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100 pages
perfect bound
$15 USD

edited by David McLean and Wolfgang Carstens
exterior concept and design by Pablo Vision


the broken and the damned by Jason Hardung will be available soon.






48 pages
saddle stitched
$10 + $2.50 shipping and handling

editor: Wolfgang Carstens
exterior concept and design: Pablo Vision


twelve samples from hellbound are available here.

hellbound read live on the epic rites radio network here.

hellbound reviewed by Jane Crown here.

interview with David McLean at Fantastic Horror here.

purchase hellbound here.



302 pages
perfect bound
$25 + $5 shipping and handling

edited by Wolfgang Carstens and David McLean
exterior concept and design by Pablo Vision


twelve poems from a bellyful of anarchy are available here.

a bellyful of anarchy reading by Rob Plath here.

a bellyful of anarchy reviewed by David McLean here.

purchase a bellyful of anarchy here.




48 pages
saddle stitched
$10 + $2.50 shipping and handling

edited by Wolfgang Carstens
exterior concept and design by Pablo Vision


twelve poems from frostbitten are available here.

frostbitten read by Mark Walton on the epic rites radio network here.

frostbitten reviewed by David McLean here.

purchase frostbitten here.





  • black strip by Suzy Devere
  • crunked by Jack Henry


  • the broken and the damned by Jason Hardung
  • badlands by Amanda Boschetto


  • blood and greasepaint by Karl Koweski
  • laughing at funerals by David McLean





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