A GUIDE FOR THE PRACTICAL ABDUCTEE Has a Cover! And you can buy it soon!

So you may have already seen this on Twitter or Facebook or at the Red Bird Chapbooks page. If not, check it out! (And if so, check it out again!)

Red Bird Chapbooks, June 2014.

Holy crap, right? The designer and publisher, Dana Hoeschen, let me have a ton of input on this. We went through a few different designs, but as soon as I saw this UFO image, I knew this was The Cover. When we talked about fonts, I mentioned old-school sci fi magazines as something to draw on. And Dana nailed it there, as well. Look at it! Isn’t it pretty?

I’m so thrilled for this book. It’s the first chapbook I sold. I actually got the email while I was at Austin Comic Con, which is oddly appropriate, considering what the book looks like! And, well, the contents are pretty spooky, too. UFOs, crop circles, the wolfman, lake monsters, urban legends, ouija boards and necromancy are just a few slices of what’s inside. It’s a very small volume, but I’d like to think it packs a punch.

The book will be available for purchase AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK (!!!!) from Red Bird Chapbooks. I’ll be making arrangements with local-to-Austin distributors, and hopefully a few places in my home state of Maine as well. If you are a reviewer, and you think your blog or publication would be a good fit for speculative poetry, please email me! I’ll be available for all the usual — interviews, guest posts, shenanigans.

Teachers and librarians — YES, this book is appropriate for middle and high school. There are a couple swear words, but the content is “clean” and the topics are accessible and of interest to young readers. YES I will be offering the same Skype and school visit “perks” that I always do for classes or book clubs who buy a set or assign one of my books for the whole group: a free half-hour Skype visit or a discounted in-person visit (for local schools, libraries and book clubs). A reading guide is in the works. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, I sincerely hope that y’all enjoy this book. And look at that cover! Don’t you just want to pet it?