Rebel Satori Press

J. Warren’s debut novel, Stealing Ganymede, received a 5 -star review at Rainbow Reviews. The reviewer writes:  

In the tradition of hard-hitting books such as those by Chuck Palahniuk, “Stealing Ganymede” delivers an honest and thought provoking portrayal of a damaged man and the choices he makes. With vivid imagery and gritty prose, the author has created a stunning story. While occasionally delving too deeply in the history of literature and writing style, this book left me thinking and will continue to muse on for a long time to come. This is in no way a romance or an easy book to read and as I said earlier, it shouldn’t be but this is a book you should definitely read.

Read the full review at Rainbow Reviews. 

On January 1, Rebel Satori Press announced the launch of a new imprint, Queer Mojo, focusing on cutting edge lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writing:The dirty little bastard child of Rebel Satori Press, QM is the publishing home of rebellious queer writers, faery freaks, riot grrrls, surrealist outpunks, neo-queer skinheads… the whole Salem’s lot of double-fisted revolutionary same-sex loving hellspawn. 

Queer Mojo, the new imprint of Rebel Satori Press, hits the ground running with an updated edition of Christ Like, Emanuel Xavier’s celebrated first novel, to mark its tenth anniversary. (Look for it this spring.) QM also has various works in the pipeline from Trebor Healey, Stephen Beachy, and Kevin Killian, and three grand-prize winners of Project:QueerLit 2008 - Rakelle Valencia, Sheri Johnson and L.A. Fields… —LGBT BookBuzz, March 2009 

For more information visit: www.queermojo.net

Ashé contributor Jeff Mann will be speaking on a panel “Gay Regionalism through the Eyes ofAppalachia” with Jackson Tucker, Dorothy Allison, Julia Watts, and Aaron Smithat this week’s Associated Writing Programs Conference in Chicago. The panel is scheduled for Thursday, February 12th.Read Jeff’s poetry in the current issue. 

Rebel Satori Press is actively seeking new and independent writers!We are looking for nonfiction works focussing on the general categories of personal spirituality, Buddhism, occulture, esoterica, personal growth and social issues. We list these broad categories as a first point of reference, but we will consider material across a very wide spectrum. Rebelious, revolutionary and experimental works welcomed!Areas we are particularly interested in:  Buddhism  Meditation  Esoteric/Occult/Magick  Kabalah  Paganism  Revolutionary Personal GrowthMore Information

Desperately Seeking: Punks, urban outcasts and the just plain morally unfit for a Queer Male Erotic AnthologyEditor: Sven DavissonPublisher: Queer Mojo (an imprint of Rebel Satori Press)Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009Queer Mojo is looking for quality erotic, short fiction for an upcoming anthology. Stories should be creative, revolutionary, queer and… well, pieces gotta be good reads and they gotta be hot. They may be as explicit as you like, but should have some redeeming literary value (whatever you take that to mean).QM seeks characters out of the mainstream: punks, out-casts, skaters, urban anarchists and secretly rebellious farmboys. Whether you draw inspiration from Bill Burroughs or are a latter-day Lovecraft in creepy crawly tentacular stimulation, all genres are welcome.Previously published material considered on a case-by-case basis depending on original exposure.Please indicate place and date of previous publication in email.Stories should be no longer than 7,000 words. Email submissions as a Word doc attachment to info at queermojo.net

Ashé contributing editor and Madder Love editor Peter Dubé is teaching a SHORT FICTION workshop entitled 4 Windows and a Door in Montreal, Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., March 5 to April 30

For more information: www.qwf.org/workshops/

Read Peter’s interview with Ms. Julie here 

On February 19 @ 7 PM, Ashé contributing editor Craig Gidney will be reading from and signing copies of his debut collection of short stories, Sea, Swallow Me at the DC Center (The DC Center, 1111 14th Street NW Suite 350, Washington DC) as a part of the Outwrite Author Series. 

 Sea, Swallow Me is a wonderfully original and eventful collection, whose stories range from the supernatural to the historical to the right-now moment. Craig Gidney combines an exceptional gift for prose poetry - often as dark and steely as it is beautiful - with an unerring sense of the preposterous and the horrifying. ( But add to that also occasional hilarity that should make a stone laugh aloud.) He breaks rules and remakes them, as many talented writers will, and is undaunted by the murks of society or psyche. Though inevitably ( and rightly ) he brings to his work the voices of Black and Gay Experience, what speaks most strongly throughout is the Human Experience - yes, even when confronted by a god of the sea. Here are elements of the young Ray Bradbury, of John Steinbeck, of Toni Morrison and James Baldwin and Angela Carter. But most of all it is the uniqueness of Gidney’s own take on life, clad in vivid, cunning and, in places, Dionysian language, that make this a must-read ( and read again ) collection. With new writers producing work of this caliber, the future of books looks bright. —Tanith Lee 

Fall is the time when the veils between the worlds are thinnest. It is the time when the dead walk among the living and pagan beasts are blurs in the shadows. The final harvest done, the fields are given over to the faery.This issue of Ashe Journal brings together celebrations of the wild and pagan energies of this time featuring the poetry of Skadi meic Beorh, David Finn, Robert Walker, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Diana R. Thompson, David Finn, Lupercus Pagani and Jess Mann. Also featured in issue #7.2 are a history of the Order of Perpetual Indulgence by Sister Soami; an essay on becoming yourself through your dreams by Dr. Jerrid P. Freeman and Angela Passarelli; new writing from Raymond Yeo and Sud Ram; and book reviews. Check out the new issue of Ashé Journal. Selections available online: http://www.ashejournal.comPrint edition available from the Press’s online store and Amazon.com

Ashé Journal 7.1 Now Available

ISBN: 978-0-9790838-4-6
Paperback, 120 pages, 6×9, $12.95

PUNK BUDDHISM

Features an examination of the Buddhist influence on the artwork of Sylvain Bouthillette by Peter Dubé; new fiction from Riley McLeod; The Sutra of Immeasurable Life and Wisdom translated by Brendan Connell; excerpts from Brad Warner’s Sit Down and Shut Up; and writing from Darin Beasley, Tim Holmes, Iamba, Thomas Fuchs, Girish Menezes, Charles Suhor, Bob Makransky, Stephen Killeen, Toni Fergusson and Farrell Davisson; artwork by Garin Horner; plus books reviews.

With the release of 7.1 come some exciting changes in the direction of the journal. We have decided to expand the Ashé project by increasing our focus distribution of the print edition. In order to make this feasible, the Journal will be issued biannually around the spring and vernal equinoxes. The full table of contents and selected samples of each issue will be presented online immediately. The release of the full online edition will be embargoed for approximately twelve months.

The full print edition is available through your local bookseller or directly from Rebel Satori Press at http://www.rebelsatori.com/shop/

Many people have asked about journal subscriptions over the past several years. Now, with the move toward full print runs, we are introducing a subscription service. <br> <br> Introductory subscription rates are $16.00/ year (2 issues) within the USA. That’s over 60% off the cover price and 20% off regular subscription rate. <br> <br> Subscription information is available on the journal’s website at:

http://www.ashejournal.com/index.php?id=311

International readers should contact the journal for a custom quote.