Visual Examples

So I had meant to upload some images of the ol' "A", but had forgotten. Now here they are! See how pretty? Don't you want?

A literal plateau of ideas.

This is what David Lineal's piece "actually" looks like.

Thumb says "A" is good!

Check it out: "B"

Welcome to Brute Press "B"!

While it is not a new journal edition, you better believe Brute Press B is carrying over the intermission!

Brute Press B is a set of six collectible "business poems", printed on high-quality card-stock and sized for your palm, billfold, hat brim, clutch, sock band, fob pocket, or PDA case.

Each poem deals, although perhaps abstractly, with an element of the printing process here at Brute Press, and therefore both the material poem side and the ideal branding side of the card represent Brute Press both as a business and a creative project.

All poems written by Adam Rothstein.

The set of six cards is priced to own, at 1o cents each or one dollar for the whole set of six.

Look for us on foot in Union Square, Washington Square, and numerous other hip NYC locales and get your own today!

Due to the small size and extremely low cost of the cards, we are unable to offer them for mail order at this time. However, Brute Press "A" is still available, and all orders of "A" will come with one "B" card free! An additional dollar with your order of "A" (still just two bucks!) will include the six cards as well.



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Brute Press

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"I didn't understand Jon Isaac's story at all. I couldn't even tell what the subject was. Were Joe and Jane people or fish or what? Every other word was one I had never seen before; made it kind of hard to follow."

--My Mom, on Brute Press "A".


If that isn't a hell of a testimonial, I don't know what is! Buy a copy today!

Now Available in Store!

This just in- Brute Press "A" is now available for retail purchase!

You can pick up your own copy at the fine botique:

Echo Curio
1519 Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, CA (Los Angeles!!!!)
90010

Their Website

If you are not in the LAX area, you can still mail order a copy from our editorial headquarters in New York City.

Go out and get one, jerk!

A Sneak Peak...

We thought we might offer a small tid-bit of issue "A", to whet the appetite. Here is the beginning of "The Strangeness (of Things)" by Miles Strucker, just one of the stories that appears in the issue. If you enjoy it, you should consider investing in a copy of our fine production.

Cheers!

Brute Press

The Strangeness (of Things)

He was exceptionally good at hiding for an older man with urinary problems. If it wasn’t for the urinary problems (or more precisely, the great pressure) there’d be no reason why he couldn’t stay in his corner office, curled up under his desk, castled in by a chair and a fern, for at least another eight hours. After all, in eight hours the office would be cleared out, left to the darkness of hollow cubicles and gently humming wires. He could skip to the bathroom if he wanted.

The fact that his strawberry skin was beginning perspire, however, told him all too well that peeing would hardly relieve the great pressure (or the fear). If this had been the first time there wouldn’t be fear. There would be sweating, and the great pressure, and certainly a good deal of hiding, but no fear. Fear was a product of experience, of knowing what was going to happen next. In twenty minutes or so, his secretary would deliver the messages and say hello, just as she always had. As to the others who popped their heads in to say hello, and suck all the air out of the room, she behaved quite the opposite—as a draft might.

“Mr. Shannon?” She’d place the morning paper on his desk, noticing that the fern had been moved. That’s strange, she had seen him walk in earlier that morning. Then she would hear him breathing. “Mr. Shannon. Sir, you’re in here?” Formally exposed and not being able to control his chest bulging up and down or the sound of his belt pulling taut, he would have to acknowledge her.

“Allyson, close the door....”

Brute Press "A"

Behold, the arrival!

Brute Press' inaugural publication, "A", officially drops today. This 34-page behemoth contains 100% Brutal Printed material, direct from the Brutes to you. Each copy is hand-made and individually numbered, for an all-around quality page-turning experience.

Featured artists:

ben critton
jeff honeyman
jon isaac
david lineal
adam rothstein
miles strucker

poetry, stories, and not-fiction.
Price: $2, includes us postage.
Maximum literature, for a minimum price.

To order, contact us by email or post (info in the sidebar).

Yay, reading!

Brute Press

Behold, another incarnation!