The JDP Halloween Issue
It’s the perfect thing to read while you’re manning the candy bowl, sitting in your favorite pumpkin patch, or staking out the childhood home of your escaped mental patient — the one you alone know to be the living embodiment of evil. Whichever.
SHAKE AWAY THESE CONSTANT DAYS, now available in every eBook format known to humankind.
Two bucks for this amazing book in e-format is more than money well spent. Seriously, it’s a great collection, but don’t just take our word for it:
“Each of the stories in Ryan Werner’s Shake Away These Constant Days ends with a sentence that’s a fist to the ribs. The collection builds into repeated shots to the soft part of your guts, a beautiful pummeling. By the end of Shake Away These Constant Days, you won’t even notice the bruises, the missing teeth, the pain. You’ll only want to go another round.” – Sarah Rose Etter, author of Tongue Party
“Ryan Werner’s debut marks the arrival of an important new voice: quirky, world-wise, and as joyfully rambunctious as your favorite punk rock song. Listen up. You’ll be glad you did.” -Tom Cooper, author of Phantasmagoria and Barataria
Also, check out the great review Curbside Splendor gave Shake Away These Constant Days.
And speaking of reviews…if (or should we say “when”) you read Ryan’s book and inevitably fall in love with it, a review would be fantastic — whether it’s on Amazon, Smashwords, or the side of the nearest wall. Word of mouth is essential in the indie lit community, so please help us let folks know what an incredible read Shake Away These Constant Days is.
UPDATE: Ryan’s giving away a couple of hard copies of Shake Away These Constant Days over at Goodreads. (But you should still probably get an e-copy for $1.99 just to be on the safe side.)
The Secret Stash in Red Bank, NJ , not far from JDP's underground lair.
For those who somehow don’t know, Comic Book Men is a reality show based in JDP’s favorite, local comic book shop, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, right here in Red Bank. The Stash rocks — both as a straight up, all around comic book shop and as a repository of all things Kevin Smith and View Askewish. Walt, Mike, and Ming are just as cool in real life as on TV — seriously, when you can stop in on a Saturday afternoon and have an extended conversation about the Seven Million Dollar Man, you know you’re dealing with professionals.
So, be sure to check out Comic Book Men when it returns on Sunday night and — if you’ve got Netflix — catch up on the awesome first season. In addition to everything else cool about the Stash, they’ve given away 300 copies of a Jersey Devil Press sampler, with great stories by Graham Tugwell, Kimberly Lojewski, Hilary Gan, y.t. sumner, and Mike Sweeney.
Thanks to Mike and Walt for that and good luck to everyone at the Stash in their new season!