“Laughing At Funerals provides us all with a text to read on the eve of the apocalypse.  It is a series of frenzies meant to be performed against the frenzy.  A rage before the serenity of nothing.” 
– Todd Moore

Epic Rites Press proudly re-visits Laughing At Funerals, the third full length poetry collection by David McLean.  The new press release features a self-review of Laughing At Funerals by David McLean, as well as reviews by Puma Perl, John Yamrus, Todd Moore, Gillian Prew and Misti Rainwater-Lites.  The new release can be uploaded here.

Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of McLean's phenomenal third collection, Laughing At Funerals, should do so from Small Press distribution here.

In an effort to better represent a brick and mortar book-buying experience, ERP has uploaded numerous "look inside" features that enable you to look inside an ERP book to help you decide whether or not it is the right book for you.  At present you can look inside An Age of Monsters by William Taylor Jr., Frostbitten by Mark Walton, Can't Stop Now! by John Yamrus, Blood and Greasepaint by Karl Koweski, Laughing At Funerals by David McLean, and Crudely Mistaken For Life by Wolfgang Carstens.  These "look inside" features are available inside the ERP bookstore here, or available for viewing at Scribd here.  More ERP titles will be added shortly.

I hope you enjoy this new feature - and more importantly, that it inspires you to shop Epic Rites Press.

Many thanks to the legendary Todd Moore and everyone at Outside Writers for a tremendous review of David McLean's Laughing At Funerals here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

Many thanks to Amanda Boschetto for posting this short review of David McLean's Laughing At Funerals here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

Many thanks to Dom Gabrielli and Clockwise Cat for the great review of David McLean's Laughing At Funerals here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy of Laughing At Funerals can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

Many thanks to Jack Henry for the short review of David McLean's Laughing At Funerals here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

I reviewed David McLean's book, Laughing At Funerals, here.  Many thanks to Clockwise Cat for posting it.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy of Laughing At Funerals can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

"The thing that really strikes me about these mostly very short poems is the economy of language McLean employs.  He gets it.  He understands it.  He knows that it doesn't take a very long knife to kill... just a sharp one." - John Yamrus

Many thanks to Jack Henry, John Yamrus, Gillian Prew, and Puma Perl for their short reviews of McLean's newest book, Laughing At Funerals, here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy can do so from Small Press Distribution here.

Many thanks to David Oprava at Grievous Jones Review for the review of David McLean's Hellbound here.  Anyone looking to purchase a copy can do so from the ERP bookstore here.