though publicly her life is perfect she lives in her own private hell; repeatedly raped by her father, ignored by her mother, and condemned to a life of meaningless acquaintances. One day she decides that it might be interesting to be raped by someone who she's not related to. She leaves home in search of adventure and is almost immediately captured by a female artist/serial killer who she quickly falls in love with. Soon she is plunged into the festering sore on the underbelly of society pursued by CIA, police, and Illuminati assassins. Her metaphysical crusade for truth, freedom, and love turns to carnage due to the unfortunate reality that she is completely insane.
Stephen Gulik was born within the walls of Irish castle on
October 21, 1681. The master of the house was a mister Edmond DeSwitch who had a keen interest in the art of
alchemy. Though a complete failure in every aspect of his work, his
incessant fumbling with God's video game led so severe consequences for
all who surrounded them. Mutations of mind and body were not altogether
uncommon in this household, which ultimately resulted in Mr. Gulik's
departure at the tender age of one.
He traveled the world in search of
wisdom and new forms of mayonnaise. Eventually he found himself face to
face with the goddess Eris who, finding him cute and less annoying than
her other saints, sainted him on the spot and introduced him to her good
friend Timothy Leary. Timothy in turn introduced Gulik to an electric
cheeseburger who eventually talked him into taking over the mind of
Ronald Regan and forcing him to run for president. In the body of the
Gipper, Gulick became hooked on crack and completely screwed the
U.S.A. condemning it to hundreds of years of masochistic frivolity.
Gulik looked upon his creation and saw that it was good. However, since
his importing of crack had completely buggered the lower class, he
began to feel guilty. So he did the sensible thing. He abandoned the
president's body and dedicated his life to making sure that broccoli
will never again seize the reigns of the world.
He wrote his first
book Muffy: or a Transmigration of selves in 1999 and subsequently
misplaced it. This novel was followed by several screenplays which have
also been lost. Word has it that he has recently been spending
too much time with the ghost of Charles Bukowski and a second novel is
currently underway.
