This will be the last issue of Bare Bone but it's the best one yet. Editor Kevin Donihe has pulled no punches and spared no feelings with this twisted and haunting issue.

It features fiction from Ronald Damien Malfi, Cody Goodfellow, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kris Saknussemm, Jeffrey A. Stadt and Kek-W among others. Some of the poets included are Michael A. Arnzen, Cameron Pierce and Forrest Armstrong.

When Jonathan Thomas receives a threatening letter apparently sent by an ex-girlfriend, he pursues the sender but finds himself unraveling another mystery he would have better left unsolved. Finale tells the story of this wanderer's journey to a faultline deep within himself.

The chapters descend from eight to zero as Jonathan travels from his most recent lover to first, finally reaching zero when he leaps into the fissure that divides him. Between lovers, internal "earthquake" chapters rise in magnitude from 1.0 to 8.0.

The lovers include: Mary Whitcomb, a Zelda Fitzgerald double now selling endangered turtle eggs; Azal, who forces Jonathan to visit her father's grave wearing the dead man's clothes; Kerrie, ex-speedfreak and comic book junky; Marnie, a future soccer mom whose seductive and very white mother has deemed herself an honorary African; Chartrise, a psychic waiting with bad tidings; Caitlin, on the way to nunhood; and Holly, who invites Jonathan and the other lovers to his "funeral." Will the funeral startle Jonathan out of self-deception, or lead to knowledge he never should have gained?

Listen to Toth read an excerpt from the book!

In August we will be releasing D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman, a collaborative novel from Alan M. Clark and Elizabeth Massie. More info about this dastardly project is forthcoming but in the meantime sign up for Alan Clark's newsletter which will keep you updated on the book's progress as well as special promotions regarding Clark's artwork.

You can also get a sneak peek into the mind of D.D. Murphry with this excerpt from the book.

Here's a blurb from a review of Welcome to Oakland that really captures its essence:

"…the book the Beats would have written if their privileged upbringings hadn't sent them to the Horace Manns and Columbias of the world. Seldom a book comes along that walks into your comfortable suburban living room, grabs you by your designer lapels, and screams in your face, "This is the truth, man."

Williamson unabashedly tells us the truth as he sees it in all of its filthy, stinking beauty. While other authors struggle to find the politically correct décolletage of an adjective to make their point, Williamson shoves his in your face with a fist-strangled bouquet of malodorously delicious prosody."
—Brandon Shuler, Associated Content

Read an excerpt from the book.

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Ego Likeness w/ Bella Morte Tour Dates:
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May 5 LACROSSE, WI @ THE WAREHOUSE
May 6 LANSING, MI @ MAC'S BAR
May 7 DETROIT, MI @ SMALL'S BAR
May 8 BERWYN, IL @ THE NITE LIGHT CAFE (ALL AGES!!)
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May 11 ST. LOUIS, MO @ DANTE’S
May 12 INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ RADIO RADIO
May 14 RALEIGH, NC @ VOLUME 11 TAVERN
May 15 WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA @ JAXX
May 16 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA @ OUTBACK LODGE

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