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FIRST LOOK - Origin of a Serial Killer Cover

4/28/2018

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COMING SOON

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Cover Reveal - LOVE AND QUARTERS by Gabriel Ricard

4/28/2018

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COVER REVEAL
LOVE AND QUARTERS
BY
GABRIEL RICARD

The final cover is HERE!!! Love and Quarters will be a reality soon - very soon, I promise. It's been a long road, but the book is finally ready for readers. In the coming days I'll post samples from the book, an interview with the author, and a publisher's note about the journey from manuscript to final book.

FROM SPRAWLING EMPIRES OF NEON TO SMALL TOWNS OBSCURED BY TIME AND DEATH, LOVE AND QUARTERS IS A COLLECTION OF WEARY OPTIMISM FOR BLEAK, NOISY DAYS AND NIGHTS.

Pre-order the book (officially now) HERE.

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VIDEO Review of Bondage Night (Debut Novel by Gabriel Ricard from Moran Press)

4/28/2018

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VIDEO REVIEW
BONDAGE NIGHT

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PHOTOS - Gabriel Ricard LIVE

4/22/2018

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PHOTOS
GABRIEL RICARD

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Weekend #Sale at Moran Press - Crumbling Utopian Pipedream $10

4/14/2018

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WEEKEND SALE
CRUMBLING UTOPIAN PIPEDREAM
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"I was an artist, and felonies, my canvas."

Rob Plath calls Wozniak’s work “authentic outlaw poetry”

Outlaw poetry is a dirty body on clean sheets. It draws you in because it feels real, it has a pulse. Wozniak’s short lines are that pulse, typically 2-3 words each, you are paced and pulled along as the poet reflects on dysfunctional vignettes without apologies.

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Scott Wozniak's "Crumbling Utopian Pipedream," is a book of poems born of the streets. It unflinchingly celebrates gritty realism while detailing some of life's hard won battles, and continually urges the reader to face the obstacles life puts in our way, and to realize that we have the strength to overcome any and all hardships.

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NEW #Poetry - TRADING FLESH FOR METAL - Austin Davis

4/13/2018

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TRADING FLESH FOR METAL
AUSTIN DAVIS

Trading Flesh for Metal

I.
I realized that poems nowadays
are measured by the lull between bullets
instead of a lover’s heartbeat
when I went to get my hair cut
at Supercuts by a woman
with a Pink Lady Handgun
staring me down from her hip.

The woman looked as if
she’d been attacked on her way to work
by the bubblegum monster
I used to draw on all my math worksheets
but she had a smile on her face,
something that was missing from me.

It’s SO CHIC-
my husband makes me take it
with me wherever I go
and at first I was against it
but then I got used to it
and now I feel SOOOOOO
safe and protected
and are you okay
because you look a little bit like
a skydiver wearing a paper parachute
who just noticed
he was a foot from the ground.

II.
Last year I had a vase
thrown at my head in Greer, Arizona
after I told a white man in white pants
that he was cleaning his assault rifle
as if it was a porcelain doll
because he felt naked without it,
not because of his OCD.
I told him that keeping
his bullets in a different room
will never stop them from crawling
under his pillow every night
and the man threw
his girlfriend’s vase at me.

If I wasn’t holding his gun right then,
the man would have shot me
and ended my life right there.
One moment would have shattered
into a million, but instead,
there was a silence
deeper than any grave.

The crickets
went back to their small talk,
the trees outside
held back their laughter,
and the scared old man
cried with his head on my shoulder
until morning.

III.
During March for Our Lives
almost a month ago
I watched Donald Trump
ride his motorcycle
to his Palm Beach Golf Course
and complain about
those young, shithead protesters
over a little wine and cheese
when just four years ago,
Trump had accused Obama
of “playing golf on the job.”

IV.
If saving 600 women
from being killed every year
because their insecure boyfriends
have small dicks
isn’t “part of the job,”
then I think we need to change
Trump’s job description
from ‘President’ to ‘orange cement.’

If standing between 2,555 children
and the bullet their fathers
forgot was in the rifle
isn’t “part of the job,”
then I think someone better add
“20% chance of death”
to the weather forecast
on the school announcements
every morning.

If preventing 13,000 homicides
and giving more than 35,000
Americans another day
to tell their girlfriends and boyfriends,
wives and husbands, sisters and brothers,
and mothers and fathers
that they love them
isn’t “part of the job,”
then I think we’re just letting
those who are malnourished of power
but are the least suited to hold it
trade our human flesh for metal.

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PHOTO - A Reader Stunned by the Brilliance of BONDAGE NIGHT - Pictures Don't Lie

4/13/2018

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The Art Cover PROOF of Love and Quarters Special Edition Pre-Order Post

4/12/2018

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ART COVER PROOF
LOVE AND QUARTERS

The proof is here for the art cover special edition of LOVE AND QUARTERS - the soon to be released poetry collection from Moran Press written by Gabriel Ricard. I've been sharing samples and video readings from this collection and now we can see it in book form. It's a beautiful cover and I can't wait for people to get this wonderful artwork into their hands.

The simple question today - would you like to reserve a special art cover edition of this book? If so, click the link at the end of the post. No money required - I'm looking to get a count to see if there's enough interest and for ordering purposes. Thank you.

RESERVE A SPECIAL ART COVER EDITION

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Letterpress Broadsides, Journals, and Poetry Chapbooks

4/6/2018

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LETTERPRESS SAMPLES
FROM
DWRI IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

I've discussed letterpress editions of Moran Press work on social media. Here are some samples from a local letterpress printing company, DWRI in Providence RI.

The idea is to produce

- poetry broadsides
- poetry and short story printed chapbooks
- handwritten special edition chapbooks
- special edition journals
- handmade printed editions

A number of people have expressed interest in the letterpress printed editions and also handmade editions. Let me know if this appeals to you. Look over the samples and tell me what you think!!

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VIDEO - Gabriel Ricard reads Creeping Splendor - #Poetry from LOVE AND QUARTERS

4/4/2018

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CREEPING SPLENDOR
BY
GABRIEL RICARD
A POEM FROM HIS UPCOMING COLLECTION
LOVE AND QUARTERS

LOVE AND QUARTERS is in the homestretch to publication. The entire team has been selected and the final steps need to be taken before you see this amazing collection of poetry.

Here is a video of Gabriel reading CREEPING SPLENDOR. Enjoy the poetry. Soon I'll post a sign up list for a special edition of LOVE AND QUARTERS - that you can buy before it goes on sale at Amazon. Stay tuned.

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FIRST LOOK - Origin of a Serial Killer Cover

COMING SOON

Cover Reveal - LOVE AND QUARTERS by Gabriel Ricard

COVER REVEAL
LOVE AND QUARTERS
BY
GABRIEL RICARD

VIDEO Review of Bondage Night (Debut Novel by Gabriel Ricard from Moran Press)

VIDEO REVIEW
BONDAGE NIGHT

PHOTOS - Gabriel Ricard LIVE

PHOTOS
GABRIEL RICARD

Weekend #Sale at Moran Press - Crumbling Utopian Pipedream $10

WEEKEND SALE
CRUMBLING UTOPIAN PIPEDREAM
$10 SHIPPING INCLUDED

Crumbling Utopian Pipedream

NEW #Poetry - TRADING FLESH FOR METAL - Austin Davis

TRADING FLESH FOR METAL
AUSTIN DAVIS

PHOTO - A Reader Stunned by the Brilliance of BONDAGE NIGHT - Pictures Don't Lie

The Art Cover PROOF of Love and Quarters Special Edition Pre-Order Post

ART COVER PROOF
LOVE AND QUARTERS

Letterpress Broadsides, Journals, and Poetry Chapbooks

LETTERPRESS SAMPLES
FROM
DWRI IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

VIDEO - Gabriel Ricard reads Creeping Splendor - #Poetry from LOVE AND QUARTERS

CREEPING SPLENDOR
BY
GABRIEL RICARD
A POEM FROM HIS UPCOMING COLLECTION
LOVE AND QUARTERS

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NEW RELEASES

Stories for the Mad Volume One

STORIES - Collected Fiction 1992-2018

Archives

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COVER REVEAL
LOVE AND QUARTERS
BY
GABRIEL RICARD

VIDEO REVIEW
BONDAGE NIGHT

PHOTOS
GABRIEL RICARD

WEEKEND SALE
CRUMBLING UTOPIAN PIPEDREAM
$10 SHIPPING INCLUDED

TRADING FLESH FOR METAL
AUSTIN DAVIS

ART COVER PROOF
LOVE AND QUARTERS

LETTERPRESS SAMPLES
FROM
DWRI IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

CREEPING SPLENDOR
BY
GABRIEL RICARD
A POEM FROM HIS UPCOMING COLLECTION
LOVE AND QUARTERS