Fragments is the September – December Children, Churches, & Daddies Magazine anthology collection published by Scars Publications and is available now!  The collection is a 6″ x 9″, 322 page ISBN paperback book, and features my poem Denise’s Prerogative, alongside other selections of poetry, prose, and artwork.  Also available now from Scars Publications is their 2012 Literary Datebook, a 134 page, spiral bound, week-per-page datebook, featuring selected poems from Down In The Dirt Magazine and CC&D, and my poem At The Gate will be featured for the week of November 11 – 17.  All ordering information can be found on the Scars Publications website.  Support independent presses, authors, & artists by buying books this holiday season!

“I devoured over half the book in the parking lot outside the post office.  I pulled over three blocks later, lit a cigarette and devoured the other half.  I would like to have a beer with Gladeview.  He is a natural story-teller with an astute eye, scathing wit, and a wicked sense of humour!  The book features striking cover ar by award-winning photographer Eleanor Bennett.  Absolutely stunning in its content and creation – another winner from PigeonBike Press.  This isn’t a POD press, these books are built from ground zero, each book you can feel the adventure by touch alone…”  – Wolf Carstens, Epic Rites Press

“Just Ignore The Beer Stains is the work of a true barstool prophet.  Gladeview writes accessible, engaging poetry on the darkness and the light of the everyday and the Everyman, dispensing shots of wit and more than a few lingering chasers of wisdom.”  – Chris Yurkoski, Domesday Notebook

“The poems hit harder than Mike Tyson.”  – John Yamrus

I am proud to announce that my first full-length poetry collection Just Ignore The Beer Stains from PigeonBike Press has been released into the wild and is now available for purchase!  The collection is 54 poems spanning 72 pages and is 100% hard-hittin fun, all for $20 shipped right to your doorstep.  Books make for great holiday stocking stuffers, order your copy today and thanks for supporting small presses!

PigeonBike Press has released its new print venture, Babel, a chapbook featuring a poem of mine as well  as others by Tom Riordan, Frankie Metro, Silent Lotus, Jack Cooper, Matt Galleta, & Michael Andrew, not to mention short fiction by RL Raymond.  The chapbook is 16 pages printed on 28lb slick paper with black & white graphics, a gem of a collection  for a bargin basement price of 3 dollars!  Ordering information can be found at PigeonBike Press and while you’re there, be sure to browse other titles available from PigeonBike by RL Raymond, Milner Place, & Penn Kemp.

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!

Beyond The Broken Bridge is the latest print endeavor from PigeonBike Press and the issue features two of my poems.  PigeonBike Press is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, prose, and varied art mediums.  The issue is a 16 page, 8.5″ x 11″ black and white edition featuring poetry from Milner Place, Penn Kemp, Lyn Lifshin, John Yamrus, and Jack Henry among many other talented poets and authors.  All ordering information can be found at PigeonBike and while you’re there, be sure to check out R.L Raymond’s feature chapbook release Sonofabitch Poems!

One of my poems, As Disraeli Gears Plays, is featured in the July 2011 Vol. #222 print edition of Children, Churches, & Daddies!  The publication is an 84 page, 5.5″ x 8.5″ perfect bound, un-religious, and non-family oriented literary and art magazine printed monthly by Scars Publications.  Copies are $7.57 and ordering information can be found here.  Thanks as always for supporting independent presses and authors, now go order yourself an issue!

Two of my poems, Blind Date and The French Lick, are featured in the inaugural print edition of PigeonBike’s Trash & Crackers!  The line-up for this issue is spectacular, featuring poetry by Wolf Carstens, Milner Place, Rob Plath, and John Yamrus among many other talented authors.  Copies are just six bucks, so would it break the bank to buy just one?  All ordering information can be found at PigeonBike and thank you for supporting independent presses and underground voices!