black coffee press news
hello to everyone,
it’s been a busy new year and between christmas season, still feeling like a new father, new work schedules and black coffee press projects…well, nothing has ever been so nuts. in any event i wanted to take time to promote three new books that just came out from black coffee press—yes we still exist and are working harder then ever. the calm is just the eye of the tornado, we’re still very much swirling around at a fevered pitch. i’ll grant you most of it is way past midnight and usually i wake up with my underwear over my head and scott screaming at me about deadlines as i light up another cigarette and drink my vodka from a baby bottle. it’s much less complicated that way. i think.
anyway, we just finished up Border Theory by Stefanie Wielkopolan. it’s pretty damn awesome. these poems are so beautifully pieced together. she makes everything seem effortless in form and function. she’s originally from michigan and now lives in planet pittsburgh. i’m telling you you will not be disappointed.
keeping with our female voices and writers i want to also remind everyone that our very own jackson bates has published with black coffee press—P.U.D.Z.S. is now out and getting some great reviews. Jackson is a true megalithic giant in fiction writing. it’s amazing to see her words in print. but more over her story telling ability ranks up there with any great writer, be it stephen king, james patterson, stephenie meyer or jk rowling. do yourself a favor and pick up her newest book.
and last but never least, Scott C. Rogers has taken time out of his busy schedule to release a limited edition story entitled Gunshot Stigmata. aside from a genius layout and amazing book cover put together by the author himself the story is airtight, brilliant and inspiring. each chapter is a page. each page pushes the limits of complexity and layers. it’s a testament to craft. Hemingway used to say that there’s nothing more complicated then a short story. there’s so much explanation that has to be exacted into a very small amount of space. take for example the old man and the sea. brilliant in every way. Scott Rogers has done the same thing with Gun Shot Stigmata. If you read nothing else this year, then do yourself the favor of reading this wonderful novella.
Thanks again for all your support. it’s late, i’m tired and i’m sure i have something else to catch up on. like sleep or lack there of or maybe just pretending i know what normal is. take care all.
sincerely,
thomas michael
black coffee press
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