Creative Guy Publishing is a small publisher in Vancouver Canada, which has put out a number of noteworthy titles since 2002, including the Amityville House of Pancakes series, numerous chapbook, audiobook and ebook novellas, Tales of Moreauvia historical SF magazine, and many more unique publications. At CGP we bring you the unusual, but not the alienating. We hope you'll stick around and find something you like.
It has been brought to the attention of ownership that we missed out on letting you know that ALL preordered books from the previous announcement will be signed by their respective authors -- it's been mentioned for Chimeric Machines, but not Starkweather Dreams and Stays Crunchy in Milk. If you have a particular inscription you'd like, please include this in the special comments of the order form, or if you've already ordered, feel free to use out contact form to let us know -- we'll get this info to the author(s).
Start your Christmas shopping early, or you know, whatever shopping you've been worrying about lately. We've got two impending titles that you can order now, to avoid the rush, and in case you're the picky collector sort, we also will be releasing the hardcover edition of Lucy Snyder's Chimeric Machines, a limited edition signed and number hardcover that is (only 50 will be printed), in the next couple weeks. Christopher Conlon's haunting Starkweather Dreams is nearing its birthday (a June baby), and finally, Adam P Knave's Stays Crunchy in Milk will be out of its cage on the author's birthday, August 19, which will be available in trade paperback, as well as a limited edition, signed and numbered hardcover edition -- of which there will only be 34 in THE WHOLE WORLD. Why 34, you ask? Well, because that's one for each year of the author's life. And because he's insane.
All prices listed below include shipping, and as a special birthday treat, the hardcover limited edition of Crunchy is only $49.95 yankee dollars, including shipping, no matter where you live (as long as UPS goes there...).
Right, off you go:
Chimeric Machines, by Lucy A Snyder.
This collection from rising author Lucy A. Snyder offers three dozen poems to delight readers who enjoy sly wordplay and subtle allusion, high intelligence and fierce heart.
"Snyder's work is complex yet grounded. You can read it on several levels and it'll work on each and every one. It's lyrical but rooted in authenticity and validity. There's truth here, and tackling the truth is the highest calling of any poet..." -Tom Piccirilli
Available now! Limited edition hardcover, signed and numbered:
Starkweather Dreams, by Christopher Conlon
Christopher Conlon, author of poetry collections Gilbert and Garbo in Love, The Weeping Time, and Mary Falls and the novel Midnight on Mourn Street turns his attention to the short, violent lives of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. With a haunting depth and sensitivity, Conlon explores the possibilities that made human beings turn savage in the middle of America, and follows the doomed pair on a bloodthirsty journey made all the more tragic by its reality.
"Charles Raymond Starkweather lived a short, violent life—from his birth in November of 1938 to his death in the electric chair in June of 1959. Along with his equally lethal young girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate (she was just fourteen when they met in 1957), he shot and/or stabbed eleven victims to death in Nebraska and Wyoming. Christopher Conlon follows up his other masterful verse portraits with this stark—no pun intended—vision of inner torment and murder. In often savage, sometimes lyrical, and always jolting poetic images, Conlon word-paints a dark blood canvas which reveals the soul of one of history’s most notorious serial killers. Charlie Starkweather lives, loves, and death-dreams once again in these nightmare pages." -William F. Nolan
June 2009
Stays Crunchy in Milk, by Adam P Knave
They were four: Wereberry the strawberry werewolf, Choco-Ra the chocolate mummy, The Creature From the Fruit Lagoon (his friends call him “T.C.”), and Cherrygeist the... well she was a ghost. At least, until she wasn't. One day, she wasn't there at all. And then they were three. A fairy tale for the super-sugar generation, Stays Crunchy in Milk is a road novel packed with 100% of your recommended daily allowance of essential action and adventure. And it's a delicious part of a nutritious breakfast.
"This is my kind of book! Stays Crunchy In Milk is that rare story with both heart and substance. Adam Knave deftly reexamines the pop cultural elements of his childhood then reshapes them into wondrous things both familiar and new. Knave’s engrossing story transforms his love for his early memories into an exciting adventure novel. Its narrative swept me right along. I really cared about what happened next. Two thumbs up from me. Four paws up from Roger Rabbit." -Gary K. Wolf
Well, it's been awhile since an update, but that doesn't mean things aren't going on:
Congratulations to Adrienne Jones, whose novel Brine placed in the top ten at the Preditors and Editors 2008 poll for best horror novel. There might be some argument about genre, but not about the awesomeness of the book.
In other news, CGP is VERY excited to announce the impending publication of two fantastic books of poetry this year:
Our old friend Lucy A Snyder will be giving us Chimeric Machines, set to arrive on virtual shelves within days, now. This collection is both stark and beautiful, and will make you smarter by reading it -- even smarter than you are by buying it in the first place. Don't take out word for it -- Tom Piccirilli told us it was so:
"Okay, so you've picked up this collection, which already proves that you're sharper than the kid you sat behind in Homeroom who used to spit in his textbooks, your step-brother George who used to call you "bookworm" and thumb your glasses, and the automotive shop teacher who caught you with Leaves of Grass in the tenth grade and told you that poetry is just "namby-pamby rhymes about rocks and rivers..."" (from the introduction).
Also coming our way is our first book from poet Christopher Conlon, Starkweather Dreams. This collection offers a look into the minds and hearts of America's (arguably) most inspirational serial killers - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate.
"Charlie Starkweather (1938-1959) was a serial spree killer, not the most heinous serial killer in American history, but certainly one of the most notorious, his saga spawning numerous movies and books. Writing in a vivid and lucid style from multiple viewpoints -- Charlie, his teenage girlfriend-accomplice Caril Ann, some of their victims, and even Charlie's parents -- Christopher Conlon revisits the Starkweather tragedy. Whether you are familiar with the story or not, the poems in this collection deliver a series of searing portraits, often graphically violent and/or sexual, framed by the popular and everyday culture of that time. Recommended highly!" --Bruce Boston, Pushcart Prize and Bram Stoker Award author of The Guardener's Tale
There is now a team for CGP/LP authors and readers established at Kiva.org, and everyone is invited to participate. Kiva is an organization that allows you to loan amounts as small as $25 to entrepreneurs around the world, facilitated by local expert microfinance institutions, and allows you to choose who you loan to, follow your funding and see the status of those you choose to aid. Kiva is not a charity, but a microfinancing organizer. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else in need.
The CGP/LP team invites you to join us! We will be mainly targeting entrepreneurs in the areas of arts, education, literature and culture, but there are many more types of people on the site, and you choose who you would like to loan to.
It was about that time again -- Spring Cleaning a year or so overdue. Hope you like the look of the new site, and feel free to leave any comments in the new forum. One of the goals of the new site is to streamline the news and book information and cut down on the clutter. That said, we still want to be a central resource for book news and information, and so we have maintained our newsfeeds from the movers and shakers in the publishing world -- checkout the newsfeeds from NYT, NPR, and Diverse Books.
As noted, we are sporting a new forum, so feel free to leave comments for your favourite CGP/LP authors, aim questions and feedback toward them, make them feel loved. Also, we are pleased to announce the publication of five new titles this year, and are including information for preodering. Our blog will cover news and notes about our authors' news in other realms, like Gary Wolf's new book from TOR, Space Vulture, and Adrienne Jones' Gypsies Stole My Tequila from Bedlam Press.
Check the bottom of the page here for our own newsfeeds to add to your reader. Whenever we update the news, publication schedule or post a link to a new review, you'll be the first to know. There is also a newsfeed from the forum. Finally, note the addition of various social bookmarking tags which will appear in the left column -- please digg, facebook, or del.icio.us us, and help us keep everyone in the loop.
Again, thanks for popping by, browse the shelves and feel free to order a book or two, or just share your morning with us and check the news.
best,
Pete, alpha weasel and chief bottle-washer, CGP/LP.
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lso coming our way is our first book from poet Christopher Conlon, Starkweather Dreams. This collection offers a look into the minds and hearts of America's (arguably) most inspirational serial killers - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. 