Catalogue.
Zigeunertnze.
poetry.
Adam Henry Carriere.
A Gypsys dance and his music are elaborate and fantastical, understood somehow in all the lands he travels. Like Carrieres collection of poems, ZIGEUNERTNZE, the Gypsy bewitches with his sparkling, lively strangeness. And like the Roma, the ostinato of this book is romantic love, sometimes embodied, other times imagined and wished for. Stylistically tense as a well-strung bow, and agile with a turn of phrase, ZIGEUNERTNZE runs the scale of human emotions from a place of unspeakable longing that begs articulation.
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Richard, Zombie King.
fiction.
Robert C.J. Graves.
Richard Diemar is under a love spell cast by a beautiful witch who tricks him into murdering his father and brothers. After she refuses to marry him, he flees to a settlement of polygamists, steals the patriarchs youngest wife, and takes her to New Orleans where a voodoo mambo turns them into zombies. Richard escapes living-death when a snake G.o.d shows him how to travel through inner-dimensions found in shadows. He reunites with the witch, whose spell still holds him, when he finds her reincarnated as a giant serpent, and together they set out to build a zombie kingdom. Packed with love, betrayal, dark history, and heady revenge, RICHARD, ZOMBIE KING is full of what readers crave: myth, murder, mayhem, magic, the dead, and, of course, the undead. Laissez les terreurs commencer!
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s.p.a.ced.
poetry from South Asia.
Sheikha A.
s.p.a.cED speaks to a time that hasnt yet forgotten, or forgiven. Each poem is an echo, a voice leveled in tonality, like a sounder that is used to measure the depth of water but in the process causes reverberating ripples all around its s.p.a.ce. Author Sheikha A. navigates the philosophies of love and spirituality in search of the aura beating within both. Can adoration be alchemized into new forms of divinity, into images that transcend demarcations into lucidity? s.p.a.cED eschews reasoning for feeling, exploring avenues of balance within imagery and patience through the beauty of the precisely-selected word. There is no stillness of heart in this extensive and empathetic collection.
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The Olive Stain and other Stories fiction & photography Kristin Fouquet THE OLIVE STAIN and Other Stories is an ill.u.s.trated chapbook of fiction from celebrated New Orleans photographer Kristin Fouquet. Each tale is not only a narrative snapshot in the finest traditions of short fiction but features a bespoke visual rendering in monochrome. These distinctive portraitures of the Gothic, the idiosyncratic, and the macabre will transport you to a captivating literary landscape set amid haunting visual panoramas only a denizen of New Orleans could create.
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Ono poetry from New Zealand Mercedes Webb-Pullman ONO is the latest collection from acclaimed New Zealand poet Mercedes Webb-Pullman (LOOKING FOR KEROUAC, AFTER THE DANSE). Devotees of Mercedes kaleidoscopic oeuvre will greet this new gathering as an event; lovers of world poetry new to her work will delight in the layers of concentric etymology and pa.s.sion that infuse Mercedes prose. In ONO, indigenous Maori speech is illuminated through the subconscious of the observer, the meditations of the traveller, and the sensuality of the wanderer. Count ONO as a radiant addition to any poetry lovers bookshelf.
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Death Road fiction Robert J. Gregg DEATH ROAD is both a thriller and a shocker for young and old. Depicted are the political scene on the U.S. side of the Mexican border and the lethal rivalry between the Latinos and the "Whites, the dirty tricks, the rumors, the fights, rapes, killings, and evilest of all, the indifference. DEATH ROAD is also a story of unusual friendship and love in which right and wrong interweave, oppose, fight, die - and keep the reader arrested if not shocked. Though so many may perish on so painful and apparently senseless a road, "Life burned on unconsumed."
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The Middle-Relief Man fiction Loretta Carriere A young Afghan mujahideen arrives in France with a cache of Stinger missiles for sale. A cell of National Security Agency operatives in Paris is being systematically murdered. An American Serb obsessed with becoming a player in the Yugoslav civil war enters the fray, on a collision course with the untested emergency replacement sent to retrieve the secret US position in France. Treachery, cold war enmities, mesmeric nationalism, deeply-held faiths, and the ultimate weapon of s.e.x all intertwine in THE MIDDLE-RELIEF MAN to create a mosaic of old school espionage stripped naked before the advent of history and the eternal rules of the game.
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mango-red leaves poetry Fragano Ledgister MANGO-RED LEAVES is a fulsome collection of poems almost all in formal modes ballades, sonnets, Chaucerian roundels, villanelles, chants royal that are marked by reflection, introspection, and occasionally moments of humour, anger, and wit. It is driven by memory and history, the author Fragano Ledgisters own and the shared histories of the communities to which he belongs and in which he has lived. Through it all, Ledgister seeks to maintain a consistent voice, one that questions rather than hectors, that is amused and not weary. Poetry is not journalism, to be sure, but it can doc.u.ment stories in the same manner. These are Ledgisters little stories. They are there to fill the interstices of larger narratives, to refresh the places that prose cannot - or will not - reach.
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A House Made of Gla.s.s poetry from Serbia Tatjana Debeljaeki A HOUSE MADE OF GLa.s.s is an intimate exploration of the senses and the sensual, wrought in the spare yet pa.s.sionate verbal landscapes that have brought international acclaim to its author, Serbian poet Tatjana Debeljaeki. Each poem appears in its original Serbian form as well as in English translation: Poetry lovers in both languages will delight in this unique collection from Hammer & Anvil Books, "Les editeurs electroniques de lettres outre"...
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Raptus fiction from Bulgaria Svet di-Nahum Overtaken by ma.s.s madness, Earth is ruled by RAPTUS, a global conspiracy by corporations, banks, stock exchanges, political movements, religions, criminal cartels, and media to poison and imprison the planets very consciousness. Despite this leviathan evil, a young scientist appointed by the Inst.i.tute for International Strategic Investigations to identify what remaining Achilles" heel RAPTUS may yet possess breaks free of its Svengali-like controls and emerges to openly resist it. A Dystopian thriller for the global 21st Century, RAPTUS will arrest your imagination with prescient detail, well-honed historical veracity, and the kind of human drama that traverses the millennia.
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Looking for Kerouac travelogue / memoir from New Zealand Mercedes Webb-Pullman LOOKING FOR KEROUAC is a melange of creative non-fiction, prose and poetry, travelogue and memoir, from acclaimed New Zealand poet & author Mercedes Webb-Pullman. Layering flashbacks from her American honeymoon 30 years ago with journeys by train in search of remnants of the world of Kerouac and Co. in their cross-hatching travels over their country, "LOOKING FOR KEROUAC is certainly a piece of writing that Kerouac or any other stream-of-consciousness guru would be proud of. Allow the whole thing to hypnotize and bliss you out." (Robert Clark Young, CNF Editor, Connotation Press).
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Rwhi poetry from Oceania Benjamin Blake ~ Mich.e.l.le Gaddes ~ Leanne Hanson ~ John Holland ~ Vaughan Rapatahana ~ Mercedes Webb-Pullman RAWAHI features selected works by poets from Australia and New Zealand whose collections have been published by Hammer & Anvil Books. Each writer exemplifies both their storied native lands and their vivid contributions to the oceans of world poetry. Every lover of international prose will delight in Rwhi ~ Poetry from Oceania, which also features ill.u.s.trations inspired by the Orient by Chicago artist Jeffrey Littleton.
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Quicksand fiction Arlene Greene Arlene Greenes debut novel QUICKSAND is a jewel of resonant and memorable images: scenes that will echo for the reader forever. The characters are those found in the most ubiquitous encounters - beleaguered by economic pressure, and how that duress impacts love, loyalty, and, especially, family and its ties. Yet Greene never reaches for the easy palliatives of pathos or romance. Hers is a keen eye, but a determinedly compa.s.sionate one. Readers will easily identify with each family members struggle as they unfurl within their unique perspectives, providing a gripping foretaste into their own psyches as well as our own. QUICKSAND is a vivid and powerful unveiling that leaves readers with a no-holds-barred story that ultimately fills the heart.
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Nightmares a collection of tales J. Eric Castro NIGHTMARES is a compilation of short tales spanning a range of personal creative chaos. We live in a world of collective a.s.saults on the psyche; here, a nightmarish gallery of colorful muggings takes a variety of story-telling shapes. From the apocalyptic to the tragic, the Biblical and existential, the experimental to the demonic, mirrors of belief are held up to the authors many voices - and to the readers. Under the spells of Lovecraft and Aesop, author J. Eric Castro returns to the streets where he grew up and makes them yours. NIGHTMARES builds on the success of author Castros baseball drama, Rowdies (Outskirts Press, 2011) and marks his imagining as one to watch.
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La liebre de marzo ~ The March Hare fiction from Uruguay Marosa di Giorgio, translated by Kathryn A. Kopple Marosa di Giorgio, a Uruguayan poet of considerable reputation, auth.o.r.ed over a dozen works, and won numerous awards in her career. Her hybrid poetics-tone, sonics, puns, playfulness, enigmatic poetic prose-astound poets and readers to this day. Her darkest pieces are often followed by poems that cause pure delight, combining unusual phrasing with spectacular visual images. It was said of her, perhaps more than any other Latin American writer, that at its finest her poetry literally "glistened," radiating with a l.u.s.trous sparkle. Kathryn A. Kopple, author of the acclaimed Little Velsquez (Mirth Press, 2012) brings her scholarship in Latin American studies and love of language to bear in this bespoke translation of Marosa di Giorgios LA LIEBRE DE MARZO ~ The March Hare.
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Kate Moss & Other Heroines fiction from the United Kingdom Samantha Memi British chef and author Samantha Memi takes lovers of short fiction on a tour de force of the kind of dark humour unique to Londoners. With t.i.tles such as Kate Moss Versus the Millipede, Lamborghinis Dont Cry, Rebellious Shoes, The Lizards Don Giovanni, and (ahem) The Virtuous Qualities of a Used Tampax, readers know they are in for an E-Ticket wild ride across the indie lit landscape. Fasten your lap straps!
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A Feather of Fujiyama poetry from Bulgaria Bozhidar Pangelov Bozhidar Pangelov has been present among contemporary Bulgarian poets for some time. a long time. He is a poet who manages to disorder the order of the usual in order to breach a material world for a more human world of ideas and feelings. Using dramatic tensions within the poetic and semantic, Pangelovs spare yet verdant imagery evokes the sound of bamboo sticks and Zen Buddhist monks, poem after poem. Writer and poet Palmi Ranchev says, "Pangelov will enrich the palette of world poetry with new colors and nuances." With a light melancholy of something desired but not known to the end, forgotten but endlessly close, no lover of international verse will go unmoved by Bozhidar Pangelovs A FEATHER OF FUJIYAMA.
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Phantasizer Tales of Dread and the Fantastic Kyle Hemmings PHANTASIZER collection of stories ranges from Sci-fi to Horror to Alternate History to Fantasy to Bizzaro, with even a bit of humor thrown in. From a young runaway who finds she can telepathically communicate with wounded birds to an ill-fated desert expedition sent to search for a missing archaeologist, to an autistic man"s unwitting attempts in foiling a terrorist"s scheme, these pieces do not sacrifice character to plot or theme. Nor does the author shy away from shedding some light on the human condition. There is something for all and sundry in this eclectic mix, where everyone has at least one skeleton in his or her closet...and some bones scattered under the bed as well. PHANTASIZER is a must for lovers of the macabre, the dark, the mystical, the unknown, and the unpredictable. Lisa J. Cihlar, author of The Insomniac"s House, remarks, "I was up late reading PHANTASIZER, and then afraid to go to bed. In the end, I dare you to look away."
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The Water-Lily Bloom A domestic tragedy in one act J.C. Frampton A ghostly visit from a dead father harboring venomous resentments begins a searing rearrangement of personal ident.i.ty for Angela Windom, the sophisticated, urban-professional heroine of THE WATER-LILY BLOOM, a young woman for whom the tragic Lady of Shalott is a lifelong alter ego. Visiting unannounced the mother she and her police-officer father abandoned two decades earlier, expecting to find solace over his shocking death, she is instead cast into a maelstrom of conflicting emotions and the slowly emerging reality surrounding this Ja.n.u.s-faced man suspiciously central to her life. This deeper truth, about herself, the mother she once harshly condemned, the man she only believed to be her father, and the small-town roue detestably her true father, thrusts Angela into an agony of spiritual confusion, challenging every foundation of a once-confident and a.s.sertive selfhood. In the naturalist tradition of August Strindberg, this tightly strung one-act play by an accomplished writer of fiction and drama is a fitting tour de force for Hammer & Anvil Books" first venture into drama.
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Into the Blue on New Year"s Eve flash fiction from Russia Valery V. Petrovskiy Petrovskiy is an acclaimed author from the Chuvashia region of Russia. His work has appeared in journals from around the world, and he is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a finalist to the 2012 Open Russia Literary Contest. From his remote village near the Volga River, Petrovskiy crafts a multihued alb.u.m of short fictions in the grand traditions of Turgenev and Gogol. These stories exude the warmth of family, the wonder of youth, and the love of language. INTO THE BLUE ON NEW YEARS EVE will delight lovers of Russian fiction and fans of flash fiction alike.
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Under the Dog Star poetry from Australia John Holland In this new collection of poetry from the pen of Australian writer John Holland, we see a further development of the ideas and concepts explored in his first book, Dry Bones.
"UNDER THE DOG STAR is a powerful collection that takes us here and there, inside and out the mind of the poet, observing the struggle, pain and doubts no human escapes, watching the intelligence dancing in a circle of stones around an inner drain. This collection feels made in the nighttime where the poet has dared to face the demons for us, finding his way back via the Dog Star"s bright beam with packages tucked under his arm of truths he discovered and gives to us to open in the comfort of daylight, after our peaceful sleep." ~ Nia Simone, author.
Dry Bones, which was published first as an e-book by Hammer & Anvil Books in 2012, has been widely acclaimed, reaching #1 on the Poetry / Australia and Oceania best-seller list on Amazon Kindle. UNDER THE DOG STAR builds on this success while creating a new s.p.a.ce within both Australian and world poetry.
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Dry Bones.
poetry from Australia.
John Holland.
In DRY BONES, readers travel into the outback from page one, ready or not, into unknown territory where they can dance in the dirt and walk with horses. John Holland is a warm blooded writer with a true appreciation for the beauty of his country and the big expanse of nature. And, while he is spa.r.s.e with his words and metaphors, his poems travel like song-lines over the land he loves, giving voice to the heartland of the tropical north. Here we see something different to what we have come to expect from current poets. The beat and rhythm of Australian poetry are there, but there is also a far deeper questioning of why and how we are here and our connection to an uncertain universe. DRY BONES will not leave you untouched.
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Death of a Lottery Foe.
A Harry Krisman Mystery.
Tom Sheehan.
Introduced to readers in Murder at the Forum (Hammer & Anvil Books, 2012, "A story with elegance and grace" - Tricia Crisafuli, Faith-Hope-and Fiction) Harry Krisman, failed hockey pro turned detective, returns, hot on the trail of mismanaged lottery funds. In a colorful ocean of avarice and general incompetence, murder comes on the scene - as well as an array of silent enemies of freedom. Their shadowy machinations light a fire under both Harry and a lively corps of faithful citizens who call upon experience in their own wars to combat these villains. Midwest Book Review calls author Tom Sheehan "...the sort of writer who comes along once in a readers lifetime." DEATH OF A LOTTERY FOE, the second Harry Krisman mystery, bears out this praise.
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Murder at the Forum.
A Harry Krisman Mystery.
Tom Sheehan.
Misery comes in short order, and murder is often a step behind. Too, murder is not particular - certainly not to the Campus de Fleurs-de-Lys, a secret society veiled for centuries deep within the French nation. Using a soldier stained with defeat at Dien Bien Phu as their p.a.w.n, the Campus re-emerges in Montreal, Quebec, during the 1960s. Squaring off against them is Harry Krisman, whose private investigations draw him ever closer to this sinister penumbra. With Les Habitants and their screaming fans as the milieu, MURDER AT THE FORUM introduces mystery mavens and sports fans alike to a new hero from the distant past whose adventures will thrill the house.
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Antiope.
poetry from Ireland.
Peter ONeill.
According to Homer, Antiope slept with Zeus and from their encounter bore two sons, Amphion and Zethus, who are the subject of Euripides play Antiope, of which only fragments now remain. ANTIOPE is Peter O Neills first short collection of 28 poems, the first part of a greater work in 4 parts called The Dark Pool. Like the nineteenth century French Symbolists who have so clearly influenced him, ONeills skill at blending both pagan and Christian mythological motifs gives this singular collection a most distinctive and decisively modern Irish voice that daringly disturbs old gender and stylistic models while making the mundane seem epic - and putting the sublime within our reach.
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Hitchc.o.c.k Hotel.
poetry to be murdered by...
Lyn Lifhsin.
Hitchc.o.c.k. The mere name, a touchstone of the macabre. Creator of countless memories and thrills, mysteries and chills. Yet, the indelible stories he told, the masterpieces he created, must stand astride the cannily crafted mythos of Hitchc.o.c.k himself. In HITCHc.o.c.k HOTEL, acclaimed poet Lyn Lifshin journeys into this vast penumbra of platinum women, psychosis, and frenzied brilliance to unmask the man hidden behind the torn curtain at the rear window of our imaginations...
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Ghost Dreaming poetry from Australia Leanne Hanson Poetry today can often be too clever or gimmicky; GHOST DREAMING stands instead as an antidote for the trivial. Its roots are deep, its poems not beneath our notice. They speak to our common humanity. They do not die alone; instead, they blossom. GHOST DREAMING is earthy, original and beats with an Australian heart that"s as white as ghost gum dreaming. Leanne Hanson"s work is rooted deep in Australian bedrock. But she does not fear to use her words as rafts to move to other places and times, taking you on a beautiful journey to fresh new and original poetry with a distinctive voice.
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Fragments of a Journal Salvaged from a Charred House in Germany, 1816... and other stories David Ma.s.sengill.
What are the consequences of an American tourist stealing a jawbone from a tomb in a Parisian cemetery? Or a husband and wife employing a house sitter as bait for the ent.i.ty that has been terrorizing their home? Or a Bel Air housewife swallowing a worm-like import from Africa with the intention of losing weight? Enter the macabrely karmic world of FRAGMENTS...
"The genius of a David Ma.s.sengill short story lies not simply in its taut narrative, its bizarre and disturbing elements, its cracking pace, or its dark humor - rather, it lies in an insistence that the protagonist is complicit in his own demise, even if only through a fleeting thought or a careless action. FRAGMENTS will keep you reading story after fascinating, riveting, blood-curdling story." ~ Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain, Raven Stole the Moon).
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Carmine Carnival.
poetry from France.
Walter Ruhlmann.
Succ.u.mb to the irresistible mythologies built around the beauty of evil. Surrender to the temptations of the flesh, its vampiric shades, its mouth-watering energy. And submit to the epistolary colour Red: blood, wine, s.e.x, desire, fire ... in Walter Ruhlmanns haunting yet sanguine collection of poetry, CARMINE CARNIVAL.
"Walter is both a young and experienced poet as regards to his commitment to contemporary poetry as he has been editing the journal mgversion2>datura since 1996. His natural independent mind drives him to look at the poetry from other parts of the world, mostly poetry in English, from these lands of islands and sun sometimes, a poetry he translates and renders to us as many proofs of his yearning for freedom." ~ Patrice Maltaverne, French publisher, reviewer and poet.
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The Sun Chasers.
poetry from Australia.
Mich.e.l.le Gaddes.
A restless curiosity about the natural world and a sharp almost clinically accurate attention to the workings of the human mind and heart pervade THE SUN CHASERS. Mich.e.l.le Gaddes gives voice to the forces of nature dark, potentially dangerous but often hiding possibilities for ways of redemption. In these poems, the poet is not an aloof observer but a subject invested in places, their people, histories and dynamics. Gaddes uses the lyric form and an enticing, musical register to create engaged expressions of her truths. THE SUN CHASERS will call you back time and time again, rewarding multiple readings by revealing layer upon layers of both imagery and meaning.