A review by ste3ve_b1rd
From G to PG to R to X by Stephen C. Bird

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sunnie and Brother mourn Mother; an apparition visits Sunnie. Mother appears in Sunnie's disturbing dreams. In one dream, Sunnie meets Momma Leg, a vicious dominatrix … Comedy writers Pamm Demmyck and Remmy Dessyvyr then appear. Pamm is the boss; Remmy fights back. Remmy has principles; Pamm just wants to write jokes … Amourrica Profunda descends into political chaos caused by endemic polarization. The nation is in peril; Amourrica Profunda becomes "Mourrzicka" … Pamm and Remmy find success with their musical in the Triplethreat District of Megalopola … The Anarchic Rebel Patriots take over Mourrzicka which becomes "Isolamicka" … Turmerico Inflammatorio and his wife, Curcuma Moulu, develop a best-selling product called "Turmerican Wonder Fabric". Turmerico's daughter, Francka Inflammatorio, expects her eight-year old daughter Deandra to become a predatory capitalist; Deandra defies her Mommy … Sunnie's brother Bobbie encounters Chester, a "shaman for good". Bobbie helps Chester investigate a nearby cult ceremony. Two women wait for the ceremony to begin. Female One, a "hustler", is more dominant; Female Two is more passive and academic. They converse. At the ceremony, a collection of perverse and eccentric characters is gathered by a pit, lit up with torches. At the bottom of the pit, an older man and a middle-aged woman lay side by side on two cement slabs. The woman is dressed as a scarecrow; the man as a clown … Bobbie flees the cult ceremony; he drives to his friend Tommie's home. Tommie's not there; Bobbie finds a haunted house. Bobbie enacts a destructive plan. A space goddess appears; two witches greet Bobbie … A cataclysm occurs.