"I killed my first Nazi at four years old. It wasn't art; I didn't discover the joy of a psychotropic kill until much later. Each moment that led up to it was the crescendo of a future lover screaming from around the bend of time, begging for the tantric orgasm that would define our future." Thus begins the lurid, gore-filled memoir of the author. Tainted by miles of hallucinogenic inspiration and sprinkled with poetic interludes, this audiobook seeks to bind reality with vision, discovering the truth that lies somewhere between what happened and what should have happened.
Part memoir, part novel, part collection, All I Want is to Take Shrooms and Listen to the Color of Nazis' Screams is more than a book, it's a way of life.
This astounding book won the 2023 Wonderland Award, but was taken out of print in 2024. Now it's back with a new edit, new cover art by the astounding KARMAVOID, and is joined by John's first splatterpunk novella Blood & Mud, and a never seen before novelette, The Chittering Masses. All encased in a gorgeous hard cover edition.
Praise for ALL I WANT IS TO TAKE SHROOMS AND LISTEN TO THE COLOR OF NAZI SCREAMS:
"Baltisberger shows himself to be an occultic iconoclast counterpart to Lin-Manuel Miranda: he overturns icons, constructs a a rich mythology from the rubble of that which has been torn down, and conveys it all with pulsing, infectiously inventive trash-talk." --Doris V. Sutherland, Attack of the Six-Foot Tranny
Exquisitely showcasing Baltisberger's evocative poetry and biting prose, ALL I WANT IS TO TAKE SHROOMS AND LISTEN TO THE COLOR OF NAZI SCREAMS is an intoxicating blood-drenched trip featuring a righteous and epic cast of characters that'll ;eave you buzzing with vigilante fire" -- Jessica McHugh, Three time Bram Stroker Award Nominated author of The Quiet Ways I Destroy You.
Baltisberger's prose burns on the page like napalm, defoliating everything to reveal the literally monstrous truths at the center of existence. -- Charles Bernard, author of Black Sunrise on Piss Earth.