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Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color
Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color | Chuck Palahniuk
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"New York Times" bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents "Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color," his first ever coloring book for adults. Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of "Lullaby" and "Fight Club." The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joelle Jones ("Lady Killer"), Lee Bermejo ("The Suiciders"), Duncan Fegredo ("Hellboy"), and more. Each story is paired with pieces of colorable original art, nearly 50 in all! Palahniuk invites readers to collaborate on this unprecedented hardcover edition: "Maybe between your colors, the artists' designs, and my stories we can create something that endures. Something worth keeping. Let's create a well-bound book that can sit on any shelf and be available for a new generation to discover and enjoy." Palahniuk's short stories are provocative and not for the faint of heart. (His public readings are notorious for making audience members pass out.) Kirkus Reviews described Palahniuk's 2015 short story collection "Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread" as "Pathos and panic and penitence from one of the darkest and most singular minds in contemporary American lit." "Bait" continues in that vein with stories about: A passenger on the Titanic who finds a surgical solution to the obstacle of "women and children first." A Hollywood star whose fading brand faces a viral (and scatological) internet campaign. An animal psychic who coaxes a statement from a fish that witnessed a political assassination. Increasingly terrible birthday gifts that place a girl at the center of an extinction-level event. Reviews for 2015's "Make Something Up" "Palahniuk finds sincerity among his characters even in disreputable occurrences."-- "Publishers Weekly" "He makes it absolutely clear that he's still the man who wrote 'Guts, ' the infamous story that made fans pass out at readings." --"Kirkus Reviews" Reviews for "Fight Club 2: " "At turns deeply poignant and very funny, Palahniuk's freakish fables capture a twisted zeitgeist and add an oddly inspirational and subversive voice to the contemporary canon . . . In the post-9/11 present, a hyperactive, Internet-obsessed, war- and recession-weary America apparently needs Tyler again."--"The Atlantic" "Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club 2" is as much a kinetic read as it is a pivotal watermark for the comic industry to receive such a high-profile cross-media debut. We are Jack's eager eyes."--"Paste" "New York Times" bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents "Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color," his first ever coloring book for adults. Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of "Lullaby" and "Fight Club." The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joelle Jones ("Lady Killer"), Lee Bermejo ("The Suiciders"), Duncan Fegredo ("Hellboy"), and more. Palahniuk invites readers to collaborate on this unprecedented hardcover edition: "Maybe between your colors, the artists' designs, and my stories we can create something that endures. Something worth keeping. Let's create a well-bound book that can sit on any shelf and be available for a new generation to discover and enjoy." Palahniuk's short stories are provocative and not for the faint of heart. (His public readings are notorious for making audience members pass out.) Kirkus Reviews described Palahniuk's 2015 short story collection "Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread" as "Pathos and panic and penitence from one of the darkest and most singular minds in contemporary American lit." "Bait" continues in that vein with stories about: A passenger on the Titanic who finds a surgical solution to the obstacle of "women and children first." A Hollywood star whose fading brand faces a viral (and scatological) internet campaign. An animal psychic who coaxes a statement from a fish that witnessed a political assassination. Increasingly terrible birthday gifts that place a girl at the center of an extinction-level event. Reviews for 2015's "Make Something Up" "Palahniuk finds sincerity among his characters even in disreputable occurrences."-- "Publishers Weekly" "He makes it absolutely clear that he's still the man who wrote 'Guts, ' the infamous story that made fans pass out at readings." --"Kirkus Reviews" Reviews for "Fight Club 2: " "At turns deeply poignant and very funny, Palahniuk's freakish fables capture a twisted zeitgeist and add an oddly inspirational and subversive voice to the contemporary canon . . . In the post-9/11 present, a hyperactive, Internet-obsessed, war- and recession-weary America apparently needs Tyler again."--"The Atlantic" "Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club 2" is as much a kinetic read as it is a pivotal watermark for the comic industry to receive such a high-profile cross-media debut. We are Jack's eager eyes."--"Paste""
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Rockjonny
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Rockjonny
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So into this...

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jenniferw88
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#mostwantedtopfive @Smangela
1️⃣ Bait - Chuck Palahunik (tagged book)
2️⃣ 13 Treasures - Michelle Harrison
3️⃣ The Body on the Doorstep - AJ Mackenzie
4️⃣ Britain by the Book - Oliver Tearle
5️⃣ The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee

Kodak2057 I'm on a bit of a True Crime kick but trying to finish the popsugar challenge so it's largely unfulfilled:( mine are 1) devil in the white city 2) the stranger beside me 3) black dahlia 4) helter skelter and 5) ready player 1 7y
kamoorephoto I LOVED Gentleman‘s Guide too!!! 7y
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Mommamanzi
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My version of #bare #uncannyoctober I have not had a chance to sit down and read the whole thing. This book is not exactly children appropriate and as soon as the colors come out for it you KNOW the children come out as well. One day I'll get it finished! 😜

JoeStalksBeck I love this book! 7y
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Gayan
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I am so excited about this book! My last book purchase of June.

JoeStalksBeck Omg! Is this book not amazing?! I'm too afraid to color mine though lol 7y
Gayan @JoeStalksBeck I have some watercolor pencils and I think I'm going to give it a try. Cross your fingers. 7y
JoeStalksBeck 🤞 you have to show us! 7y
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JoeStalksBeck
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Squeee! He retweeted me!! 😱😱😱

brilliantglow 👍👏👏 8y
OrangeMooseReads 😱👏👍🏽 8y
[DELETED] 69569662 🤗😎If you get the chance to hear him speak: recommend! He signed all my copies of all of his books: cool guy! 8y
Literaryunicorn So cool! 👏👏👏 8y
bitterbear Whoa that's rad... 8y
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JoeStalksBeck
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angrylilasian Ahhh! I have no idea what this book is about but I want it based on this picture! That's not weird, is it? 😬 8y
Gayan I need thus in the worse possible way! 8y
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JoeStalksBeck
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#bookmail yay!!! A Chuck Palahniuk coloring book! And it's hardback!

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Reggie So I kinda gave up on Chuck. I felt after Haunted, there was Rant and I kinda fell out of love with him after that book. Maybe I'll give him another shot. 8y
JoeStalksBeck @Reggie I was so disappointed with Damned that I got put off too. Rant and Survivor are my two favorites but I always have to check out his new ones. This one seems interesting because it's a coloring book ;) 8y
kyraleseberg A coloring book?? That's awesome! I agree with the above comments. Survivor is my favorite, when I got to Haunted I was disappointed and then I didn't even finish Rant and gave up ☹️ 8y
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JoeStalksBeck @kyraleseberg oh dear god! Finish Rant! You will not believe the ending! It is a mind f-k 8y
kyraleseberg I'll put it back on my TBR pile since you highly recommend it!! Thanks! 😊 8y
JoeStalksBeck @kyraleseberg no way! Thank you! ❤️📚📖 8y
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Mehso-so

Sometimes I really love Chuck Palahniuk and sometimes I just don't. This is one of those times that I just don't click with his writing. There were a couple of good stories in here but most were a meh at best. The coloring book aspect is pretty neat, just wish I loved these stories more.

CatLass007 But the kitty‘s opinion is what‘s most important. 7y
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Besides being absolutely hilarious, Mr. Chuck Palahniuk has the nicest handwriting of any author I've ever seen/met, AND he's an incredible story-teller, to boot! What more could you want in a human being? 😆 I'm going to start 'Bait' here shortly, his latest book of short stories with illustrations to colour. Not that I'll be screwing up this perfect signed copy that I picked up from Changing Hands a few months back! 😜

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#TBRtemptation post! Who here likes Chuck Palahniuk?! I thought so 😊. It's an #adultcoloringbook with stories! And in hardcover. That should make for an interesting activity, right? I thought so 😊. And we all like good off-color stories from time to time, right? I thought so 😊. So....what are you waiting for 😜?! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

the_hibernator Wow!😜 8y
kricheal Chuck is the best! 8y
Mommamanzi Ooooooooh man! I just got so excited, I can't wait to get my hands on it! 8y
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E-book This is a thing?!? Too cool! 8y
EKonrad Love him! Have actually had this in my amazon shopping cart for awhile to buy for my sister for xmas. We're both obsessed with him! 😊 8y
MrBook @the_hibernator ☺️🙌🏻! @kricheal I like the way you think 😉👍🏻🙌🏻! @Mommamanzi My job here is done 😎👌🏻! @Erikalaurenn That's what I asked while it stared me right in the face 😂👏🏻🙌🏻! @Ekonrad Two wonderful siblings 😎👌🏻👍🏻! 8y
Mommamanzi Actually just ordered it! It will be here the 21st!!!! 8y
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Don't know how many Chuck fans there are among you Littens, but if you preorder this from an indy on this link, you can have it signed by Chuck. #get indie. http://chuckpalahniuk.net/news/pre-order-bait-at-these-indie-bookstores-it-will-...

PenguinInFlight I am! That's awesome!! 👍🏻Lullaby is my favorite book by him. 😍 8y
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