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I have no idea how I feel about John Edwards' extramarital sexual dalliances. The Icarus-like tumble that powerful men take in such cases is a strange and disturbing thin -
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John Edwards, Love Bunny
Why let John Edwards define himself as a narcissist? How is hedifferent from any other cheating husband? Seems to me that he’s just agrade A (and stupid) Adulterer. If John ...Tim W. Brown on Air America
Think you don't have a voice? Think nobody will ever want to read or publish that tome you wrote about mouse droppings? Well, in that particular case you'd be right, but ...Ebook Publishing Agreement
A Hole in the Fog
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Peculiar Parables for a Dubious Millenium by Judy Cole
EBOOK | DEC 08JakeWatch! A Fan's Memoir by Becky Heineke
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Veteran screenwriter Tom Baum's first novel focuses on a young man with a unique gift. KINDLE / PAPERBACK | MAY 09Cold Open by Simona Wing
A washed-up film actress of the 80s teams up with her former director in modern-day Hollywood to solve the murder of a charismatic young TV star with a questionable past. EBOOK ...The Macoomba Room at the Club Mocombo by Buzz Belmondo
Comedy stage and TV's own Buzz Belmondo's hilarious first novel is the pride and joy of our new acquired titles. PAPERBACK | MAY 09Alice in Deutschland by Dona Stein
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History from Ancient Rome to the Middle Ages provides the settings for Ted Silar's archly knowing tales. EBOOK | SEP 08The Sublime by Hannah Moskowitz
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Fatima: A Memoir by Adnan Mahmutovic
A strangely tender and wry novella of enterprising Bosnian refugee prostitutes in Munich. EBOOK | SEP 2008The Salvation of Billy Wayne Carter by M. David Hornbuckle
In popular McSweeney writer David Hornbuckle's new novella, a rock star becomes the public face of the rebel movement in a second US civil war, a war based on art. EBOOK ...The Little Park by Andrew Washton
A delightful tale of the extraordinary life of an ordinary man of the Bronx and the people around him. EBOOK | US$4.95Tales of a Texas Boy by Marva Dasef
Anecdotes told in the warm vernacular of our American past. EBOOK | US$4.95The Second Kingdom: Three Novelettes by Ron Singer
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The collected poems of a child of the hippie era, who hanged herself in a jail cell in 1975. PAPERBACK | DEC 2008The Black Crayon by Jason Shamai
The first astonishing novel by the "literary god" mentioned in Into the Woods. PAPERBACK | TBAInto the Woods and Back Out Again: An Inspirational Guide to Writing (and Finishing!) Your First Novel by Michael Mathen
Veteran novelist Michael Matheny takes would-be authors stuck at the beginning on an illuminating Arthurian journey. PAPERBACK | US$9.95Descending Into Heaven by Michael Matheny
A gypsy curse, an amnesiac real estate tycoon and Manhattan's downtown theater scene are the elements in this sometimes hilarious, sometimes thoughtful novel set in the 80s. FREE THRU DEC 2008. ...A Hole in the Fog by Michael Matheny
Michael Matheny's cult classic of destiny and time travel in history's beloved City by the Bay, San Francisco. FREE THRU DEC 08.Tales from the Last Resort by The Mad Mick
Tales from the City meets the X-Files! A wonderfully weird and whimsical ride through San Franciso's less-traveled byways. FREE THRU DEC 2008.Quality Time by Michael Matheny
Michael Matheny's fourth novel is a tale of ghosts, hubris and a young lothario in modern-day San Francisco. PAPERBACK | NOV 2008Penance by Jack Adler
A novella of life, love and lessons set in Barcelona during a more innocent era, the 1970s. EBOOK | US$4.95Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood by Stephen Gyllenhaal
One of TV and film's best directors muses on life, love, parenthood and the City of Illusions. PAPERBACK | US$14.95Tales from the Last Resort by The Mad Mick
Tales from the City meets the X-Files! A wonderfully weird and whimsical ride through San Franciso's less-traveled byways. FREE THRU 31 DEC 2008.A Hole in the Fog by Michael Matheny
Michael Matheny's cult classic of destiny and time travel in history's beloved City by the Bay, San Francisco. FREE THRU 31 DEC 08.Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood by Stephen Gyllenhaal
One of TV and film's best directors muses on life, love, parenthood and the City of Illusions. PAPERBACK US$14.95Penance by Jack Adler
A novella of life, love and lessons set in Barcelona during a more innocent era, the 1970s. EBOOK US$4.95The Little Park by Andrew Washton
A delightful tale of the extraordinary life of an ordinary man and the people around him. US$4.95Descending Into Heaven by Michael Matheny
A gypsy curse, an amnesiac real estate tycoon and Manhattan's downtown theater scene are the elements in this sometimes hilarious, sometimes thoughtful novel set in the 80s. FREE THRU 31 DEC ...Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood by Stephen Gyllenhaal
One of TV and film's best directors muses on life, love, parenthood and the City of Illusions.Shakespeare If You Won't Read Me, Dear One
XXIII. As an unperfect actor on the stage Who with his fear is put besides his part, Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage, Whose strength's abundance weakens ...Fortress LA: The Militarization of Urban Space
From City of Quartz (1990, revised 2006) Mike Davis In Los Angeles - once a paradise of free beaches, luxurious parks, and "cruising strips" -genuinely ...THE LITTLE PARK | Andrew Washton (Post)
Well, somebody has to break the ice. I think it's a damn good piece of work and if my mother were still around, she would agree with me.Stephen Gyllenhaal | Liquid Motel Excerpt
A complete 5,000-word section of Liquid Motel, Stephen Gyllenhaal's blackly comic semi-autobiographical novel, can be found ONLY in Cantaraville Three, available by clickingupdated on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 byCantara Christopher
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How to Save Literature | Memoir
Temporary Roots George Whitman, that irascible old legend, held the flyer and read it carefully while I waited at the counter of Shakespeare and Company. "So let me get ...George Carlin 1937-2008
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The fun half of LA Diary is now at Life. Love. Films. The bitchy half is now at The Fame Lab.Media Bistro Profiles Cantarabooks
Avant Guild membership required to read the entire article.Bob Sommer | Author
Bob's novel, Where the Wind Blew, will soon be published by the Wessex Collective. He has appeared on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered as a guest commentator, and his columns ...Leora Skolkin-Smith | Author
Leora's first novel, Edges, was picked by The Bloomsbury Review’s 25th Anniversary Issue as a “Favorite Book of the Last 25 Years”. A feature film based on Edges is forthcoming from ...Theodore Irvin Silar | Author
Theodore Irvin Silar's short story, “Lady Grace’s Revels”, was chosen by novelist Ruth Downie to be published in Solander. [Excerpt from "Author's Intention", a story] When I received the phone ...Greg Schreur | Author
Greg currently teaches English and history in Grand Rapids. He has had non-fiction appear, or scheduled to appear, in Rock & Sling, The Storyteller, and Teaching Tolerance. This is his first ...Susan O'Doherty | Author
Susan's writing has been featured in Literary Mama, Word Riot, Style & Sense, Phoebe, and other publications. Her book, Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued: A Woman’s Guide to Unlocking Creativity, was ...Armand Ruhlman | Author
A resident of New York's Lower East Side, Armand is currently working on a fictional memoir that revolves around the journey of a beatnik bicycle messenger beginning on the morning of ...Susan O'Doherty | Author
Susan's writing has been featured in Literary Mama, Word Riot, Style & Sense, Phoebe, and other publications. Her book, Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued: A Woman’s Guide to Unlocking Creativity, was ...Randy F. Nelson | Author
Randy, a professor of English at Davidson College, North Carolina, received the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for his short story collection, The Imaginary Lives of Mechanical Men (U Georgia ...Kathryn Magendie | Poet
Kathryn is a freelance writer/editor and senior editor at Rose & Thorn Literary Ezine. Her completed novels include I Am Virginia Kate, The Unexpected Places, and The Affliction of Sweetie. ...Stephen Gyllenhaal | Author
Stephen is a flm and television director (Paris Trout, Waterland, Twin Peaks) as well as an accomplished poet and novelist. His poetry collection, Claptrap, was published by Cantarabooks in 2006. ...Saurabh Gupta | Playwright
Saurabh is currently a MFA (Fiction) student at Texas State University. He has worked with Tim O’Brien, Denis Johnson, Dagoberto Glib, Tom Grimes, and Debra Monroe. He is also the web ...John Grey | Poet
John Grey is an Australian-born poet, playwright and musician. His latest book is “What Else Is There?” from Main Street Rag. He has been published recently in The English Journal, The ...Anne Goodwin | Author
Anne lives in Nottinghamshire, England. Her short fiction has appeared in Pen Pusher and QWF Magazine, and anthologies of the Sid Chapman short story competition, where she took first prize in ...Linda Ettinger | Author
With a BS in Arts and Sciences and a BFA in Art, Linda has written a ten-week course in color history which she has taught at UC Riverside. Her story, “The ...Peter Dabbene | Poet
Peter is a Hamilton, New Jersey, based writer. His poetry has been published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and The Journal of New Jersey Poets. His short story, “Reunion Tour”, was ...Amy L. Sargent | Poet
Amy L. Sargent currently lives just outside Pittsburgh PA, where she is completing her MFA at Chatham University. Her Her work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in several journals including ...Tamara Kaye Sellman | Author
Pacific Northest native Tamara Kaye Sellman is a publishing professional and writer living and working in Bainbridge Island, Washington. [Excerpt from "Since That First Night of Lit Halls", a story] ...Jacqueline M. Vick | Author
Jacqueline Vick has had short stories published or set for future publication in Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Mouth Full of Bullets, and Orchard Press Mysteries. [Excerpt from "Death of a ...Gary Alan Walkow
Gary is a Sundance-veteran filmmaker (Crashing, The Trouble with Dick, Beat, Notes from Underground) and TV director (Sledge Hammer!) as well as a fine poet. The three poems in Cantaraville are ...Andrew Washton | Author
Andrew and his wife, Ruth, are specialists in scholarly, out-of-print and rare books on the arts. "Essie Faigelies" is his first published story. [Excerpt from "Essie ...Ita Willen | Author
Born in Poland in 1945, Ita immigrated with her family to the US in the 50s. She holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas in Austin and now ...Jack Adler | Author
LA-based Jack Adler has over 25 years’ experience writing about travel. Currently, he's the leader/chief content provider for Prodigy's travel bulletin board and a columnist for Travel World International, an electronic ...R. A. Allen | Author
Memphis native R. A. Allen aspires to tell stories like Faulkner in the style of DeLillo, with the depth of feeling of Didion. This is R.A.'s first published story and, in ...Peter Dabbene | Author
Peter is a Hamilton, New Jersey-based writer. Some of his stories and poems can be found at Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Zillah, The Journal of New Jersey Poets, Apple Valley Review, ...Manda Djinn | Author
Je suis née à New-York, et la musique m’a captée très tôt et a d’abord fait de moi une danseuse. J’ai même décroché avec un numéro de claquettes sur mon premier ...Eiseart Dunne | Poet
Is dalta mheanscoile é Eiseart Ó Dhuinn. Tá sé ina chónaí i gCo. Thiobraid Árann. Tá sé ag scríobh le timpeall bliain amháin anuas agus sin é an chéad páipéar litríochta ...Linda Ettinger | Author
California writer Linda Ettinger is a member of the Palm Springs Writers Guild. Her work has appeared in the anthology, Curiouser & Curiouser, and in Desert Voices. [Excerpt from "The ...Valerie Fioravanti | Author
New Mexico State University graduate Valerie Fioravanti was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 2004-2005 to study creative writing in Italy. Her stories have been published in Cimarron Review, Hunger Mountain, Harpur ...Janet Flora | Author
Janet Flora is an award-winning writer, whose short fiction and personal essays appear in many prestigious literary journals. She also works as a writing instructor and coach in New York. ...Tim Hall | Author
Tim Hall's stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including New York Press, Post, and The Observer. From 1995 to 1999 he was co-editor and creative director of The ...Lisa Harris | Author
Lisa Harris's fiction has been awarded two Bright Hill Chapbook awards, two Constance Saltonstall Residencies, and a Hambidge Residency. Her writing has appeared in The Habersham Review, Nimrod, The Distillery, The ...Karl Harshbarger | Author
Karl Harshbarger lives with his wife in Germany, where he teaches English as a foreign language. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, The Iowa ...Michael Lee Johnson | Poet
Freelance writer and poet Michael Lee Johnson lives in Chicago, and has recently published poems in The Orange Room Review, Bolts of Silk, The Flask Review, Apollo’s Lyre, Chantarelle’s Notebook, and ...Gloria Kirchheimer | Author
New Yorker Gloria Kirchheimer has been published in New Letters, North American Review, Arts & Letters, Kansas Quarterly, Carolina Quarterly and other magazines. Her collection, Goodbye, Evil Eye, was a finalist ...Kitty Martin | Author
East Coast freelancer Kitty Martin's articles can be found in numerous national online and print publications, including Cruising World. [Excerpt from "Island Moving Dance Company", an article] Newport, Rhode Island, ...John McCaffrey | Author
A Pushcart Prize nominee, John’s short stories, book reviews and essays have appeared in Fiction, KGBBar.Lit, Epiphany, Smokelong Quarterly, and other literary periodicals. [Excerpt from "Connecting", a story] “Hot ...Kathy Passero | Author
Veteran writer and Manhattanite Kathy Passero is the author of a number of books on fine living and young adult pop culture, one of which was on the New York Times ...Kenneth Pobo | Poet
Kenneth Pobo teaches at Widener University. His essays appear in A House of Gathering: Poets on May Sarton's Poetry, Asylum, and Poet & Critic. His poetry chapbook Yes: Irises appeared in ...Sandra Sanchez | Author
Nederland, Colorado-based attorney and author Sandra Sanchez has been published in Storyglossia, Dublin Quarterly and other literary journals. She also runs the publishing co-op, The Wessex Collective. [Excerpt from "Tokillya", ...Arlene Sanders | Author
Arlene Sanders is an Appalachian Mountain writer, born and raised in the South. She has fiction published or forthcoming in literary magazines, including Iconoclast, Sanskrit, Willard & Maple, Tertulia, and Writers ...Trudy Seagraves | Author
Trudy Seagraves of Fairfield, Connecticut was a medical writer-editor for print, radio, advertising, and closed-circuit television for 25 years. She currently writes novels and short stories. [Excerpt from "Cowboy", a ...Jason Shamai | Author
Bay Area native Jason Shamai is a regular contributor to the SF Bay Guardian, Velvet Mafia, Cement Horizon, Roadside Dialysis, and the East Bay Express. [Excerpt from The Black Crayon, ...Jack Smith | Author
Jack is a professor of English in Trenton, Missouri, who teaches classes in ethics, composition, and Stephen King. His storiee have been published in numerous journals. [Excerpt from "Dread", a ...Jim Story | Author
Jim Story is a novelist, short-story writer and poet. An Oklahoman by birth, a Californian by upbringing, and a New Yorker by choice and longevity, has been nominated for a Pushcart ...Fuat Andic | Author
Fuat Andic, a native of Turkey, is the author of three Ottoman historical studies, two biographical studies, and one historical novel, all in Turkish. He now resides in Washington DC. ...Tim W. Brown | Author
Tim is the author of three published novels. A native of Rockford, Illinois, he is now on the Executive Council of the New York Center for Independent Publishing and is a ...Fred Bubbers | Author
Fred Bubbers received his BA in English in 1982 from The State University of New York at Albany. His short stories, essays and poems have been published in journals such as ...Paul Clayton | Author
Paul Clayton was born in '48 and drafted in '68. After the army Clayton went to Temple University in Philadelphia where he earned a BA in English Literature. His first work ...C.A. Cole | Author
C.A. Cole lives in Fort Collins, Colorado and has had stories published on the web in the last year, and other writing published in print a long while ago. [Excerpt ...Nicole M. Coonradt | Author
Nicole M. Coonradt is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the University of Denver. She recently published an article on Shakespeare and Dissident Theory, which appeared in Religion and the ...Dolores Cullen | Author
Dolores Cullen first encountered the works of Chaucer as a middle-aged college student. She received her BA in 1972 and her MA in 1978, both from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. ...Jill Dearman | Author
Jill has been published New York Stories, Lilith, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Nextbook, Thereby Hangs A Tale, Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly, The Portland Review and Constellation. Born and raised in Queens, she ...Marva Dasef | Author
Marva's story collection, Tales of a Texas Boy, published in ebook by Cantarabooks, has recently been nominated for a Cybils Award. She currently lives in Oregon. [Excerpt from Tales of ...Adam Ferrari | Poet
Adam lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he studies creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma. His poetry has appeared in New Plains Review and is forthcoming in Aquapolis. ...John Grant | Author
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Paul Barnett - who edits under his real name and writes under the name John Grant - is a Hugo Award-winning author of novels and short stories, ...
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