Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes Kendra Preston Leonard’s haunting and hypnotic poem “Macalla (echo)”. Kendra Preston Leonard is inspired by history, language, the environment, social issues, and the mythic. Her first chapbook, Making Mythology, was published in 2020 by Louisiana Literature Press, and her novella in verse, Protectress, was published in 2022 …
Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes Jakob Glans’ compelling “the 7 deadly sins and the 4 Last things.” Jakob Glans (b. 1998) is a Norwegian composer of contemporary classical music. Alongside composing he also plays guitar in the Swedish hardcore punk band “RONÖM” and his background and current life as part of the …
Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes Marin Beardslee’s stirring image “Soul Escape.” Marin Beardslee creates art and illustrations that combine beauty, horror, and fantasy into reality. She strives to create unique art pieces that encapsulates connectivity with striking glamor and the twisted dark macabre. Most of all, Marin seeks to make her art …
Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes Matt Gill’s intricate composition “A Set for Harpsichord.” Matt Gill is a clarinetist, saxophonist and composer in San Diego, CA. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, is published by Dorn Publications in Massachusetts, and has been a featured artist on Public Radio’s “Soundscapes.” …
Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes two poems and one musical composition by Elisabeth Blair. They are: “hands,” “motherlover,” and “the yet-to-be-born speak.” motherlover was performed by Mike Truesdell and Elisabeth Blair. Elisabeth Blair is a Michigan-born, Montréal-based poet and editor with an extensive background in music and the visual arts. She is …
Issue #7 of The Paramanu Pentaquark is LIVE and includes two poems by Glen Armstrong: “Antonyms for “Relaxer”” and “Once a City Burns.” Glen Armstrong (he/him) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. His latest book is Night School: Selected Early Poems.
Please join us to celebrate the launch of our new book: Past, Fiction, Future An anthology of writing by the 2022-2023 Flint Public Library Teen Writers Workshop. TUES. MAY 16, 5 – 6 pm 1026 E. KEARSLEY ST. THE FRIENDS ROOM (2ND FLOOR) FLINT, MICHIGAN Admission is free and public. The writers of the Teen …
Welcome to the sixth installment of the Gothic Funk Press salon series. This reading will have a focus on young-adult fiction! Featuring:* Christine Borne* S.C. Megale* Reinhardt Suarezand* Irène Hodes, as resident mixologist* Gothic Funk Press Director Connor Coyne, as host This event will take place on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 8 PM EDT …
The Gothic Funk Press is very pleased that we have scheduled the fifth installment of our digital salon series, Salon Shandy. This event will take place on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at 8 PM EDT. Inspired by a long-ago summer night of spirited storytelling, Salon Shandy will feature our resident mixologist and three guest readers. …
Gothic Funk Press has organized a scavenger hunt to debut Urbantasm, Book Three: The Darkest Road by Flint author Connor Coyne. The Scavenger Hunt will take place from September 20 – 26, and two winners will have the change to earn a combined $300 worth of prizes. The prizes include gift cards to Comma Bookstore and …