Exterior by Pablo Vision
“The first issue of THE EPIC RITES JOURNAL is absolute dynamite! It features new poetry by Rob Plath, John Yamrus, Gerald Locklin, Todd Moore, John Dorsey, Tony Moffeit, Jason Hardung, Wolfgang Carstens, Ben Smith, Casey Quinn, Jack Henry, Erek Smith, Mathias Nelson, Mike Meraz and Zach King-Smith; new prose by William Taylor Jr, Zack Wilson, Pablo Vision, Karl Koweski, Rob Plath, John Yamrus, Todd Moore, Tony Moffeit and Mark Cobb. The centerfold is a massive, no-holds barred forty page interview with the late, great Todd Moore. Forget about "small" press journals that are nothing more than poorly edited, photocopied, crudely constructed pamphlets held together by rusty staples, dental floss and bubble gum. THE EPIC RITES JOURNAL is a 138-page, perfect bound, professionally printed and assembled book! The Epic Rites Journal is dedicated to Todd Moore. These sticks of dynamite are for you!”
– Wolfgang Carstens, editor
– Wolfgang Carstens, editor
“Are your veins screaming for a dose of unsurpassed poetry and prose so hard-boiled it’ll take your teeth out? Feel the need to read rants where the frequency is unscrambled and the furrows are always lonely? Are your fingers frozen into gestures of deference, do you dare submit to the man who owns the satellites? You need a cure. Find it here. Epic Rites Print Journal, Issue One. Get it now.”
– Zack Wilson, author of Lescar
– Zack Wilson, author of Lescar
“This new journal from epic rites press is an ax whacking away at the hollow, slanted trees in the wilderness of impotent literature, which includes both small and large presses that exist today. Working as a literary team, each writer’s words help hack a path through the tiresome, under-stimulating dead woods, leaving it for kindling while the ax in a clearing of its own making leans gleaming w/its head planted firmly in the earth, ready to keep forging ahead. This is a not just a journal, this is a weapon against miles and miles of rotting woods of so-called modern writing.”
– Rob Plath, author of There’s A Fist Dunked In Blood Beating In My Chest
– Rob Plath, author of There’s A Fist Dunked In Blood Beating In My Chest



