Sunday, September 30, 2012

Angel - by Sandy Sue Benitez (CC#33)

Angel cover photo by Kim Newberg
Crisis Chronicles Press is very pleased to announce the publication of Angel, a chapbook by Sandy Sue Benitez, on 30 September 2012.  Angel is handbound with care using pale gray-coral card stock, wine-blood construction paper and white pages, and features a poignant set of poems the author has dedicated "to all families who have experienced the pain and sorrow of miscarriage."


Available for $7 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134 USA.  8.5 x 5.5". 16 pages. Early copies were inkjet printed; later copies, laser printed.  About 80 total copies made.

If you prefer an e-book format, Angel is also available via Amazon Kindle for $2.99.


Click here to read "The Sleeping Box" from Angel in the Crisis Chronicles litmag.
Click here to read the title poem from Angel in the Crisis Chronicles.
Click here to read the author's blog entry about Angel.
Click here to view ratings of Angel at Goodreads.

Sandy Sue Benitez

Sandy Sue Benitez is the author of Ever Violet, a full-length collection of poetry (D-N Publishing, 2007). She has authored four previous chapbooks: Beneath a Black Pearl Sky (Flutter Press, 2009), The Lollipop Club (Victorian Violet Press, 2010), Petal Storm (Flutter Press, 2010), and Postcards from Iraq (Books on Blogs, 2011). Sandy's work also appears in two anthologies: Lilith: A Collection of Women's Writes and Postcards from Eve, (both Fortunate Childe Publications). She is also the Founder & Editor of Flutter Poetry Journal and Flutter Press. Sandy's poetry has appeared in over 130 print and online poetry journals since 2006. She resides in the Inland Empire, California, with her husband and their 2 children.

Friday, September 21, 2012

In Circles - by Ryn Cricket (CC#32)

Cover photo (c) 2012 by Mark William Darus
Crisis Chronicles Press is pleased to announce the publication of Ryn Cricket's debut chapbook, In Circles, on 21 September 2012.  In Circles features 28 pages of stories and poems by Ryn Cricket (a.k.a. Katheryn Womack), in which the exceptionally normal, abnormal, paranormal, all-too-true and extraordinary mingle and thrive.  This special handbound edition is 8.5 x 5.5", inkjet printed and saddle staple bound with cream cover stock, hard olive end papers and white pages.  Approximately 70 copies made.


Available for $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134 USA.



Click here to read a selection from In Circles in the Crisis Chronicles.
Click here to hear an interview with (and reading by) Ryn Cricket on WOBC radio.
Click here to read a review of In Circles at Amazon.
Click here to see ratings of In Circles at Goodreads.


Ryn Cricket
About the author (from the chapbook):


"When I was in the seventh grade I thought I wanted to do three things when I grew up:  I wanted to be an English teacher, a writer and a mother.   All of that traveling, adventure, and Peace Corps was just research for what was to come.  After more than twenty years of being told I would never be able to have children, I had two beautiful baby girls, a year and a half apart.  I spend many of my daytime hours working in Asia as an ESL lecturer, teacher-trainer, and curriculum creator and editor — and all of the rest of my time  inspiring and being inspired by my two little girls and creating that writing space necessary to evolve my craft."

Click here to visit Ryn Cricket's blog.