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June 27, 2011
Another Two/Shot
And so here comes the filthy, ugly man
rattling the rusty cup
with his hand out...
For those who have checked out the first of my Two/Shots, I'm happy to announce the next. For those who didn't know, I'm releasing short stories, two at a time, as eBooks. The first has been out for a while, and is free. The new Two/Shot features "We Might Just Save This Night Yet" a short story originally published in the gorgeous, all-hardback & clamshell Bottle of Smoke production called Athenaeum, as well as an unpublished story "Japanese Maple."
No eReader? No problem! The stories are present in what techno-types tell me is a wide array of eReading choices--including the troglodyte laptop or ancient desktop computer (so even I can read them!).
Now, the bad news: the new eBook is $.99, a hair shy of a buck, or, by way of comparison--the change you've got floating around in your car, or lost down the couch cushions. So I think we can all agree, in this brutal economy, those are FRIEND PRICES! Plus--if you consider the first free Two/Shot--you're basically getting 4 short stories for less than a one dollar U.S....or, for you bean counters out there, 24.25 cents per story!
And, as always, all proceeds go directly to keeping me in the lavish hot-dog-fried-rice-and-ice-water lifestyle that over a decade of small press writing has afforded me!
rattling the rusty cup
with his hand out...
For those who have checked out the first of my Two/Shots, I'm happy to announce the next. For those who didn't know, I'm releasing short stories, two at a time, as eBooks. The first has been out for a while, and is free. The new Two/Shot features "We Might Just Save This Night Yet" a short story originally published in the gorgeous, all-hardback & clamshell Bottle of Smoke production called Athenaeum, as well as an unpublished story "Japanese Maple."
No eReader? No problem! The stories are present in what techno-types tell me is a wide array of eReading choices--including the troglodyte laptop or ancient desktop computer (so even I can read them!).
Now, the bad news: the new eBook is $.99, a hair shy of a buck, or, by way of comparison--the change you've got floating around in your car, or lost down the couch cushions. So I think we can all agree, in this brutal economy, those are FRIEND PRICES! Plus--if you consider the first free Two/Shot--you're basically getting 4 short stories for less than a one dollar U.S....or, for you bean counters out there, 24.25 cents per story!
And, as always, all proceeds go directly to keeping me in the lavish hot-dog-fried-rice-and-ice-water lifestyle that over a decade of small press writing has afforded me!
June 17, 2011
Man oh man, that is one sweet deal...
on eBay HERE.
For any of you following here who don't have these two sold-out books...I found this today and so far there are no bids.
Hell, even with shipping they are less that original cover price. Act fast, this deal ain't going to capitalize on itself!
For any of you following here who don't have these two sold-out books...I found this today and so far there are no bids.
Hell, even with shipping they are less that original cover price. Act fast, this deal ain't going to capitalize on itself!
June 13, 2011
Dwang #3 - From Tangerine Press
It's fun to feel utterly jazzed about things. Sometimes things are awesome. Like Dwang, Dwang is very awesome.
And I'm in Dwang#3.
And it is ready for public consumption.
Amen.
From the publisher:
Previously unpublished poetry, prose and graphics. Published May 2011. Poetry from: Billy Childish, Ntozake Shange, Kevin Williamson, Charles Plymell, Salena Godden, Geoff Hattersley, Ronald Baatz, K.M. Dersley, Adrian Manning, Gerald Nicosia, Douglas Blazek, Jenni Fagan, K.V. Skene, David Barker, Steve Ely, Joseph Ridgwell, Hosho McCreesh, Ian Seed, Tim Wells, Richard Krech, Paul Harrison. Also, a chapter from an erotic novel by Johnny Goldcunt, translated by Sabine D'Estree. Prose: News from Nowhere: six original pieces by Will Self. Graphics: b&w images by artist Jase Daniels. Also, a rare image from R. Crumb. Special section: As Close As It Gets by US poet Fred Voss. Includes new poems, a critical essay by Alan Dent (editor of The Penniless Press) and an in-depth, exclusive interview with Mr. Voss by Jules Smith, author of Art, Survival and So Forth: The Poetry of Charles Bukowski (Wrecking Ball Press, 2000). Also 'comments' from, amongst others, the likes of Gerald Locklin, Joan Jobe Smith and Martin Bax of the legendary Ambit. General information: 104 pages. Large format, approx. 7"/175mm wide x 250mm/10" tall. Handbound at the Tangerine Press workshop, using acid-free papers and boards, conservation glue, hemp cord; distinctive Tangerine logo stamped onto the front cover in orange ink (numbered copies) and black ink (lettered copies); 3-colour title page. There are 74 numbered and 26 lettered copies available for sale. Body text set in Baskerville Old Face--three other classic fonts are used throughout the journal.
Like all sublime presses they offer a LETTERED/SIGNED: £63.00
26 lettered/signed copies: Quarter bound with Colorado Pearl cloth spine and Japanese Moriki Kozo paper covered boards--the paper colour changes with each letter (colours include: Burnt Orange, Brown, Golden Rod, Hot Orange, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Purple); 3-page 'stepped' 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes front endpapers--the page colours being Burst Orange, Terracotta and Apple Green; 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes Burst Orange back endpapers; 100gsm Heritage Book White archival quality, Fourdrinier made, acid-free text paper.
As well as a NUMBERED: £33.00
74 numbered/signed copies: Fully bound in Colorado Pearl cloth covered boards; 3-page 'stepped' 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes front endpapers--the page colours being Burst Orange, Terracotta and Apple Green; 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes Burst Orange back endpapers; 85gsm Off-White Fabriano Bio Prima archival quality acid-free text paper.
I know it ain't chicken scratch, but on the off chance you hit the Pick 3 this week, check out the insanely beautiful Wm. Wantling books while you're there. ONLY IN THE SUN is sold out, but THE FIX is available (though it must be pretty damn close to being sold out too). Don't quote me on it, but they are the only places I've found to read lots of his terrific work.
And they are beautifully made, by a human being, with his own two hands... so there's that too.
See what I mean? Awesome!
And I'm in Dwang#3.
And it is ready for public consumption.
Amen.
From the publisher:
Previously unpublished poetry, prose and graphics. Published May 2011. Poetry from: Billy Childish, Ntozake Shange, Kevin Williamson, Charles Plymell, Salena Godden, Geoff Hattersley, Ronald Baatz, K.M. Dersley, Adrian Manning, Gerald Nicosia, Douglas Blazek, Jenni Fagan, K.V. Skene, David Barker, Steve Ely, Joseph Ridgwell, Hosho McCreesh, Ian Seed, Tim Wells, Richard Krech, Paul Harrison. Also, a chapter from an erotic novel by Johnny Goldcunt, translated by Sabine D'Estree. Prose: News from Nowhere: six original pieces by Will Self. Graphics: b&w images by artist Jase Daniels. Also, a rare image from R. Crumb. Special section: As Close As It Gets by US poet Fred Voss. Includes new poems, a critical essay by Alan Dent (editor of The Penniless Press) and an in-depth, exclusive interview with Mr. Voss by Jules Smith, author of Art, Survival and So Forth: The Poetry of Charles Bukowski (Wrecking Ball Press, 2000). Also 'comments' from, amongst others, the likes of Gerald Locklin, Joan Jobe Smith and Martin Bax of the legendary Ambit. General information: 104 pages. Large format, approx. 7"/175mm wide x 250mm/10" tall. Handbound at the Tangerine Press workshop, using acid-free papers and boards, conservation glue, hemp cord; distinctive Tangerine logo stamped onto the front cover in orange ink (numbered copies) and black ink (lettered copies); 3-colour title page. There are 74 numbered and 26 lettered copies available for sale. Body text set in Baskerville Old Face--three other classic fonts are used throughout the journal.
Like all sublime presses they offer a LETTERED/SIGNED: £63.00
26 lettered/signed copies: Quarter bound with Colorado Pearl cloth spine and Japanese Moriki Kozo paper covered boards--the paper colour changes with each letter (colours include: Burnt Orange, Brown, Golden Rod, Hot Orange, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Purple); 3-page 'stepped' 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes front endpapers--the page colours being Burst Orange, Terracotta and Apple Green; 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes Burst Orange back endpapers; 100gsm Heritage Book White archival quality, Fourdrinier made, acid-free text paper.
As well as a NUMBERED: £33.00
74 numbered/signed copies: Fully bound in Colorado Pearl cloth covered boards; 3-page 'stepped' 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes front endpapers--the page colours being Burst Orange, Terracotta and Apple Green; 160gsm Canson Mi-Tientes Burst Orange back endpapers; 85gsm Off-White Fabriano Bio Prima archival quality acid-free text paper.
I know it ain't chicken scratch, but on the off chance you hit the Pick 3 this week, check out the insanely beautiful Wm. Wantling books while you're there. ONLY IN THE SUN is sold out, but THE FIX is available (though it must be pretty damn close to being sold out too). Don't quote me on it, but they are the only places I've found to read lots of his terrific work.
And they are beautifully made, by a human being, with his own two hands... so there's that too.
See what I mean? Awesome!
June 10, 2011
Waltzing Matilda...
'Why Waltzing Matilda,' you ask? Well hot off the eRacks: skive magazine published by Matthew Ward of Australia's Mary Celeste Press. There are US and Non-US purchasing options for the print edition, and an eBook (or is it eMag?) for those that prefer. And if that ain't enough, there's also a free PDF Sampler for anyone on the fence hemming and hawing.
As to for gorgeous new cover for my first (free!) 2Shot--courtesy of the unending talents of Sean Lynch--I suppose the thread here is a loose one at best: the main character in Taco Fairy goes for a little walkabout in the story, and probably ends up regretting it. The 2Shot has also been added at Goodreads--so add it to your shelf.
And, just for the hell of it, if you aren't familiar with the Pogues tune "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" take a few minutes and give it a listen--a song so good it don't need no stinkin' video!
As to for gorgeous new cover for my first (free!) 2Shot--courtesy of the unending talents of Sean Lynch--I suppose the thread here is a loose one at best: the main character in Taco Fairy goes for a little walkabout in the story, and probably ends up regretting it. The 2Shot has also been added at Goodreads--so add it to your shelf.
And, just for the hell of it, if you aren't familiar with the Pogues tune "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" take a few minutes and give it a listen--a song so good it don't need no stinkin' video!
May 30, 2011
"& what if she would've just taken the ear."
The fine folks at featherproof books have offer up yet another of their brilliant, free mini-books...this one by Molly Gaudry. As a snazzy-cool bonus, they were kind enough to credit me for the aforementioned line--borrowed from 'For All These Wretched, Beautiful, & Insignificant Things So Uselessly & Carelessly Destroyed...'
Not only is Molly is a small press champion, but--man--she's just good people. As if that's not enough, she's also a whip-smart, & razor-lined writer...call her a modern McCullers...as evidenced in 'Portrait of a Modern Family,' and her other fine work. Check them out--both Molly and featherproof are worth a good look.
Not only is Molly is a small press champion, but--man--she's just good people. As if that's not enough, she's also a whip-smart, & razor-lined writer...call her a modern McCullers...as evidenced in 'Portrait of a Modern Family,' and her other fine work. Check them out--both Molly and featherproof are worth a good look.
May 29, 2011
GPP Reader now a Free eBook
I'm happy to announce that the Guerilla Poetics Project has recently made the GPP Reader available as a free eBook--so those of you with all manner of elctro-reading devices run, don't walk, to the internets nearest you. That's right folks, I said free... now be the first on your block to own it, because y'all know the price is right!
From the description:
"Presenting work by such underground luminaries as David Barker, justin barrett, Luis C. Berriozabal, JJ Cambell, Alan Catlin, Leonard J. Cirino, Glenn W Cooper, Christopher Cunningham, Soheyl Dahi, Dave Donovan, Doug Draime, Nathan Graziano, S.A. Griffin, Christopher Harter, Richard Krech, Mike Kriesel, Ellaraine Lockie, Adrian Manning, Hosho McCreesh, Brian McGettrick, Amanda Oaks, Bob Pajich, Kathleen Paul-Flanagan, Michael Phillips, Sam Pierstorff, C. Allen Rearick, Charles P. Ries, Ross Runfola, William Taylor, Jr., and Don Winter, the GPP Reader delivers the very best in small press poetry.
GPP Poets and Operatives have covertly smuggled over 50,000 beautiful, letterpress broadsides into bookstores and libraries worldwide, and have been written about in the Wasatch Journal, Utne Reader, Poets & Writers, and featured in Quercus Review #7. Open the right book, and the GPP might just find you."
Find the free eBook HERE.
From the description:
"Presenting work by such underground luminaries as David Barker, justin barrett, Luis C. Berriozabal, JJ Cambell, Alan Catlin, Leonard J. Cirino, Glenn W Cooper, Christopher Cunningham, Soheyl Dahi, Dave Donovan, Doug Draime, Nathan Graziano, S.A. Griffin, Christopher Harter, Richard Krech, Mike Kriesel, Ellaraine Lockie, Adrian Manning, Hosho McCreesh, Brian McGettrick, Amanda Oaks, Bob Pajich, Kathleen Paul-Flanagan, Michael Phillips, Sam Pierstorff, C. Allen Rearick, Charles P. Ries, Ross Runfola, William Taylor, Jr., and Don Winter, the GPP Reader delivers the very best in small press poetry.
GPP Poets and Operatives have covertly smuggled over 50,000 beautiful, letterpress broadsides into bookstores and libraries worldwide, and have been written about in the Wasatch Journal, Utne Reader, Poets & Writers, and featured in Quercus Review #7. Open the right book, and the GPP might just find you."
Find the free eBook HERE.
April 29, 2011
Something Random...Back in Print Soon
After almost a decade out of print, there's talk that my second book Something Random & Tragic to Set the Guts Aflame...will once again be available, this time from Mary Celeste Press of Australia. It will be an expanded 3rd edition, perfect bound, fleshed out with a cache of unpublished poems all written during the era. Additionally we're planning to record readings of all included poems, and make them available both here, and at the Mary Celeste website.
For those keeping score, Mary Celeste Press is the revamped Mockfrog Press, both edited by Matthew Ward. He was one of the very first editors to support my work, and the first to send me a trans-Pacific letter asking for a chapbook-length manuscript. That was a great day. I am delighted to be working with him again, and I am especially glad that anyone who missed the book way back in 2001-2002 can finally get hold of not only the original work, but an expanded third edition. More specifics as they come in.
Have you sent me a postal address where you can be reached? No?! Pish posh...you're among friends here! If you'd like to share your address, you can reach me via the CONTACT FORM on the INFO page.
In other news: the week began with kind words for my three new poems featured at the Rusty Truck (who doesn't have any artwork I can swipe to promote it...hint hint), which then got re-popped here and here, and ended with a right fine review from the hallowed halls of the Lilliput Review. My thanks to Scot, Jack, Tyler, and Don for giving my work such opportunity & praise.
And it's a week late--but thanks, as well, to Ben Tanzer for the quick shout over at This Blog Will Change Your Life.
For those keeping score, Mary Celeste Press is the revamped Mockfrog Press, both edited by Matthew Ward. He was one of the very first editors to support my work, and the first to send me a trans-Pacific letter asking for a chapbook-length manuscript. That was a great day. I am delighted to be working with him again, and I am especially glad that anyone who missed the book way back in 2001-2002 can finally get hold of not only the original work, but an expanded third edition. More specifics as they come in.
Have you sent me a postal address where you can be reached? No?! Pish posh...you're among friends here! If you'd like to share your address, you can reach me via the CONTACT FORM on the INFO page.
In other news: the week began with kind words for my three new poems featured at the Rusty Truck (who doesn't have any artwork I can swipe to promote it...hint hint), which then got re-popped here and here, and ended with a right fine review from the hallowed halls of the Lilliput Review. My thanks to Scot, Jack, Tyler, and Don for giving my work such opportunity & praise.
And it's a week late--but thanks, as well, to Ben Tanzer for the quick shout over at This Blog Will Change Your Life.
April 6, 2011
The New NEWS Page...
While I can hardly abide the idea that the fruitless ways I dither away my days need somehow be chronicled, and while I certainly don't think I'm interesting enough to necessitate a blog, or Facebook page, or Twitter feed, or whatever the hell...I will reluctantly admit that there should be a better way for me to let you, my small but committed band of readers, know what's going on. So, welcome, one and all, to the brand new NEWS section--a half-assed and hair-brained attempt to keep most of my boring life offline. Believe me, if you were sitting in this chair, you'd thank me. If I can figure out what it is, and how to it works, I'll add a RSS feed for ease in getting the occasional updates. I'll likely announce new projects (including the pre-sale of special editions), or new audio, or interviews, or publications, or just new stuff added to the website. Hopefully this will be enough to keep you up-to-date without being shelled by electro-garbage and emails.
In other news: Over the years, I've written short stories. I'm making them available (most for the first time)--2 for $.99--on as many eBook platforms as I can. The far-off details of a short story collection are still in the works, so this seemed the best way to make them available until then. If you're an eBook type, or want to read them on your phone, or computer, follow the link below. As ever, I appreciate the support. The first 2Shot can be found HERE--on the cuff!
Also: I'm keeping a mailing list--not just email, but regular mail too. If you'd like your name and/or address added (or updated, if you've recently moved) drop me a quick line via the contact form on the bottom of the INFO page, and I'll fix you up. I know what you're thinking: "Why the hell should I give you my address, McCreesh?" Well, I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for that. Rest assured, there's at least a 67% chance I won't knock on your door at some rainy, unforgivable hour, and beg to sleep on an old couch. I almost never do that anymore.
