If you haven’t already done so, hightail it over to PigeonBike Press to snatch your copies of RL Raymonds’s feature release Sonofabitch Poems and Milner Place’s new chapbook collection Joe & Maisie Fay.  While you’re there, also be sure to browse other PigeonBike titles like Penn Kemp’s Helwa! and Beyond The Broken Bridge that are guaranteed to wet your whistle.  Still crave more?  Take a tour of Epic Rites Press and subscribe to Tree Killer Ink, their flagship print magazine that comes bundled with titles from John Yamrus, Mike Meraz, and Mike Taylor.  Point and click your way into their online store and grab new releases from Rob Plath and Jack Henry, as well as previously released works by Karl Koweski, Jason Hardung, and Todd Moore.  Buy a title to stuff a stocking or throw at an enemy, either way thanks for supporting independent presses!

Scars Publications recently released its May through August 2011 CC&D anthology book entitled Prominent Pen, which features poetry, prose, and selected Scars series chapbook pieces.  Two of my poems, As Disraeli Gears Plays and At The Gate, are published in this exceptional collection.  The edition is a 332 page, 6″ x 9″ paperback ISBN book for $22.75 and worth every dime.  Along with Prominent Pen, Children, Churches, & Daddies has published its September print issue and features my poem, Denise’s Prerogative.  The magazine is an 84 page, 5.5″ x 8.5″ perfect bound book boasting a radical sampling of poetry, prose, and artwork – for only $7.57!  Order one or grab both, either way you win!