Enjoy the new 4/18 Books of the Month from Scars:	the 2018 literary date book review Short 2017 mag poems & prose by assorted artists in a 6" x 9" ISBN# 2018 weekly date book planner
War of Water the Apr. ‘18 cc&d issue v282. Order this as a 6" x 9" ISSN# and ISBN# perfect bound paperback book:	My Name Is Nobody Down in the Dirt Apr. ‘18 v156. Order this as a 6" x 9" ISSN# and ISBN# perfect bound paperback book:
Negative Space a Scars 2017 anthology Short poems, flash fiction & art by assorted artists is in the 2017 6" x 9" ISBN# collection book annual anthology	On a Rainy Day a Scars 2017 anthology Poetry & prose (some longer) & select art by assorted artists is in the 2017 6" x 9" ISBN# collection book annual anthology
the Light in the Sky the 2017 Sept.-Dec. 6" x 9" Down in the Dirt issue anthology!	Language of Untamed Spirit the 2017 Sept.-Dec. 6" x 9" cc&d ISBN# issue anthology!

    NEW TO SCARS: BRAND NEW MAGAZINE ISSUES! Check out cc&d v282 April 2018 issue/book “War of Water”, and Down in the Dirt v156 April 2018 issue/book “My Name Is Nobody” are now available — so check out these brand new magazine issues!


    DO NOT FORGET the annual mini poetry book as a WEEKLY DATE BOOK! Pick up a copy of “the 2018 literary date book review” of short poems & prose by assorted writers & artists in 2017 issues of cc&d and Down in the Dirt in a 6"x9" ISBN# 2018 weekly date book — pick up a copy today, and enjoy writing all year ‘round while you plan your entire calendar year!


    the 2017 Sept.-Dec. MAGAZINE ISSUE ANTHOLOGY BOOKS are now available! Pick up a copy of “the Light in the Sky” from Down in the Dirt, or “Language of Untamed Spirit” from cc&d — because books like these are a great way to get a number of magazine issues all together in a great volume set! Pick up a copy today!


    Enjoy the Scars Publications 2017 anthology collection books that have been released with plenty of time for Christmas delivery — “Negative Space” and “On a Rainy Day”! Scars released two anthology collection books to show off 2017 writings and artwork; “Negative Space” is a collection of short poems, flash fiction and prose, and “On a Rainy Day” is a collection of poetry and prose (some longer) as well as select art. Both anthology collection books contain writing and art from accepted material in 2017 issues of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt, and both of these collection books are each a one-of-a-kind anthology — and they are both perfect to order for yourself or a gift!


    Check out the BRAND NEW books released recently, like “Splintered with Terror” by Linda M. Crate, “an Outlaw in the Making” by John D Robinson, “Bastard Faith” by John Sweet, “Ramblings and the Knee Poems” — a 296 page book by Rochelle Lynn Holt, “Abandoned” by Carl Scharwath, “It’s Like Losing” of poetry and photography by David J. Thompson, “New Creations Out In Public” by Brian Looney, “Crafting Wings” by Joseph Murphy, “the Eight Wheeled Doorway of Serpent’s Head” by Mark Fleury, “Scream” by Kyle Hemmings, “Naming a storm: Haiku and tanka” by Stephen Toft, “Bowetry” by Cara Losier Chanoine, “Epiphany” by Alain Marciano, “SHORT TAKES II” - Reviews and Opinions by Fred Russell, Neurotica” by Chris Butler, “The Trail of Quetzalcoatl poetry photo book by Westley O. Heine, or “Cowboy Hats and Railways” by John D Robinson — and remember that you can always check the books listing for a complete and up-to-date listing of books released (or check out the CD / Books sale page for a sorted listing of book too, with most recent books at the top)...

It’s Like Losing Order this 8½" x 8½" David J. Thompson poetry & photography book with greyscale interior pages or with full color interior pages .	Abandoned Get the Carl Scharwath poetry ISBN# paperback book!	Naming a storm: Haiku and tanka Get the Stephen Toft 2016 ISBN# 5½" x 8½" haiku and tanka book!	Crafting Wings Get the Joseph Murphy poetry 6" x 9" book:
The Trail of Quetzalcoatl Get the Westley O. Heine 8½" x 11" poetry photo book:	Bastard Faith Get the John Sweet poetry ISBN# paperback book!	Splintered with Terror Get the Linda M. Crate 6"x9" poetry ISBN book:	Ramblings and the Knee Poems Get the Rochelle Lynn Holt 296 page poetry journal book!

    And HEY, if you want to know about FREE PDF file chapbooks, enjoy 2018 and 2017 chapbooks, like the 2018 chapbook“Who What Where When Why” of poems written from South America and Antarctica performed in a live Austin show 12/2/17, “Finding where we’re From and the Future” from a live Austin show 11/4/17, “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” from a live Austin show 10/7/17, “Seasons Change” from a live Dripping Springs show 9/21/17, “Energy with Poetry and Music” from a live Austin show 9/2/17, “Under My Skin” from a live Chicago show 8/23/17, “This Just In” from a live Chicago show 8/22/17, “Finding Peace” from a live Austin show 8/5/17, “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” from a live Austin show 7/1/17, “Sun and Rain” of haiku poetry by JoyAnne O’Donnell, “Cleveland Haiku” of haiku poetry by Michael Ceraolo, “Meant to do Big Things” from a live show 6/3/17, “Haiku on the Fly” as a BONUS chapbook from after a live Austin show 5/6/17, “Time to Start the Show” from a live Austin show 5/6/17, “Drop the Bomb”, a collection of potential poems for reading at Austin’ls Poetry Bomb 4/30/17, “Crazy”, a short story from a live Austin show 4/23/17, “Erasure Poems” from a live Austin show 4/1/17, “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” from a live Austin show for World Poetry Day 3/21/17, “Lengthy World Poems on World Poetry Day” from a live Austin show for World Poetry Day 3/21/17, “2017 Austin Rhythm Fire” from a live Austin show 3/20/17, “Exploring Spring” from a live Austin show 3/4/17, “Book Release & Book Reading” from a live Austin show 3/1/17, “Exalted Love” from a live Austin show 2/4/17, “The Eating Game” by Christine Stoddard, “Beginning Anew” from a live Austin show 1/7/17— and remember that you can always go to the Chapbooks main page to see chapbooks from all of this year and past years too!


    If you’re looking for your video fix, you can always check out the regularly updated Scars Video page at artvilla (highlighting videos of recent performances)! And don’t forget, you can also check out all past videos (through “scars girl” Janet Kuypers) at YouTube, Facebook or twitter any time!       

All Scars magazine issues and books have an ISBN# barcode, and are available online throughout the United States, as well as the U.K. & continental Europe through our printers at amazon (this includes Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it. With contributors from around the world, Scars Publications books and magazine are now available around the world...)

    Scars Publications has received writings from the United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, England, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa and Turkey (as well as input from both Japan and Slovenia), and is always looking for new writings from around the world to contribute to their two literary magazines: “Children, Churches and Daddies– (founded 1993) and “Down in the Dirt– (founded 2000). Our news section highlights news from around the globe, and our philosophy section highlights classic writing as well as modern philosophy essays. Browse through our chapbooks and books, play games, or enjoy work in our audio/video section, or even at our PodCasts or our radio station.

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