Publications

#PulpModernDieLaughing

Pulp Modern
Die Lauhging

The best of the best returns with a vengeance!
Cindy Higgins
Great blend of stories old and new. A horror lover's dream!
George Pipa
Achieves much more than an underground publication should ever hope for.
Ji Young Hong
#DoughnutShadedSunsets #JohnKojak

John Kojak

Doughnut Shaded Sunsets is a biting yet tender, dark yet funny, cynical, and extremely bingeable collection.
B.F. Jones
John Kojak writes straightforward poems that are a tour de force of beauty. ``Picture Frame`` is a haunting example. I've returned to this verse again and again appreciating its simplicity with woven deeper shades of heartfelt sadness.
David Cranmer
John Kojak’s Doughnut Shaded Sunsets is a call to arms against fakeness and pretension. Instead of the usual abstractions and vagueness that sometimes fills the pages of modern poetry collections, Kojak’s new work is full of clear-eyed wit and devastating honesty. The writing is razor-sharp and poignant. At times gritty, at times savagely funny, I enjoyed spending time in this world of angst, alcohol, and lonely ruminations.
C.W. Blackwell
#WhiskeyStories #JimTowns

Jim Towns

These are eclectic stories in free style form held together by the poet’s own stark photography. Often I’d read the verse then jump back to the black and white photos immersing myself in this uniquely granular world.
David Cranmer
A fascinating blend of genres.
Maria Boyd
Multiple lenses employed in creative, unique ways. A book unlike any other I've ever read.
Beth Prosser
#SisterFMDivaPoetryInnaMiYahd

Verna Hampton

Verna Hampton’s poetry is an uplifting experience in a medium that has grown tedious with too many poets trying to sell books as opposed to moving hearts. What makes Hampton’s collection superior is a unique voice that refuses to be placed in a box and captivates with a pervading charm of naturalness.
David Cranmer
I enjoyed this book. Just Brought another one. Met the author. Great, funny and wise woman.
Gregory Hampton
Verna Hampton's voice is full of joy and hope, even when she tackles major issues of social justice.
Sue Lee
#DrifterDetective

Garnett Elliott
Wayne D. Dundee
Alec Cizak

This is a fun read.
M.E. Proctor
A collection of taut page-turning short stories featuring Jack Laramie.
Mark Stratton
I've read these (long) short stories before on kindle but it is good to get them gathered together for the first time in a real book.
Tonto Williams
#DrifterDetective

Garnett Elliott
David Cranmer
Alec Cizak

These stories are harsh with red hot justice teeming with noir.
Amy Grech
There's always been a streak of melancholy in Jack Laramie. The authors bring it to the fore in this excellent collection.
M.E. Proctor
The tone is darker in volume two. Jack Laramie isn't messing around as he, and the nation, prepare for the turbulent 1960s.
Shawn Paxton
#Crowmouth #RoninHeck

Ronin Heck

...a gripping narrative masterfully blends elements of supernatural horror with the complexities of human emotion...
Michael Rose
After reaching the end it lingers in your thoughts.
Angela Dorris
We all feel powerless at one time or another, and Ronin Heck captures that helpless feeling perfectly.
Sue Lee
#TheBlueHour

James Lilley

It would be too simplistic to call James Lilley’s debut poetry collection hard-hitting, because it’s so much more than that. Tackling a range of themes from modern-day masculinity, relationships - as a father, a lov- er, a fighter and a friend - and the internal fight against depression and addiction, Lilley's words pack an emotional gut-punch. One that will stay with you long into the Blue Hour itself.
J.P. Seabright
James Lilley writes with brutal honesty and stunning simplicity about lives caught between day and night. With The Blue Hour, he has emerged as one of our most arresting new poets.
Max Thrax
James Lilley's debut collection is a true accomplishment from the very first page. From within Lilley’s deeply considered contemplations, Blue Hour becomes steeped in meaning as much as the title itself. A period where the shades of dawn form a junction with the conclusion of twilight, Blue Hour illustrates how even the most beautiful can cut the heart with darkness and melancholy. Lilley has championed a truly heroic and honest account of the bleakness we face as humans, the expectations of masculinity, the folly of our humanness, and gently offers a softness that shows that even the darkest of nights can be met with the possibility of a new day.
Amy-Jean Muller
#SameSongDifferentBeat #RoninHeck

Ronin Heck

Ronin Heck’s grasp of grotesque future lunacy rivals the very best of Philip K. Dick. It is bleak, achingly vivid and deeply provocative. Like all effective dystopian works, its imagined tomorrow reminds us a lot of today.
Copper Smith
Grinding and hitching through the trash heaps of a near-future America, Heck summons a putrid-scented world of misguided desire, confusion, and societal brain rot. Same Song, Different Beat exists in that same special category of creative work that includes Dan Erickson's Severance, David Lynch's Lost Highway, and Charlie Kaufman's Antkind.
Colin Jones
A deliciously dark and gripping post-apocalyptic tale reminiscent of Philip K Dick.
Mark Richardson
Cerebral sci-fi is the best sci-fi.
Coy Hall
#LAStories #AlecCizak #ScotchRutherford #AndrewMiller

Alec Cizak
Scotch Rutherford
Andrew Miller

If I could time travel back to Madrid in 1996 and bring an item with me to one of my post war and contemporary US lit classes, I would bring this trilogy and compel the department to have it added to the syllabus for the class where we were mandated to read Naked Lunch and The Crying of Lot 49.
Montse De Frutose
An excellent no-holds-barred trilogy of connected novellas by three quality authors. There are plenty of unpalatable social truths laid bare in this set, and all gloriously and riotously entertaining.
A.B. Patterson
...this decadent romp through L.A.’s underworld, at turns violent and profane, humorous and profound, put me in mind of a late-night underground movie that I know might give me bad dreams but I can’t stop watching until I see how it ends.
Nevada McPherson
If you’re looking for a triple feature from the grindhouse, then look no further than L.A. Stories.
Andrew Davie
A gnarly novella trio that provides a candid glimpse into the L.A. underworld and beyond, is well-written, and not for the faint of heart.
Michael Carter