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* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
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* MundaneHorror: The story portrays the protagonist's pizza delivery job as though he had joined a {{cult}} in a more typical CosmicHorrorStory; the act of delivering pizzas consumes his every thought, he forgets the names of his friends and loved ones, and eventually he's driven to killing an older pizza delivery man that delivers "special orders" out of jealousy.
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* MundaneHorror: The story portrays the protagonist's pizza delivery job as though he had joined a {{cult}} in a more typical CosmicHorrorStory; the act of delivering pizzas consumes his every thought, the smell of pizza is treated like a black spot on his soul, he forgets the names of his friends and loved ones, and eventually he's driven to killing an older pizza delivery man that delivers "special orders" out of jealousy.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy or for action. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy or for action.comedy. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
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-> ''"My original ode to Creator/HPLovecraft was a tough nut to crack, if I can be honest. Literature/ChasingTheMoon drove me a little bit crazy. In the end, I was very happy with the way it turned out, and when I think about it now, if it hadn't been so difficult, I'm not sure it would've been the {{cosmic horror story}} it ultimately became. This short story, an {{homage}} to [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] with Lovecraftian influences, was easier. Maybe I sacrificed enough of my sanity to the original novel to make it so."''
-->-- '''Author's Notes'''
''Pizza Madness'' is a ComicFantasy short story written by Creator/ALeeMartinez and published in the 2013 anthology book ''Robots versus Slime Monsters''. The story is set after the events of the novel ''Literature/ChasingTheMoon'', following a nameless man who takes up a job as a Pizza Delivery Man which consumes his life.
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!!''Pizza Madness'' provides examples of:
* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy or for action. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
* EvilSmellsBad: The first indication that something is off about the protagonist's new job is that he perpetually smells like pizza. At first he has to shower as soon as he gets home and eventually the smell drives his girlfriend away. The delivery guy takes the sent of pizza clinging to her as a sign that if he doesn't break things off with her, he'll drag her down with him.
* MundaneHorror: The story portrays the protagonist's pizza delivery job as though he had joined a {{cult}} in a more typical CosmicHorrorStory; the act of delivering pizzas consumes his every thought, he forgets the names of his friends and loved ones, and eventually he's driven to killing an older pizza delivery man that delivers "special orders" out of jealousy.
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-->-- '''Author's Notes'''
''Pizza Madness'' is a ComicFantasy short story written by Creator/ALeeMartinez and published in the 2013 anthology book ''Robots versus Slime Monsters''. The story is set after the events of the novel ''Literature/ChasingTheMoon'', following a nameless man who takes up a job as a Pizza Delivery Man which consumes his life.
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!!''Pizza Madness'' provides examples of:
* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Chasing the Moon'' had its fair share of creep-factor by virtue of its {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} influences, it played its darker elements either for absurd comedy or for action. Here, we follow a poor soul who slowly descends into madness before becoming a warden so dedicated to his job, it may as well be a FateWorseThanDeath. [[HappinessInMinimumWage Not that he seems to mind, anyway]].
* EvilSmellsBad: The first indication that something is off about the protagonist's new job is that he perpetually smells like pizza. At first he has to shower as soon as he gets home and eventually the smell drives his girlfriend away. The delivery guy takes the sent of pizza clinging to her as a sign that if he doesn't break things off with her, he'll drag her down with him.
* MundaneHorror: The story portrays the protagonist's pizza delivery job as though he had joined a {{cult}} in a more typical CosmicHorrorStory; the act of delivering pizzas consumes his every thought, he forgets the names of his friends and loved ones, and eventually he's driven to killing an older pizza delivery man that delivers "special orders" out of jealousy.
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