Sean Carswell is a former carpenter, housepainter, dishwasher, pizza delivery boy, and warehouse clerk. His fiction has appeared in dozens of literary journals. He has been a staff writer for Flipside
Beyond Definition confronts questions of sexuality and identity in a collection of dynamic work by established and emerging writers from the San Francisco Bay Area. Urgent and significant issues are e
The author explores his identity as an Asian, a gay man, a poet, and a lover, satirizing society's strictures and his own life experiences in stream-of-consciousness poems that deal with race, desire,
Why should kids have all the fun? Now grown-ups can have a blast coloring in Devil Babe's luscious lips and tantalizing body parts, playing connect-the-dots to discover naughty pictures, dressing up t
""It is not about provocation, reaction or even invocation, it is about transformation: mentally and physically."--Marina Abramovic, artist"Art is subjective, and if one sees something in an image, th
“A way cool guide that manages to raise the art of irreverence to a new level.”—Chicago Tribune The Underground Guide to San Francisco is the original alternative guidebook. Not for
"Regardless of the subject, the writing is always tight and has that sort of delayed sting as you realize the sleeping prejudice he's been pricking. And nothing is sacrosanct."?Jeff Dawson, co-author
The twelve interconnected short stories in this collection combs offices, nightclubs, malls, and suburban homes for evidence of life amongst the "walking dead" of the modern world. By the author of Mo
Earnest and confessional in the best sense, Maybe's poems about self and vulnerability reveal her beliefs in family, love, identity, and anti-establishment idealism. Her uncanny ability to pivot at mu
America’s favorite crypto-zoological hominid is hilariously recast as the modern-day everyman, struggling with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, pop culture, and philosophical quandaries (&
Whether he's writing about a chance sexual encounter at a Goth club called Lilith or revealing the inner thoughts of young hustlers in Hollywood, Catalyst unearths the trashy truth in his characters'
The joke is a literary genre: a folksy interpretation of a short story. Clever readers looking for more than a rudimentary punch line, lovers of “shaggy dog stories,” as well as those who appreciate l
Anyone can go to the Strip, but if struggling against the incessant flow of tourists has you yawning, here’s the ultimate guide to a more colorful, not-so-obvious Sin City, whether you’re here for a d
"A gay, punk-rock Chinese American in the age of AIDS, Chin confronts all manner of hypocrisy."?San Francisco ChronicleThrough intertwined short stories, 98 Wounds dissects the inexorable dualities pr
Growing up in the 1970s has never before been portrayed with such delightful ludicrousness and heartrending tenderness as in Why Aren't You Smiling? When teenage Leonard decides to quit being a Dweeb
In an urban framework of love and sex and betrayal, these sizzling poems and scorching stories explore the inexplicable politics of human relationships while breaking open the boundaries of the heart'