new book – Cajun Mutt Press

!! COVER REVEAL !!

March 29, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Tales From The Rotten Land drops on April 11th!! This is a mind-bending mixture of artwork and flash fiction by the talented Efe Tuşder. Stories about demons, sex, gore, interdimensional beings, existential crises, and other normal daily nuances; all laced with a touch of gallows humor and Efe’s beautifully macabre images. Also featuring cover art by JDCIV.

“Efe Tusder’s TALES FROM THE ROTTEN LAND is a more concentrated look at Narc Planet…the world we already live on…what if everything was reversed? Instead of artificial beauty hiding truth, horrid yet genuine truth spilled over the glitzy veil…from spitting on your breakfast plate to being the man who tried to split his skull. You’ll be splatter house appalled into enlightenment.”
—Mike Zone, EIC of Dumpster Fire Press

Now Available from Cajun Mutt Press, Holding the Door For Barbarians by Mark Berriman!

March 8, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Holding the Door for Barbarians by Mark Berriman is now available from Caun Mutt Press!!

If you grab a copy, please leave a review!

“This addictive little book is aptly titled. Mark Berriman’s words open portals into realms where ghostly barbarian voices sing in an indomitable language of the heart. This is poetic expression at its finest. Courageous. Authentic. Vulnerable. Raw. And more fun than a crackhead wedding. Respek!”
—Jonathan Shaw (Author of Narcisa – Our Lady of Ashes, and Scab Vendor – Confessions of a Tattoo Artist)

“This is the most interesting poetry I have read in a long time and I RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO OUT AND BUY IT! From a drunken, drug taking lyric writer.”
—Shane MacGowan, Singer/Songwriter/Frontman of The Pogues

“Mark Berriman’s Holding the Door for Barbarians is a daring dance with the dickens that will both disturb and delight.”
—John Burroughs, US Beat Poet Laureate

BOOK UPDATES!!

March 6, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Be on the lookout March 7th for Holding the Door for Barbarians by Mark Berriman!! Keep your eyes peeled for details about upcoming releases as well.

“This addictive little book is aptly titled. Mark Berriman’s words open portals into realms where ghostly barbarian voices sing in an indomitable language of the heart. This is poetic expression at its finest. Courageous. Authentic. Vulnerable. Raw. And more fun than a crackhead wedding. Respek!”
—Jonathan Shaw (Author of Narcisa – Our Lady of Ashes, and Scab Vendor – Confessions of a Tattoo Artist)

“Mark Berriman’s Holding the Door for Barbarians is a daring dance with the dickens that will both disturb and delight.”
—John Burroughs, US Beat Poet Laureate

Plenty of books available, plenty more to come!! Please leave a review if you pick up a copy. Shoot me a message with your address and a pic of you holding a copy, and I’ll send you some Cajun Mutt Press logo stickers!

All CMP Titles:
https://cajunmuttpress.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/cajun-mutt-press-bibliography/

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 03/01/23

March 1, 2023March 2, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Soy Sauce

Do you have any packets of soy sauce?
the man asked.

Sorry, we don’t have that,
came the reply from the kid
behind the cash.

You didn’t even look.

We don’t have any!
the kid repeated.

Well, can you look for me?
the man asked.

Sir, we don’t have any of that.

I would suggest you look.

I’m not going to look for something
we don’t have!

The man then pulled out a gun
and shot the kid in the face.

Leaving the restaurant
without eating.

Dig

That thoughtless
slippery eel of a blade
going in

well below the ribs
because everyone
is scared

and no one knows
how to fight
anymore.

Shane called

from upstate,
sounded just like anyone
sent up river without a paddle,
complained that his celly was into children,
had all these pictures from the catalogue
and that the weight room always smelled
like dirty men on their worst day
and that Janine and the children
had stopped coming by,
that he thought she was out
dating again (taking a flyer) and I told him
I didn’t know anything about that
even though I did,
because a man can only deal
with so much when the world has
him down and the system
keeps kicking him in the balls
which never feels good
even though some men pay
handsomely for just such a service
from some broad in black leather
and impossible cockroach killers
that rip apart your floors
and forget the safe word
just for kicks.

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Cajun Mutt Press, Dumpster Fire Press, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.

Victory Slab by Ryan Quinn Flanagan:

US
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMVG66QY

CA
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BMVG66QY

March 2023 CMP Featured Writers

March 1, 2023 James D. Casey IV

March is upon us, and I’ve got another killer featured writer lineup for y’all!! If you’d like to submit some writing, send 1-3 poems to cajunmuttpress@gmail.com along with a bio and author photo. I have a few spots left to fill in April, then I’ll be reading for May.

Keep your eyes peeled for our next book release, Holding the Door for Barbarians by Mark Berriman!! Dropping on March 7th. With some killer blurbs from Jonathan Shaw, Shane MacGowan, and John Burroughs!!!

Our April release will be Tales From The Rotten Land by Efe Tusder!! I’ll post a cover reveal soon.

I’ve also been sending manuscript acceptance/rejection emails. I’m about halfway through. If you’ve sent one and haven’t heard from me yet, I’m working on it; hold fast.

I’ll have more details about all the upcoming titles for y’all as we go along. I have books ready to roll, books that I’m still working on, and books that I haven’t started yet on the list of things to come.

Be on the lookout for titles from Frogg Corpse, Timothy Dodd, Merritt Waldon, John Tustin, Ian Mullins, Joshua Martin, Aleathia Drehmer, and many more. I’ll keep y’all updated as I add to the list.

To see a list of all available titles, follow the link below. Including our first two 2023 releases, After the Fall by William Teets and Shooting Myself in the Dark by Carrie Magness Radna.
https://cajunmuttpress.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/cajun-mutt-press-bibliography/

That’s all for now. Send some work for a featured writer spot! I’m looking forward to reading y’all’s submissions!

Love Y’all, Write On,
JDCIV
🤟💀

March 2023 CMP Featured Writers

3 POEMS
by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
03/01/23

Housekeeping
by Damon Hubbs
03/03/23

3 POEMS
by George Gad Economou
03/06/23

BENEDICTION
by John Tustin
03/08/23

MY COLOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
by John Grey
03/10/23

The Irony Isn’t Lost on Me
by Gabriel Bates
03/13/23

7 POEMS
by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
03/15/23

Getting There
by Bruce McRae
03/17/23

The strung-out junkie hustle, anomie and bonhomie
by Douglas Colston
03/20/23