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'Festo
Now, a bit on the Pass The Amyl Press ethos, if you’ll indulge me.
Having given the publishing world a good sniff over the last few years, I’ve decided that no-one’s going to lavish the love and attention on my gear like, well, I am… so I’m going rogue.
I’ve been around the bit, made video, done the web thing, marketing, worked in publishing – the vision is locked in and I figure fuck it, why not get on with it?
Pass The Amyl Press is my indie label, a place where my dubious taste and aesthetic is king, where I’m not going to hang around for gatekeepers and chin-strokers.
CHEAPA SKIPS is the first stage in a multi-pronged experiment in activating readers while avoiding the stench of association with exploitative, scorched earth platforms like… well, for starters, Amazon.
It is my solemn vow to you, gentle soul, that I will never tether this project’s wagon to that bloke Jeff’s Satanic Mill in any way, shape or form.
Sure, that sounds counter-productive.
Nose to spite face, all that.
But the line needs to be drawn. It’s political, man.
Furthermore, you’ll be getting my digital publications as fixed layout ePubs and PDFs.
Why’s that?
Well, there’s a graphic design vision supporting these narratives, and I’m hell bent on the presentation of these works matching the print (on demand, for now) versions.
We’re talking illustration, typographic experimentation, QR codes branching off into extra feature, soundtracks and sonic landscapes.
Like so.
Stuff that your e-reading devices mangle unless they’re tamed a wee bit. I hope you’ll bear with me and agree a few restrictions are worth it when you behold the finished product.
Being a writer with a pre-loaded aesthetic vision terrifies publishers, so I guess it’s up to me to get my stuff out into the universe, to a standard I find acceptable.
That means if you’re on an iOS device – grab the ePub, and if you’re Windows or Android based, I’ll fix you up with a sexy lookin’ PDF.
I’ll give you a collection of places to buy my gear, and I’ll make sure there’s a format you can access.
Just do us a fave, eh?
Spread the word on the socials, knock out review on your blog or Good Reads or whatever… I’ll take care of you, promise.
Let’s do this thing.
Having given the publishing world a good sniff over the last few years, I’ve decided that no-one’s going to lavish the love and attention on my gear like, well, I am… so I’m going rogue.
I’ve been around the bit, made video, done the web thing, marketing, worked in publishing – the vision is locked in and I figure fuck it, why not get on with it?
Pass The Amyl Press is my indie label, a place where my dubious taste and aesthetic is king, where I’m not going to hang around for gatekeepers and chin-strokers.
CHEAPA SKIPS is the first stage in a multi-pronged experiment in activating readers while avoiding the stench of association with exploitative, scorched earth platforms like… well, for starters, Amazon.
It is my solemn vow to you, gentle soul, that I will never tether this project’s wagon to that bloke Jeff’s Satanic Mill in any way, shape or form.
Sure, that sounds counter-productive.
Nose to spite face, all that.
But the line needs to be drawn. It’s political, man.
Furthermore, you’ll be getting my digital publications as fixed layout ePubs and PDFs.
Why’s that?
Well, there’s a graphic design vision supporting these narratives, and I’m hell bent on the presentation of these works matching the print (on demand, for now) versions.
We’re talking illustration, typographic experimentation, QR codes branching off into extra feature, soundtracks and sonic landscapes.
Like so.
Stuff that your e-reading devices mangle unless they’re tamed a wee bit. I hope you’ll bear with me and agree a few restrictions are worth it when you behold the finished product.
Being a writer with a pre-loaded aesthetic vision terrifies publishers, so I guess it’s up to me to get my stuff out into the universe, to a standard I find acceptable.
That means if you’re on an iOS device – grab the ePub, and if you’re Windows or Android based, I’ll fix you up with a sexy lookin’ PDF.
I’ll give you a collection of places to buy my gear, and I’ll make sure there’s a format you can access.
Just do us a fave, eh?
Spread the word on the socials, knock out review on your blog or Good Reads or whatever… I’ll take care of you, promise.
Let’s do this thing.
CHEAPA SKIPS: OUT NOW
Cheapa Skips: The Feel-Bad Sessions '20/21 is in the wild NOW!
It’s chockers with environmental angst, WASPy beach town cannibalism cults, brain machine interfaces, seedy small town crims, gnarly bush justice and more. Get on it:
DIGITAL ($1.99USD/ $2.75ish AUD)
PRINT ON DEMAND ($6.49USD/ $8.99ish AU)
PRAISE:
'12-Fuck Faced pieces of Totally Irresponsible Prose covering Women to Daddy to Music to Life. And I'm here for it' - DuVay Knox, author The Pussy Detective and The Soul Collector
'Spike, snort, huff and toke on twelve grams of the sordid, the jaded, the gonzo and the profane. Cheapa Skips is a hit of the pure stuff - balls deep and punk AF, Australian sleaze right in the mainline' - J. Ashley-Smith, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Ariadne, I Love You and The Attic Tragedy
'It’s the tone and voice of Garth’s work that’s really compelling' - Lori-Jay Ellis, CEO, Queensland Writers Centre
'An exhilarating ride that oozes the true underbelly of Australia that our mainstream media ignores' - Justin Hamilton, Big Squid
'Garth’s writing is like Bret Easton Ellis, Nikki Sixx and David Lee Roth had a literary baby' - Sebastian Vice, Outcast Press
Check out the launch video here.
More information at the Pass The Amyl Press here.
⚡️
TALES FROM THE FUCK-YOU-NI-VERSE
HOME BREWED, VAMPIRE BULLETS - TALES FROM THE FUCK-U-NI-VERSE collects six irreverent, mongrel punk shots of debauched lunacy from the wider Home Brewed cosmology.
Get it here!
Get it here!
⚡ HOME BREWED, now available on AMAZON.
Welp, as the poet said:
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
In this case, late stage capitalism is the bear and my fervent desire to have my stuff in as many eyeballs as possible is the tasty snack.
So now you can get your mitts on HOME BREWED in print and Kindle over at the Bezos mothership.
You can also grab a copy over at the slightly (but not much) less evil Apple Books and Google Play.
Be sure to leave a review and all.
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
In this case, late stage capitalism is the bear and my fervent desire to have my stuff in as many eyeballs as possible is the tasty snack.
So now you can get your mitts on HOME BREWED in print and Kindle over at the Bezos mothership.
You can also grab a copy over at the slightly (but not much) less evil Apple Books and Google Play.
Be sure to leave a review and all.
