October books of the Month:
Forbidden Order the Oct. ‘17 cc&d issue v276 as a 6" x 9" ISSN# and ISBN# perfect bound paperback book:	a Finch in the Window Down in the Dirt Oct. ‘17 v150 6"x9" ISSN# & ISBN# paperback book:	the 2017 literary date book review Short 2016 mag poems & prose by assorted artists in a 6" x 9" ISBN# 2017 weekly date book planner
Random Thoughts the 2017 May-August 6" x 9" Down in the Dirt issue anthology!	Nothing Lasts the 2017 May-August 6" x 9" cc&d ISBN# issue anthology!	the Chamber, the 2016 book anthology Short poems, flash fiction & prose by assorted artists is in the 2016 6" x 9" 420 page ISBN# collection book annual anthology
(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems 108 pages of select Kuypers poems in her first years living in Austin Texas	(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems 108 pages of recent poems written for Austin Texas poetry shows & features	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 .

    NEW TO SCARS: BRAND NEW MAGAZINE ISSUES! Check out cc&d v276 October 2017 issue/book “Forbidden”, and Down in the Dirt v150 October 2017 issue/book “a Finch in the Window” are now available — so check out these brand new magazine issues online AND as perfect-bound paperback books!


    the 2017 May-August MAGAZINE ISSUE ANTHOLOGY BOOKS are now available! Pick up a copy of “Random Thoughts” from Down in the Dirt, or “Nothing Lasts” 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 2016 collection book anthology “the Chamber”! This 420 page collection book contains poetry, flash fiction and short stories from accepted material in 2016 issues of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt is a one of a kind collection book — and it is perfect to order for yourself or a gift!


    DO NOT FORGET the annual mini poetry book as a WEEKLY DATE BOOK! Pick up a copy of “the 2017 literary date book review” of short poems & prose by assorted writers & artists in 2016 issues of cc&d and Down in the Dirt in a 6"x9" ISBN# 2017 weekly date book — pick up a copy today, and enjoy writing all year ‘round while you plan your entire calendar year!


    Check out the BRAND NEW books released recently, like “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)...

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:

Cowboy Hats and Railways Get the John D Robinson 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 2017 chapbooks, like “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 show 8/5/17, “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” from a live 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 show 5/6/17, “Time to Start the Show” from a live 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 show 4/23/17, “Erasure Poems” from a live show 4/1/17, “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” from a live show for World Poetry Day 3/21/17, “Lengthy World Poems on World Poetry Day” from a live show for World Poetry Day 3/21/17, “2017 Austin Rhythm Fire” from a live show 3/20/17, “Exploring Spring” from a live show 3/4/17, “Book Release & Book Reading” from a live show 3/1/17, “Exalted Love” from a live show 2/4/17, “The Eating Game” by Christine Stoddard, “Beginning Anew” from a live 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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