Mile Markers

My new chapbook, Mile Zero, a portion of a full-length manuscript of the same name is now available for order from Maverick Duck Press. It's put together almost as a biographical timeline, from growing up in Alaska, to working in the Arctic, through my MFA (where ironically I studied fiction). I'm excited this one will soon be out in the world! GO GET YOURS HERE!

And since the full cover wrap is up over there, I'll show it here, too (I had a lot of fun doing that MDP logo):



















Also, it came to my attention yesterday that my mildly notorious Tinkerbell story, "Every Time A Fairy Gets Laid" has been read over 900 times at Fictionaut, which is pretty astounding to me. This story is, of course, also in Prize Winners, which is still on SALE for $6 through Saturday!

Banned Books

It is Banned Books Week. If you've read just about anything I have written you know that I believe in writing about what makes some people uncomfortable, the things people don't want to talk about. The fact that a Banned Books Week is necessary is astounding, but it is a great event that calls attention not only to some amazing books, but also to our perceptions and judgments as a society.

LEARN MORE ABOUT BANNED BOOKS WEEK!

During Banned Books Week, my story collection, Prize Winners is on sale for $6 at ADP. GO GET YOURS!

Things I Should Have Told You

I have a poem called "For the Birds" in Big Lucks 4. It is an awesome issue. I'm stoked to have this poem in there. I wrote it for Joseph Millar, one of my favorite poets. GO GET A COPY!

I have a story in Nouns of Assemblage, the Housefire anthology that includes everyone ever (including my imaginary best friendsies, xTx and Ben Tanzer). It's good stuff. GO GET YOU SOME!

Speaking of Housefire, one of the most brutal things I've ever written, "Bark Until Your Voice is Raw" is up today over there. READ IT!

And for some true RWB overload, Meg Tuite and the kind folks at Connotation Press have a review of Prize Winners, an interview with yours truly, and the title story from the collection. GO GIVE YOURSELF A RWB ANEURYSM!

And if that last bit gets you hot and bothered don't forget you can buy your very own copy of Prize Winners HERE. Or even HERE.



phew... now take a deep breath.

ADP Evolution

2 years ago this month is when the seed of Artistically Declined Press first started to germinate. What started as a simple musing of some distant future possibility became a reality with the support, guidance, and simple “let’s go for it” nudge of my friend Paula Bomer. Since that time, ADP has grown and released four books (with a fifth on the way next month) and three issues of Sententia. All of these releases have been individually, and as a group, some of the proudest moments of my life.

But what is life without change? As ADP continues to grow and define its vision and niche in the small press world it has come time for change. As such Paula Bomer has moved in her own unique direction with the creation of Sententia Books (http://sententiabooks.com/). Sententia, the journal will move, too, and become a lynchpin of Bomer’s new adventure, where she will also be publishing books including titles by Keith Nathan Brown and Scott Wrobel, two of my own favorite voices in the world of modern literature, both small press and beyond.

For its part, ADP will continue publishing quality books devoted to great writing and design, with many exciting projects for the next couple years already in the works. While the closing of chapters can be sad, they are also exciting for the possibilities the future holds. And ADP wishes Sententia Books and Bomer nothing but success on this new venture.


Sincerely,
RWB


(While Sententia, the journal and its future issues will follow Bomer and be a product of Sententia Books, ADP will proudly continue to offer issues 1-3 in our store).

FOR MORE, VISIT ARTISTICALLY DECLINED PRESS