Below are cover images of books we’ve produced. They are arranged alphabetically by author.
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Among Pearls Hatching
poems by Diane Averill
ISBN-13: 978-1-892076-86-1
Price: $12.00
“The poems in Diane Averill’s new collection range over a wide and various territory — satirical and lyrical, sensuous and austere — and show the keen eye and precision of language that have always characterized her work. Clearly, this is the work of a poet at the top of her game.” — Vern Rutsala, author of The Moment’s Equation.
“In turns mythic, sexual, and searingly satirical, Diane Averill’s voice is invariably sensuous and observant. Giving us the ‘the gift of time/ stopping for awhile,’ her numinous vision of the natural world shines from each page.”— Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate.
Diane Averill’s first book, Branches Doubled Over With Fruit was a finalist for the 1991 Oregon Book Award, as was her second book, Beautiful Obstacles.
To order this book, contact: dianeaverill@aol.com
Children of the Dawn
by Andrés Berger-Kiss
ISBN: 1-892076-06-3
Price: $12.95
Andrés Berger-Kiss has written over thirty publications. He is co-author of the 1994 film script for “The Sharpener” based on his prize-winning short story. Other stories have appeared in Best Latino Short Stories of the Decade, published by the University of Houston, and Best International Short Stories, published by Europa Press in Budapest. Planeta Editors in Colombia recently published the Spanish version of Tomorrow’s Promise. His novel, Don Alejandro, written in Spanish, was published in 1996. His most recent book is the bilingual collection of poems, Voices from the Earth.
The Spanish version of Children Of The Dawn.
Additional information: The Sharpener and Other Stories, Latin American Literary Review Press.
Secret Memoirs of a Born-Again Preacher
Secret Memoirs of a Born-Again Preacher
A satire by Andrés Berger-Kiss
ISBN: 978-1-892076-93-9
Price: $14.95
Other books by Andrés Berger-Kiss:
- Children of the Dawn / Hijos de la madrugada
- Tomorrow’s Promise / La promesa del mañana
- Don Alejandro and His 186 Children / Donalejo y sus 186 hijos\
- Voices from the Earth / Voces de la Tierra
- My Three Homelands and A Fistful of Dust /Mis tres patrias y Un puñado de polvo
- The Sharpener and Other Stories / Cartas a mi amante y otros cuentos de la vida
All books available through Dancing Moon Press, or email: info@dancingmoonpress.com
Gilmore by the Sea
Gilmore by the Sea
A Graphic Novel by Ed Cameron
ISBN: 978-1-892076-78-6
Price: $14.95
Whatever happened to the Sixties? Well, it headed north from California to the Central Oregon Coast, invading the Gilmore Hotel—“the only flop house with an ocean view and a waiting list.”
A century ago, the Gilmore Hotel was a landmark for luxurious living in Nye Beach. By the 1960s, the hotel provided low-cost housing for fishing and service workers, and retirees. These are their stories—from the Gilmore Hotel’s last days—told by one of its residents.
Gilmore by the Sea contains 16 short stories with their accompanying comics, plus the entire novella, “The Two,” the true story of the Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult headquartered on the Oregon Coast.
Available through: gilmorebythesea.com and amazon.com and as an eBook for the Kindle.
The Book of Bob
The Book of Bob: A novel
as revealed to Paul Chasman
ISBN-13: 978-1-892076-17-5
Price: $16.95
In the beginning, Bob didn’t plan to start a religion, it just happened.
So begins the heroic journey of Bob, who on his 50th birthday finds himself wifeless, childless, and conversing with his dog. The plot is driven by a host of quirky characters: Bob, a blank slate living in the Northwest Region; 19-year-old Sophia Wise, whose life’s goal is to cover her entire body with tattoos; Roland Brand, a chameleon whose ascension to power becomes progressively more outrageous; Lakshmi Jackson, Sophia’s best friend who feels like a “kite without a string”; Ivan Bunt, a wheelchair-bound veteran, given to colorful declarations in a language all his own; Delbert Thorne, the Chosen Leader of the Free Nation who bears a striking resemblance to another world leader we know.
The Unnatural Aging of Cheese
The Unnatural Aging of Cheese
From Partying to Parenthood by Steve Chrisman
ISBN: 978-1-892076-95-3;
Price: $12.00
The Unnatural Aging of Cheese is a collection of absolutely true humorous short stories that recount the painfully slow maturation process of one New Jersey slacker (nicknamed “Cheese”) as he transitions from wild party animal to mild-mannered parent and bumbling homeowner. The book begins just after Cheese gets expelled from an expensive boarding school and goes to live with his single, airline pilot father on the Jersey Shore. Cheese drinks up the Christmas tree fund, burns a couple cars, flunks out of two colleges, gets exiled to Oregon, takes a road trip to Mardi Gras, digs a grave, scrubs a cat’s butt, and suffers a voodoo curse. And that’s just the beginning.
The Unnatural Aging of Cheese: Available through www.schrisman.com or email at: info@schrisman.com
Ghostwoman
Ghostwoman: The Mystical Experience of a Housewife/Physician
by Harriet Cohen, MD
ISBN: 1-892076-15-2
Price: $16.00
All miracles of science, art, and healing are mystical in nature. Unfortunately, the mystical is often labeled psychotic, and those who stumble into these realms without warning, are locked up or drugged, and marginalized by society.
Ghostwoman is the story of one woman’s stumbling into such an experience and her attempt to integrate it into her life. She wrestles with integrating unity within duality, individual will with God’s will, and unconditional love in legal battles and personal relationships. The philosophical is always so clean on paper but so messy in our lives. Ghostwoman shares her story in the hope of illuminating the often elusive path to wholeness.
This book is available only through the author: holisticooke@aol.com
Coming to Ash Hollow
Coming to Ash Hollow
A Danny Lawson adventure
by Gary Covey
ISBN 978-1-892076-71-7
Price $11.00
Danny Lawson is not thrilled about coming to Ash Hollow. Moving in the middle of a school year is never easy and it is even harder for Danny, who has trouble expressing himself when nervous or in a tough spot. His love for playing hoops helps him overcome his struggle. But what is the mystery behind the black metal box dropped by a strange, caped figure during a wild thunder and lightning storm? Join the Trail Blazers, Danny’s new study group, as they work on a school project about the Oregon Trail and the founding of Ash Hollow in eastern Oregon. Meet Kaley Ash, the girl who is always there for Danny when he needs a friend.
Gary Covey was an elementary school teacher and boys basketball coach for several years. He is retired and lives in Salem, Oregon, with his wife, Cameron, and their two Siamese kitties.
The Edge
The Edge: A Historical Novel
Diane Disse
ISBN-13: 978-1-892076-85-4
Price: $16.95
Based on the life of Mary Hall Sturtevant Bensell, The Edge is filled with accurate historical details of Mary’s life on Yaquina Bay in what is now Newport, Oregon.
Mary travels with her new husband from Ohio—by way of Nicaragua—to the Oregon Territory. It is 1865, the Civil War is coming to an end and Mary and her husband, Clark Sturtevant, a war veteran, are optimistic about harvesting oysters in Yaquina Bay’s Oysterville. Mary’s initial shock at the primitive conditions at the settlement changes to determination as they settle into a routine, learning the ways of the river and the ocean. Through the years on Yaquina Bay, Mary deals with Clark’s abuse, a new love, the loss of a child, a raging forest fire, fears of an Indian uprising and other challenges.
To order this book contact: Diane Disse: 2510 SW Dune Avenue, Lincoln City, OR 97367
Salt in Our Blood
Salt In Our Blood: The Memoir of A Fisherman’s Wife
by Michele Longo Eder
ISBN: 978-1-892076-44-1
Price: $16.95
Salt in Our Blood is a 2009 recipient of the prestigious WILLA Literary Award, in the category of creative nonfiction!
Salt In Our Blood – Official Website
Weather Patterns
Weather Patterns
Selected Short Poems by David Filer
ISBN: 978-1-892076-92-2
Price: $12
Other books by David Filer:
- Night Verse (2005)
- The Landscape There (2009)
All three books are available direct through:
www.davidfiler.com
or email: info@davidfiler.com
Proceeds from the sale of these books will be donated to the Orphan Support Fund of The Imani Project:
www.imaniproject.org.
badgirls
badgirls
prose poems by Leanne Grabel
40 pages; 8.5 x 5.5 inches
ISBN: 978-1-937493-01-1
Price: $10
“I started teaching Language Arts at a school within a Level V lockdown treatment center for teenage girls eight years ago. I had been asked to substitute by someone who knew me only through my spoken word performances. I told her I wanted to visit before committing. I wanted to see if these locked-down girls had red eyes and bit.
I sat in the back of the classroom one morning while students read “list poems” of ten things that get them high besides drugs. An adorable Megan, with a phenomenal head of auburn hair that she tossed about like a mink cape, stood up and read her list. It was loud and enormous with honesty and emotion. It roared around the room like a funnel cloud, sucking me in hard. I took the job. Friends ask why I want to publish these poems, to share something so ugly? I say they’re documentary, memoir, love notes and celebrations. They’re for you to hear. They’re for you to see.”
—Leanne Grabel
badgirls is available direct through the author: gograbel@earthlink.net