Wednesday, August 28, 2013

New Release: Tollbooth by BUD SMITH

“A gloriously deranged, endless orginal adventure through every day bat country.” – Gabriel Ricard, Drunk Monkeys

TOLLBOOTH, a new novel from Bud Smith,
author of Or Something Like That

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Jimmy Saare collects tolls on the New Jersey Parkway. He’s had a mental snap, as a result, is becoming uncontrollably fixated with the 19 year old Gena who works the copy machine at Officetown. Despite his wife Sarah’s impending pregnancy, Jimmy pursues his desire for Gena, unexpectedly becoming more entangled with the strange manipulations of an anarchistic teenager, Kid with Clownhead, who wants to start his own destructive cult when he grows up.

AVAILABLE NOW AT AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/Tollbooth-Bud-Smith/dp/1482642174

Signed copies from the author!
$12.00
click the paypal button on this page http://budsmithwrites.com/books/tollbooth/


also available on KINDLE for only $4.99


Here’s what peeps are saying:

“A tantalizing joyride of contemporary American dysfunction …”
- Zygote in My Coffee

“Bud Smith’s Tollbooth is like the car accident of a book that everyone slows down for, to watch along their way to wherever–the type of car accident that creates a 30 mile stretch of idling vehicles.” Aaron Dietz, author of Super

“At the intersection of the mundane and the surreal you’ll find Bud Smith. Poetic, profane and bizarre, Smith’s characters and the world he creates simultaneously attracts and repulses; just when you think you’ve got the characters pegged they do something wonderful like shitting in a box or disgusting like falling in love. Outrageous and frighteningly real, Bud Smith’s writing is always beautifully written and wildly entertaining.” – Martha Grover, Author of One More for the People.

“There are two types of people: tollbooth operators and people who think there are people who aren’t tollbooth operators. Bud Smith’s Tollbooth is about you, whether you like it or not. You most likely do not work in a tollbooth but chances are you do know what it’s like to work a mind-numbing job. Chances are you also know what it’s like to make life-changing mistakes. And I hope to goodness and back that you also know what it’s like to take a risk that will possibly change everything for the better. Tollbooth has all of these things, but you probably know that already because you’re in it.” Aaron Dietz, author of Super

“Tollbooth: better than Madame Bovary, not as good as masturbation.” – Martha Grover, Author of One More for the People.

MORE ABOUT BUD SMITH AT http://budsmithwrites.com/

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Call for Submissions: Snail Mail Review

Snail Mail Review is now open for submissions!!

Submission Guidelines:

We accept simultaneous submissions
We do not accept previously published work

Poetry: 3-5 poems, 35 lines each
Short Fiction: 1-7pgs (max. 1500 words)
...
Mail Submissions to:
Snail Mail Review
C/O Christine Chesko
1694 Augusta Pointe Dr.
Ripon, CA.
95366

Include:
S.A.S.E (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope)
Cover Letter W/ Brief Bio.

--OR--

E-mail Submissions to:

smrsubmissions@gmail.com

**Please visit http://snailmailreview.com/ for detailed information regarding submission guidelines.

Open Submissions: August 1, 2013
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2013

Friday, August 9, 2013

LU newsletter

new releases, calls for submissions, events and other litstuff ... read the newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/DviXz

**correction** (oops)
the correct url for CfDL submissions is https://theliteraryunderground.submittable.com/submit

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

CfDL Nominations for the 2013 storySouth Million Writers Award

Citizens for Decent Literature is pleased to announce their nominations for the 2013 storySouth Million Writers Award. Thanks goes out to all of our contributors and congratulations to the nominees.

"At the Supper Club" by Bud Smith (May 2012)
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/05/smith/

"Rick and the Chick" by Luis Rivas (Issue #1)
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/08/rivas-2/

"The Success of Trey" by Luis Rivas (Issue #2)
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/09/rivas-3/


Citizens for Decent Literature Press was founded in 2011 as a project of The Literary Underground. Established first as a print zine and APA (Amateur Press Association), our formats now include Little Books, Roll Your Own Stories and the Manuscript Series - all available for FREE. Our Chapbook Series is available at or below cost. Now Playing @ Citizens for Decent Literature began publishing poetry, short stories, essays and rants on January 1, 2012 every third day. In August 2012 the publishing schedule was moved to monthly with the first issue on August 15th and is now currently published on the most random schedule possible.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Got Poetry? A public service announcement!

Got Poetry?

Unwanted poetry is a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose and abuse.

Academic poetry can be just as deadly as street poetry when read without supervision.

The use of poetry ranks second only to marijuana as the most common cause of death amongst members of Generation X in America.

The majority of teenagers abusing poetry get their poems from family and friends. Studies show that readily accessible books in homes are at least 73 times more deadly than loaded firearms.

Unwanted poems thrown in the trash can be retrieved and abused or illegally sold. Unwanted poems that are flushed contaminate the water supply. Proper disposal of unwanted poetry saves lives and protects the environment.

Here are some tips for properly disposing of unwanted poetry and poets:
Tear poems out of books; Mix poems with something more appealing like used kitty litter or soiled diapers; Seal poets in a bag or disposable container, and throw them away.

--Tim Murray
Editor, Blotterature

For more information on poetry abuse, go to:

blotterature.com

theliteraryunderground.org

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