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Diver Doug is a zinester. He makes home-made magazines. He plays his mandolin. He creates clay figurines. He works in pet shops and sleeps on the couches of friends or acquaintances. He is a free spirit and he wants you to buy stuff. It is the mid-nineties and DIY is a way of life. More Sopping Products is his adzine where he talks about his books, music cassettes, clay figures and other things. He is a chatty cat and has a lot to say about how he...
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Can you join the National Novel Writing Challenge and cheat your way to success? Well, what do you think? Read the title. You totally can cheat your way to finishing a book in a month. Every November, thousands of people attempt to write a novel in one month. It's a big thing. Lots of people struggle to write a 50,000 word book in that short time. Such dedication. You know what we call such focused people? Suckers! Buy this book and learn the ways...
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How can you find a time traveler pretending to be a regular fella?
Why should you find out who the time travelers are?
Because time travelers are all two bit hoods who are trying to swindle you out of your money. Time travelers are the worst and we are here to help you distinguish them.
This handy little book will explain why they are vermin. You will learn how to spot them. You will know what to do when you are sure that your neighbor who is always...
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As kids, Mikey and Danny went to the movies. They loved the movies. The crazier, the better. They saw so many movies back in the 1980s, it is hard to remember them all.
Now, Dan visits Mike on his deathbed. They sit and try to remember the movies they saw way back when. Maybe they don't remember them correctly. Maybe they are making up these movies as they sit and talk. Maybe the movies they are creating are better than the ones they actually saw.
Well...
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What is the best job for a parrot and a stork? Could they be good detectives? How about as anesthesiologist? They might do well as guards at an art museum? If that doesn't work, they might try to work in a hotel. Or maybe they can help the war effort by being bombardiers. What can these two dumb birds do to make a living? Maybe all five of these jobs. This issue contains five stories about Birdbrain and Bonehead as they make a mess of each of...
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Santa Claus comes in roaring drunk at the Jewish Nursing Home.Father Death and Father Life walk hand in hand down the streets of the city.A variety of performance artists practice their calling during a zombie apocalypse.There is the creation of the universe as seen as a film noir heist.A church worships the Frankenstein monster as the savior. "Not a Day of Miracles" is a collection of brief tales. None of them lasts long enough to question them....
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Polly Mintslab has mad adventures. She does something for some agency somewhere. She fights villains and does her laundry. She drinks with her friend, and former nemesis, Lord Quicksand at the bar Iago's Pillow.Polly is always ready to fight the good fight and also to nap the good nap.Come enjoy the further adventures of Polly Mintslab. They might not be completely satisfying, but at least they are all short.
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What can you do with great pulp fiction titles? Well you can take these awesome titles and write your own brief stories. That's what David Macpherson did. He took these sordid assemblages of words and created kooky little tales. The titles are authentic vintage pulp fiction from the 30s and 40s. The stories are brand new silliness. With titles like: "Bride of the Half Men," "Dead Hands on the Moon" and "Scourge of the Sky Beast" you just have to put...
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So, you want to write a memoir, but are a little pressed for time? Well look no further! This is the memoir and how to book for you. It will show you how to write a memoir in three days. These are not big memoirs, but who wants overwritten stuff anyway. David will show you why you will want to write a three-day memoir and a let you know a little bit about how to do it. The Long Weekend Review is a eZine that allows the issue's writer to create anything...
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David Macpherson has organized many poetry events over the years. He has created hundreds of poetry readings and series in and around Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2019, he came up with a new series, Long Play Poetry. The idea was simple. He was going to play old poetry and spoken word albums at a performance space and people were going to come and listen.
While running this monthly series, David kept a journal. This book is the history of Long Play...
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This is a list of what to do when the government tells you to stay at home and try not to get sick. It is just one list. There can be others. There should be others. But you get this book, you get this list. The Hangover Hour Report is a new journal where each issue allows an author to write whatever they want. The one rule is that it must be completed in 72 hours.
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You have been bitten by a zombie. What do you do? Well, don't hide it from the members of your post-apocalyptic community of survivors. They would not be happy if you turned into a zombie without telling them. That's just rude. You should read this book. It will tell you how to be your best post-bite person. It will also tell you what rules you need to follow while having a great old time, before we kill you. We have to kill you before you turn...
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Aren't you tired of books with plot and character and just want to read simple lists? Us too. And with that in mind, we have included four of the small books that David Macpherson wrote. They demonstrate the different ways lists can be presented as a piece of writing. "501 Things to Be Wary Of" is just a goofy litany of stuff. "367 Things to Do While Sitting Out a Pandemic" was written in March 2020, when the Covid lock-down began. This can be not...
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Being a successful bad writer is not as easy as it looks. You need to know the tools of the bad writing trade. One of the best and most effective tools you can use is the cliché. Science fiction writing is so filled with clichés it is hard to find and use just the right one. We here at the Institute of Bad Writing have taken much of the leg work out and compiled some of the best science fiction clichés for you to use in your bad writing. This book...
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Can a fish be everyone's friend in the aquarium? Molly Fish doesn't know if she can be everyone's friend, but she really wants to try. She and her friends learn what it is like to live in a small place. Join Molly, Treasure Box, Scuba, Giant Clam and all the other people who live in the aquarium. It is a nice place to live and swim about in.
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Do you like bars? Do you like getting the same drink at every bar you go into? Well, Dave does. He spent several years going into every bar in Worcester and having a gin and tonic. He wrote about it in a blog. That became Gin and Tonics Across Worcester: The Book. It wasn't just about the gin and tonic, though it was pretty damned important. It was about why people go to bars. Why does someone pick one bar to be theirs?
After the initial run, Dave...
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How do you finish that book you've been working on? Simple. You finish it. I know. That is not great advice. But it's true. Let David Macpherson go through the ways you can get over yourself and finish your book. We are not saying that you are going to write a masterpiece. But you will have a finished book. It's about overcoming your fear and uncertainty. Writing is supposed to be fun. Finishing a book is a lot of fun. Let's get you to that place...
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Finding a place to live is tough. There isn't a lot of places available, and when they are, they are crazy expensive. A group of punks and drop-outs have discovered the decent enough place to live: in the back of old paperbacks. It is simple living, but there is no rent. And because people ignore old books, they are pretty much left alone. They eat punctuation and hunt animals that are also loose in the old books. These stories are of those who live...
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What kind of writing can you get done in three days? David Macpherson wrote a memoir in three days. He liked it so much, he did it five more times. What you have in this book are the six small memoirs he wrote in three days a piece. You will learn about the ins and outs of being a Rocky Horror kid. Or you experience a youth remembered in reference to the TV shows he watched. How about a small memoir about reading books while walking the dog? That's...
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David Macpherson drives through Orange, Massachusetts and sees it has changed. It is no longer a sleepy Central Mass town. It is now Castle Rock, Maine. Castle Rock from the Stephen King books. A new Castle Rock television show is being filmed in town and many of the storefronts have new signs.
Join David has looks at the art of a town pretending to be another town. The signs are the focus. David goes on tangents as he looks at them.
How does a...