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2008 Releases:
Nothing to Lose
by: Steve Vernon
Chapbook, 36 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-8-6
$8.00 USD
So you think you know all about superheroes? Those guys in the capes and the lightly starched spandex speedoes. Leaping tall buildings and always getting the girl.
You don't know nothing.
Join Steve Vernon, Nova Scotia's hardest working horror writer, as he takes you into the world of Captain Nothing. It's a world without hope, a world that is as cold and dark as a landlord's heart, three days after the rent is due. It's a world that could give the Batman a case of the squirming night fears. NOTHING TO LOSE is a collection of stories that will show you the darker side of courage. It will show you the shadows in a hero's heart. Go on. I dare you to take a closer look.
You've got nothing to lose.
A revised and updated edition of Steve Vernon's untraditional and irreverent superhero collection Nothing to Lose.
Poems for Addiction, Sex and Sanity
by: Kate Leadbeater
Chapbook, 44 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-7-9
$7.00 USD
Kate Leadbeater's singular poetic voice has been dazzling and amusing audiences in the Toronto spoken-word scene since 2006. Sometimes quirky and funny, sometimes yearning and romantic, and always full of life, Kate writes the kind of poems that entertain you whether you're hearing them from a slam stage or reading them off a chapbook page.
From sex fantasies to childhood nostalgia, from Peter Mansbridge to a distant French lover, from a dialogue with the whole world to a conversation with a barfly - Kate covers an unusual blend of subjects. She does it in a style that's readable, often prosaic, yet also willing to have fun with language and imagery. Poems for Addiction, Sex and Sanity is a collection that manages to reflect a strong personal voice while staying aware of its audience.
2007 Releases:
Words Written Backwards
by: Gemma Files
Chapbook, 36 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-6-2
$8.00 USD
Deep winter, Algonquin Bay. Something underground is poisoning the land. Rez elders have called in Joe Tulugaak, Innu shaman for hire, to investigate. But just as he thinks he’s closing in on the problem, what looks like a half-frozen teenaged girl suddenly walks out of a gathering snowstorm, collapsing at Joe’s feet.
But Judy Kiss isn't really a teenager - or even (completely) human, anymore. What's hidden at the bottom of the abandoned mine isn't what either of them thinks it might be. And Joe himself has more in common with Judy than either of them could have ever guessed...
Sea Change
by: Adebe D.A.
Chapbook, 44 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-5-5
$7.00 USD
Sea Change is a collection of poems that forays into a reading of the fluid space between experience and memory, clarity and tumult, reality and myth. The poems also chronicle the writer’s relationship to questions of love and distance, at times answerable only by a leap of faith. Adebe D.A.'s debut collection delves into notions of freedom often submerged in chaos, and the transformative potential of not looking back.
The Distance Travelled 2: A Little Slice of Heaven
by: Brett Alexander Savory and Gord Zajac
Cover art by: Homero Gilani
Chapbook, 40 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-3-1
$8.00 USD
Why are there no shoes in the afterlife? What's the deal with mystical cats always trying to save the world? What's a growl-quack sound like? What does Jesus really look like? How did Pigboy survive his bath in the flame pit? What's all this crap about Hell having a basement? Did any of you even read the first novel? Why are there so many rabbits in heaven? Was it some sort of invasion? Did they stage a coup? And who the hell is this Gord Zajac chimp, anyway?
The answers to these and many other incredibly unimportant questions are answered within the pages of this hilarious yet poignant novella - the official sequel to Brett Alexander Savory's 2006 runaway smash hit bestseller The Distance Travelled, which was also hilarious yet poignant. But longer. And released by a different publisher. And by "runaway smash hit bestseller," we mean "not even selling out of its limited edition 400-copy print run."
 General Slocum's Gold
by: Nicholas Kaufmann
Chapbook, 40 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-4-8
$8.00 USD
Sackett is no ordinary thief. He was born with strange abilities, powers he uses to pull off dangerous and unusual heists. Fresh out of Rikers and eager to get back in the game, he's got his eye on a fortune in gold rumoured to be buried on a deserted island in New York's East River. It should be the easiest job he's ever pulled. But North Brother Island isn't as deserted as he thought. The dead are waiting beneath the waves, waiting for Sackett, waiting to protect their treasure.
GENERAL SLOCUM'S GOLD has been nominated for a 2007 BRAM STOKER AWARD in the LONG-FORM FICTION CATEGORY.
Section K
by Timothy Carter
Novella, 122 pages
ISBN 0-9739231-1-3
$10.00 USD
The world is ending. Aliens are invading, the sky is falling, and cults are being... cultish. What does Canada have that can stand against that? Howard Plank and Johnny Tall, agents of the RCMP branch dedicated to all things paranormal and weird: Section K.
Sounds good, except Howard is a drunken loser and Johnny is a womanizing jerk. And Section K is an underfunded joke. And they're all we got. The apocalypse is starting to look good...
 Guilt Pasta
by: Jeff Cottrill
Chapbook, 42 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9739231-2-4
$6.00 USD
Mix equal portions of Spiderman, Roger Ebert and Ernest Hemingway. Stir in a pinch of the Ugly Duckling and a dash of the girl who broke your heart. Now add a sadistic army brat who clobbers mice with hammers, a jailed sex killer who feels bad about neglecting a parakeet, and an obnoxious co-worker who won't shut up about his fantasies of turning Canada into a fascist regime. Blend well. Serve immediately.
Result: The third chapbook by Toronto's notorious spoken-word satirist, Jeff Cottrill. This new collection of short stories and monologues combines quirky characterizations, black humour and offbeat cultural references in a way you won't soon forget. Exploding nerds, bad cockney accents, a journey to the afterlife, lots of very good beer... Guilt Pasta has something for everyone. (Best recommended with lots of parmesan cheese.)
Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. Thank you!
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