Full Metal Octopus

Mellick is in top form here. If you like fae creatures and monster girls and beasts of all kinds in humanlike society you will enjoy this. The world building is smooth, I was able to buy in quickly to the world of Grub Town and in equal turns enjoyed and was terrified by the beautiful fairy boy Eliot and his enigmatic octomaid crush Oona in heir brush with the elf yakuza.

Was worth the wait. Love his books and this didnt dissapoint.

From all the reviews I thought this would me a lot more interesting. Ordinary.

Every book I've read by Mellick is unique. I haven't noticed any literary patterns, but, well, I'm not that smart. What I do know is that I fell for the femme fatale and the protagonist. Beautifully crafted scenes where even the most explicit have a reason to be there. I would not have known the Octomaid, simply on what she said. I wouldn't understand her motives without the crazy.

Mellick has never done that and I bet he never will. What doesn't he do? He never writes a sentence without a purpose. None. Handsome Squirm is one of my favorites for this. There is not a single wasted paragraph in the entire book. It all plays into the final change in the focal character.

If you've never read Bizarro, you might start here. You might be shocked by violations of "normal" stories, whether horror or fantasy. But you will fold into the wonderful absurdity of it. It is often called "pulp." Nope. Noppity nopa nope. It is a treasure of a unique style with brilliant narrative and scenes.

I recommend this book for anyone who listens to Dan Cummins and his podcasts. As Dan would say, "Three out of five stars, wouldn't change a thing."

For Mellick readers, you won't be disappointed. This is a fresh story and likely has nothing similar to what he's done before. It is graphic. It is profane, in parts. But above all, it is entertaining. I had a great time.

Eliot is a five foot tall winged fairy. His delicate flesh is riddled with an addiction of tattoos & piercings. Oona is an octomaid deriving from the octopus species. Displaying a stylish blue mohawk, this talented tattoo artist generates ink within her own physical ecosystem. The unlikely duo become entangled in a savage and cold-blooded crime. The two quickly realize the only way for survival is the trust and companionship they have for one another.

Carlton Mellick III, probably the most creative and imaginative author in the business, exudes his unusual expertise into his book titled Full Metal Octopus. Establishing a blood fueled mobster backdrop, Mellick paints his unhinged canvas with a storyline saturated by bizarro mafia fiction. At the forefront of this fairytale is a fable of tentacle twisted beauty that oozes erotica and enchanted pheromones. Sprinkle in a wide variety of diverse species including elves, humans, centaurs, fairies and merefolk and you have a solid recipe for a slimy good time.

Pulling from the depths of surreal atmospheres, otherworldly phraseology and a substantial even flow of amphibian violence, Full Metal Octopus is a pleasurable aphrodisiac to the Bizarro genre. The ability to streamline these strange conceptions is a testament to this author’s peculiar writing talent. I’ve come to the conclusion that Mellick books are like Lay’s potato chips…you can’t read just one.

Not only will the reader receive this beautifully packaged novel, but at the behest of the mermaid red-light district the purchaser also receives a bonus section of Mellick’s exceptional artwork to view and admire. This work of Bizarro fiction is best read after downing a mason jar of alcoholic sludge and a toke of black weed cigarettes. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.

This book builds a wonderful little dystopia of a mafia world, only populated with fantasy creatures instead of just boring old humans - with all the fantasy complications that come with them. Seeing the characters navigate that world (or fail to) is great, cute, and sad.

After finishing this, I wish I could dive back in and explore that world further. Meet all the interesting monster people and hopefully not get eaten.

Would absolutely recommend to people who like monster girls.

Full Metal Octopus is a sleazy punk rock gangland fairytale about a lovestruck five-foot-tall tattoed fairy and his giantess octomaid tattoo artist crush, packed with inky sex scenes and cartoonish hyper-violence. It's like if you took an off-ramp from Narnia and ended up in Sin City, and if it were a movie, it could only be made 90s style, with claustrophobic dystopian decay and prosthetic rubber suits.