VOLUME ONE: PARASITE LOST – D M Mitchell – PARAPHILIA BOOKS
Introduction by Michael Roth
Cover art and design by pablo vision
“…a derangement of the senses, an infiltration of one’s carefully constructed identity and its ultimate destruction from within; an invocation of one’s guardian demon; a letter to a secret lover; a hagiography of a disturbed saint; a dissolution of boundaries that follows contact with the meaningless; a manifestation of a cephalopod’s wet dream… …a funhouse mirror that disfigures the ideas of the dominant culture…”
“When David Michael K visited The Doctor’s office, housed in the mysterious Building, he hadn’t anticipated his life tipping into madness where reality melted and stretched and fiction merged with real life. In a satirical romp that sends up postmodernism, popular culture and satirises satire itself, our hero is chased by homicidal drug-dealing clowns, cartoon characters, pink UFOs and creatures of pure nightmare. Is this a serious book disguised as humour? or a joke at the expense of the intelligentsia? Fun stuff.”
Featuring: John S. Barker, Matthew Freyer, Christopher Glazer, Brick Marlin, Vladimir Petkovic, Lawrence Barker, Kurt Fawver, Charlie Zacherl, Edward Rodosek, John F. D. Taff, Dameion Becknell, Charles A. Muir, Martin Blanco, Martin Slag, Ian Welsh, Lenora Farrington-Sarrouf and Carey Borgens.
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Published by Paraphilia Magazine, this Quantum Anthology of words and images includes contributions by Pablo Vision V. Ulea Irene Frenkel Nicholas Alexander Hayes Rochelle Dinkin D. Harlan Wilson Rachel Kendall Rachel Isaac Benjamin Robinson Michael Blekhman Izya Shlosberg Jonathan Shipley Tantra Bensko Dorothee Lang Kyle Muntz J.A.Tyler Annelyse Gelman Michail Judovskij Peter Diseth Chrystal Blue Jay Caselberg Tom Bradley Gareth D Jones Debbie Vilardi Alex Kats Adam La Rusic Susannah Mandel David Schwartz Marc Lowe Louise Norlie Yveta Shanfeldova Tyler Williams Patricia Russo Dennis Danvers Douglas Hutcheson John Beleskas Seth Rowanwood Yelena Dubrovin Colin Meldrum Betty Jo Tucker Misha Chariton Grace Andreacchi.
Short stories, poetry, essays, interviews, cartoons and more…
Todd Moore, John Yamrus, Rob Plath, Pablo Vision, Mark Cobb, Gerald Locklin, Jason Hardung, Tony Moffeit, Patrick McKinnon, Casey Quinn, Jack Henry, Zach King-Smith, Mike Meraz, Ben Smith, Mathias Nelson, Wolfgang Carstens, Erek Smith, William Taylor Jr, Zack Wilson, Karl Koweski and Brian Fugett.
“One of America’s most important and influential poets” – Lawrence Welsh
“Todd Moore has revolutionized poetry with a style that is all his own: the stripped down line that leaves an electrical impulse of lyrical violence; the outlaw persona of one who leaves blood on the page; a visceral experience of life, death, and rebirth.” – Tony Moffeit
“DEAD RECKONING exposes a corrupt and fetishistic America that habitually reinvents its own endgame.” – John Macker
Exterior art and design by pablo vision
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DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON – John Yamrus – Epic Rites Press
“A master of the minimalist poem and the understated wisecrack.” – Todd Moore
“His sharp mind nails the target every time.” – Rob Plath
“A master of using the ordinary in an extraordinary way.” – Milner Place
Exterior art and design by pablo vision
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CRUDELY MISTAKEN FOR LIFE – Wolfgang Carstens – Epic Rites Press
“Stunningly evocative.” – Tony Moffeit
“Uncovering the roots of madness, inhumanity and sorrow… This is poetry: rich, full and brimming with life.” – Jack Henry
Exterior art and design by pablo vision
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LAUGHING AT FUNERALS – David McLean – Epic Rites Press
“A contemporary book of the dead.” – Todd Moore
“Brutally accurate observations and merciless truth.” – Misti Rainwater-Lites
Exterior art and design by pablo vision
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FROSTBITTEN – Mark Walton – Epic Rites Press
“Mark Walton’s poems fizzle with energy and capture the modern gay experience in all its many guises.” - Paul Burston, author (Shameless, Star People, Lovers & Losers, The Gay Divorcee, etc) and journalist (Time Out, The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent on Sunday, etc)
“I found Frostbitten lucid, harrowing and compelling. It’s a cogent and passionate first collection shot through with hard-won self-knowledge.” - Paul Magrs, author (Marked for Life, Never the Bride, Twin Freaks, Something Borrowed, Conjugal Rites, BBC Doctor Who series, etc)
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Epic Rites Press publications are available from Small Press Distribution, Amazon, Outlaw Poetry and Free Jazz Network, and the Epic Rites Bookstore.
I am enormously pleased that my written work - “Automata Exhibition” - is included in the current issue of Paraphilia Magazine. Originally written about a year ago, around a sequence of paintings by the incredibly talented Siolo Thompson, I am fantastically pleased that three of Siolo’s paintings accompany my work, and am deeply honoured that one of these is a completely new canvas painted for this project.
Once again Paraphilia have produced an electric issue that puts the predictable tedium of most other journals to shame. A fantastic collection of words and images, Issue V also includes a fascinating 24-page interview with legendary Stooges’ guitarist James Williamson. Free pdf download of the magazine – and previous issues – can be found here:
CHIKUMA ASHIDA, SID GRAVES, JOHNNY STINGRAY, CAROL TORRES, JIM LOPEZ, MICHAEL K, MICHAEL CANO, CHARLES PLATT, AUDREE FLYNN, BRIAN BLUR, ANDREW MABEN, THOMAS HASTINGS, DM MITCHELL, CHRIS BRANDRICK, JANA, CLAIRE GODDEN-ROWLAND, MALCOLM ALCALA, CRAIG WOODS, MAX REEVES, SUE FOX, DIRE MCCAIN, EVITA CORBY, DAVID BRITTON, CRICKET CORLEONE, RICHARD A. MEADE, SALENA GODDEN, GUTTERSAINT, GENE GREGORITS, PABLO VISION, SIOLO THOMPSON, BRIAN ROUTH, PATRICIA WELLS, MICHAEL BUTTERWORTH, RICK GRIMES, HANK KIRTON, RICH FOLLETT, DARIUS JAMES, DESTINY MCKEEVER, NICK TOSCHES, JOHN BARRYMORE, CHRIS MADOCH, CLAUDIA BELLOCQ, ANGELA SUZZANNE, RON GARMON, KATE MACDONALD, MARY LEARY, DOLOROSA DE LA CRUZ
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And many, many thanks to Siolo…
Siolo’s website (for information about many multimedia projects) can be found here:
“Live Alone” by Isaac Thompson – animation by Siolo Thompson
With written work published in numerous journals, prestigious gallery showings of fine art painting, a starring role in 3rd Eye Film’s forthcoming “The Sheets Must Be Silk”, the phenomenal success of the “Live Alone” video (over a million hits, front page prominence on both YouTube and I-Google, inclusion in the 2009 International Festival of Film and Technology), Siolo is currently expanding her one woman empire by working on her next project: “Darkland Homecoming – A Kobicho Tale” – hand painted backgrounds, objects and characters with digital animation.
The Making Of “The Sheets Must Be Silk” Slides – starring Siolo Thompson
Producers - Lucien Flynn and Will Chase Executive Producers - Ben Andrews and Rodrigo DeMedeiros 1st Assistant Director - Gale Benning Director of Photography - David Barbosa 3rd Eye Films
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