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Eibonvale Press, 2024. The author's fourth short story collection. Hardcover edition. 26 stories. 406 pages. “Phantasmagoric, imaginative, unflinching and magnificent, Zelenyj writes like a madman possessed. With Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator, we get one of the greatest modern day short story writers spreading his wings and flying away with the readers' souls. Simply phenomenal.” - Steve Stred, author of Mastodon, Churn the Soil and Wagon Buddy “Wildly original, and a complete master at pulverizing the boundaries which restrict genres, Alexander Zelenyj is a dazzling shooting star in the world of weird fiction.” - Ginger Nuts of Horror “Canada’s master of elegantly drafted bizarrie… Science fiction, surrealism, Canadiana and great storytelling: not too many books these days can be said to Have It All, but Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator can and does.” - Adam Groves, The Bedlam Files “His most powerful collection to date...Alexander Zelenyj's Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator is a masterpiece of modern literary weird fiction.” - Rising Shadow "Zelenyj cuts through genre in his stories to produce something entirely his own…Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator is this author's boldest story collection so far, and although I have truly loved his books that I've read in the past, this book goes well above and beyond those on so many levels. Most highly, HIGHLY recommended." - Oddly Weird Fiction “Each story has its own unique flavour of weirdness, exploring a different niche of the author’s sprawling imagination, but they all fit together in a book that has originality as its unifying style. If you like unconventional, genre defying fiction, enjoy being creatively unsettled, and don’t mind sometimes having to stop and wonder what you’ve just read, Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator is absolutely not to be missed.” - The Terrestrial Reader “Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilator is a masterful collection where this unique author’s imagination runs riot and his astonishing creativity in short story writing remains unparalleled. 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 Table of Contents ● Introduction by Brian A. Dixon ● Peacekeeper and the War-Mouth ● The Deathwish of Valerie Vulture ●Maleficia Falling ● Houses Within Houses Within Houses Within ● Silver the Starfallen ● Young, But Tomorrow ● Little Boys ● Peace Machines ● Oppenheimer’s Door ● The Threat from Earth ● The Electric Voice of Summer ● Bright Sons of the Morning ● Siege ● Spiders in the Temple ● Love-Goggles 1966 ● Laundromatricide and the Wrath ● Gods Great and Gods Small ● Wild Animals at Play ● People-Eater & the Wolf Inside ● Sister-Biter ● Rat-Eaters in Lucifer’s Land ● A Savage Path ● Cry for Mother ● We Are Alone ● The Punished World ● Roads of Peace