Fractured Fairy Tales

by William Merricle

Crisis Chronicles Press gleefully announces the publication of Fractured Fairy Tales, a new chapbook by William Merricle, on 26 February 2016. Merricle has long been one of my favorite writers, with incomparable wit, wordplay, dark humor and insight. And this collection of 29 poem tales showcases his work at its finest. Only $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3344 W. 105th Street #4, Cleveland, Ohio 44111 USA.

Fractured Fairy Tales is 34 pages, hand assembled and saddle stapled, with red card stock cover, black card stock end papers and white pages. Laser printed. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN 978-1-940996-31-8. Limited first edition of 99 copies.

34 pages, Chapbook

Published February 26, 2016

About the author

William Merricle was once the assistant manager of a ramshackle soft-porn movie palace. He would open the observation window and glide paper airplanes inscribed with quotes from Heidegger over the engrossed congregants below.

He is a poet living in Lima, Ohio, and the author of eight chapbooks. His Contempt of Gravity: The Complete Published Poems, 1981–2020 was published by Crisis Chronicles Press on New Year's Day 2022.

Photo of William Merricle by Chandra Alderman, used with permission.

You may contact the author at hexaplasm@gmail.com.