Diplomatic Relations, by Nanos Valaoritis

Diplomatic Relations, followed by Birds of Hazard and Prey, poems and collages by Nanos Valaoritis, published by Panjandrum Press, San Francisco, 1972.

Hired Hierogylphs by Nanos Valaoritis

Poem and collages by Nanos Valaoritis, published by Kayak Books, Santa Cruz, California, 1971.

Out there in the night

Who was Sinclair Beiles? and Off-ramp land in Rotterdam

Copies of Who was Sinclair Beiles? and Off-ramp along with various publications from Cold Turkey Press arrive at the office of Sea Urchin Editions, Rotterdam. Photo: Ben Schot

East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)

Cut Up! An anthology inspired by the cut-up method of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin

Coming soon from Oneiros Books, UK. Contains extracts from April in the Moon-Sun by Gary Cummiskey and a cut-up letter by Sinclair Beiles. Read more here

Tennessee Williams in Bangkok, by Eddie Woods

New from Inkblot Publications in the US.

I was trying to urinate in a burning bush, when...

Sun above the wilderness

How do the fish dream in the desert?

A short review of Off-ramp, by Catfish McDaris

It was Alfred Hitchcockish, Twighlight Zoneish, with a bit of Beat/Meat. Burroughs, Buk sort of influenced, but definitely your own voice. I liked the ending of the last story, maybe some folks got upset with too much anal, fuck them, you wrote what you felt. I could say this reminded me of French & British films or stories, not American or Hollywood. Some of the endings I might have done differently, but I'm an American & I respect your South African voice. I know you're well read & everything we come across sort of stick in our minds. My favorite story was the guy finding the bomb on the bus.

Provocative flash fiction: a review of Off-ramp by Kyle Allan

"Off-Ramp, by recently appointed New Coin editor and poet Gary Cummiskey, offers a glimpse into everyday reality tinged with vivid hallucinatory possibilities and existential crises, embued with a powerful sense of the absurd. The stories reveal startling and often brutal juxtapositions of desire, violence, and power...."

Read more here

Black flowers

From Journey West (All in August) by Ira Cohen

Published by Cold Turkey Press (France)

and Sea Urchin Editions (Rotterdam), 2013

Ira Cohen, Amsterdam, 1980

Photo: Eddie Woods, supplied by Sea Urchin  Editions, Rotterdam

When January Begins in Summer