Soda and the Ineffable Concoction: The Sifillis Stories Volume I: 40th Anniversary Edition Hardcover – March 27, 2026

“The Sifillis Stories” were a cult hit in the 1980s, inspiring two movies, a TV series, a comic book, a tarot deck, a pinball machine, pogs, and an unaired feature-length animated series pilot. Now the original novel that started it all is back, in a special edition that includes pages of the notorious '90s fanzine “Sifillitica Psychotica” created by the dangerously obsessed “World’s #1 Sifillitic” B. Manus Shunkwiler.Our story: Movie-loving tween Soda's uncle turned into a steaming pile of vomit! She must collect ingredients so the Chimpanzee Alchemist can concoct a cure. Soda faces a number of imposing challenges and makes many strange and fantastical friends along the way, including Chunks (a golem made of chunks), a philosophical sack of rats, a man with a goiter for a head and a Spork armadillo (Spork is a popular tinned meat product on Planet Sifillis).If you’re a fan of epic fantasy yarns and juvenile bathroom humor than “The Sifillis Stories Volume I: Soda and the Ineffable Concoction: 40th Anniversary Edition” is the novel for you!Rated PG-13 for gross-out humor. There's no sex stuff.“If John Waters wrote The Hobbit!”“Wizard of Oz-- on acid!” "Like Lloyd Kaufman and Monty Python conceived a Garbage Pail Kid that was raised by Douglas Adams!"-all quotes by B. Manus Shunkwiler Read more