New from Black Bile Press – One-off chapbooks by Zsolt Alapi, Mark SaFranko and Mark McCawley
Black Bile Press has done it again, assembling three of the small/micro press world’s most provocative and dynamic writers in this new, second series of single-story chapbooks.
Zsolt Alapi’s chapbook The Swimmer is a bold and powerful story of conflict, sexual violence and surviving in the margins. Montreal’s Alapi is a widely published short story writer. He is also a teacher and editor/publisher of Siren Song Publishing.
Mark SaFranko’s chapbook Iceland blends humour and quiet tragedy in equal parts, as he perfectly examines a contemporary life on the brink of collapse. SaFranko is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels Hating Olivia and Lounge Lizard (both from the UK’s Murder Slim Press). He lives in New Jersey and is a former winner of the Frank O’Connor Award for short fiction.
Mark McCawley’s chapbook Sick Lazy Fuck is a visceral story about unravelling sanity in the wake of a destroyed relationship. But it is also, oddly, about the succour to be found in unusual circumstances. McCawley is a giant of Canadian underground literature, having been editor/publisher of Urban Graffiti and Greensleeve Editions for the past twenty years. He is also an accomplished writer of his own fiction, which he describes as “transgressive and post-realist.”
Black Bile Press has brought these three literary bad-assed all-stars together under the same umbrella. This is a unique opportunity to read their work in one package.
Black Bile Press One-offs are limited edition chapbooks comprised of a single story by each of the three writers. The books can be purchased individually for $5.00 or as a batch – all three books for $10.00. Please note, these chapbooks sell out very quickly and can only be bought directly from Black Bile Press. So, as they say – act now, don’t delay; limited time offer, etc.
To order, please send $10.00 for all three chapbooks or $5.00 for one book (specify which book you are ordering) to:
Matthew Firth
Black Bile Press
573 Gainsborough Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K2A 2Y6
CANADA
Payment method – please send a cheque made payable to M. FIRTH.
International orders – query first with an email (firth@istar.ca) to sort out the price in your currency.
