Ice Age
by David S. Pointer
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Ice Age is David S. Pointer's most recent masterpiece of social commentary and eye-opening honesty, now available from Propaganda Press. The newest poetry collection from this veteran poet maudit is book three in our Pocket Protector mini-chapbook series and will not disappoint in being a telling and lasting remark on our current government, economy, society, and way of life. Touching largely on the separation of classes, the understanding of order and place in our current system, the substandard living environments of substandard people, and what the hierarchy does (or doesn't do!) about it all. This collection is Pointer at his sharpest and most insightful, jamming 40 poems into this small pocket-sized book, each one a dagger of wit, keen observation, intelligence, and stunning imagery. An absolute must-have for your collection! All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, so your purchase goes to support David directly!

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[in reverse chronological order: newest to oldest.  *denotes featured writer winner.  **denotes contest winner.]

april 13, 2007 "Systemic Infection" [Nina]
april 12, 2007 [excerpt from] "My Life Would Make A Great Book" [Terra Forbes]
april 11, 2007 "Surreal Squeal - An arsenal of subconscious nil" [Orpheus Object (Michael H.)]
april 10, 2007 "from memory" [susan schuetze]
april 9, 2007 "on being raped [in three parts]" [anonymous]
april 8, 2007 "Scorpion's Sting" [Dawn]
april 7, 2007 "Camouflage" [Charles Cooper]
april 6, 2007 "different day" [Kevin M. Hibshman]
april 5, 2007 "On My Recent Love" [Andy Urbats]
april 4, 2007 "Mister Feel-Nothing" [Eddie Cicero]
april 3, 2007 "TALIA AND EVERYTHING I WON'T SAY" [SINS]
april 2, 2007 "untitled" [rj]
april 1, 2007 "Stone Henge" [DMM]
**march 31, 2007 "Pills" [Kyle Smith (bloodismyink)]
march 30, 2007 "The Truth of the Poet of lies" [Falling in a Dream]
march 29, 2007 "I have no You" [Gradly Bra]
*march 28, 2007 "I tried walking into town with my new boots on" [Nora Toomey]
march 27, 2007 "Labyrinth's Mistress, The" [A New Desperation]
march 26, 2007 "Your Song" [Underwater Voices]
march 25, 2007 "Lump" [tricia henley]
march 24, 2007 "The Heavenly Machine" [j esse king]
march 23, 2007 [food review of a French fast food restaurant] [Ben Exworthy]
*march 22, 2007 "I Have a Need" [Bloowriter]
march 21, 2007 "sleep" [Christopher Wise]
march 20, 2007 "Resurrecting the Holy Ghost" [Lee Crase]
march19, 2007 "In Old Kyoto" excerpt from "Flying Beasts and Running Birds" [Justin Muschong]
march 18, 2007 "Dreamland? Sure.." [Zachari P.]
march 17, 2007 "Moreover" [Tira Howard]
march 16, 2007 "A Beautiful Woman Enters a Crowded Restaurant" [John]
march15, 2007 "Intersexes Mindf*ck" [pjspincyc]
*march 14, 2007 "Fury's Cahins" [Summer Cordon]
march 13, 2007 "The Real World" [Michael J. Csiki]
march 12, 2007 "The Wizard of Gauze" [Dahlia]
*march 11, 2007 [excerpt from the Ben Exworthy issue of The Stranger] [Phill Arensberg]
march 10, 2007 "skinny" [Kevin M. Hibshman]
march 9, 2007 [untitled] [January Briar]
march 8, 2007 "A Beautiful Touch" [Terris Harned]
march 7, 2007 "Pt. 1" [Tom Muth]
march 6, 2007 "The Roses" [Andy Urbats]
march 5, 2007 "After Work" [Michael J. McCallum]
march 4, 2007 "A family of three" [Playful Pandora]
march 3, 2007 "motion" [ Wise]
march 2, 2007 "1926" [leah angstman]
march 1, 2007 "Dead End" [Jazmyah D.]
*february 28, 2007 "Frognosis" [Cat Caldwell]
february 27, 2007 [excerpt from "My Life Would Make A Great Book"] [Terra Forbes]
february 26, 2007 "city a.m." [Kevin M. Hibshman]
february 25, 2007 "Prayer for the Spirits" [Terris Harned]
*february 24, 2007 "A Give And A Take" [Andy Urbats]
february 23, 2007 "The Lean of Innocence" [Michael J. McCallum]
february 22, 2007 "the empty house" [leah angstman]

[in order by author's last name or by display name. *denotes a featured writer winner.  **denotes a contest winner.]

A  New Desperation ["The Labyrinth's Mistress"] 03.27.07
angstman, leah ["1926"] 03.02.07
angstman, leah ["the empty house"] 02.22.07
anonymous ["on being raped [in three parts]"] 04.09.07
*Arensberg, Phill [excerpt from the Ben Exworthy issue of The Stranger] 03.11.07
*Bloowriter  ["I Have a Need"] 03.22.07
Bra, Gradly ["I have no You"] 03.29.07
Briar, January [untitled] 03.09.07
*Caldwell, Cat ["Frognosis"] 02.28.07
Cicero,  Eddie ["Mister Feel-Nothing"] 04.04.07
Cooper, Charles ["Camouflage"] 04.07.07
*Cordón, Summer ["Fury's Chains"] 03.14.07
Crase, Lee ["Resurrecting the Holy Ghost"] 03.20.07
Csiki, Michael J. ["The Real World"] 03.13.07
D., Jazmyah ["Dead End"] 03.01.07
Dahlia  ["The Wizard of Gauze"] 03.12.07
Dawn ["Scorpion's Sting"] 04.08.07
DMM  ["Stone Henge"] 04.01.07
Exworthy, Ben [food review of a French fast food restaurant] 03.23.07
Falling in a Dream ["The Truth of the Poet of lies"] 03.30.07
Forbes, Terra [excerpt from "My Life Would Make A Great Book"] 02.27.07
Forbes, Terra [excerpt from "My Life Would Make A Great Book"]  04.12.07
Harned, Terris ["A Beautiful Touch"] 03.08.07
Harned, Terris ["Prayer for the Spirits"] 02.25.07
henley, tricia ["Lump"] 03.25.07
Hibshman, Kevin M. ["city a.m."] 02.26.07
Hibshman, Kevin M. ["different day"] 04.06.07
Hibshman, Kevin M. ["skinny"] 03.10.07
Howard, Tira ["Moreover"] 03.17.07
John  ["A Beautiful Woman Enters a Crowded Restaurant"] 03.16.07
king, j esse ["The Heavenly Machine"] 03.24.07
McCallum, Michael J. ["After Work"] 03.05.07
McCallum, Michael J. ["The Lean of Innocence"] 02.23.07
Muschong, Justin ["In Old Kyoto" excerpt from "Flying Beasts and Running Birds"] 03.19.07
Muth, Tom ["Pt. 1"] 03.07.07
Nina ["Systemic Infection"] 04.13.07
Orpheus Object (Michael H.) [Surreal Squeal - An arsenal of subconscious nil] 04.11.07
P., Zachari ["Dreamland? Sure.."] 03.18.07
pjspincyc ["Intersexes Mindf*ck"] 03.15.07
Playful Pandora ["A family of three"] 03.04.07
rj  ["untitled"] 04.02.07
schuetze, susan ["from memory"] 04.10.07
SINS ["TALIA AND EVERYTHING I WON'T SAY"] 04.03.07
**Smith, Kyle (bloodismyink) ["Pills"] 03.31.07
*Toomey, Nora ["I tried walking into town with my new boots on"] 03.28.07
Underwater Voices ["Your Song"] 03.26.07
*Urbats, Andy ["A Give And A Take"] 02.24.07
Urbats, Andy ["On My Recent Love"] 04.05.07
Urbats, Andy ["The Roses"] 03.06.07
Wise, Christopher ["motion"] 03.03.07
Wise, Christopher ["sleep"] 03.21.07

release forms for submitting material to revolution calling and poiesis (formerly medusa) can currently only be found on our website.  please note that the submission forms have the incorrect address on them.  please be patient while we are updating our website and materials, and use the correct mailing address:

alternating current
73 Oak St, Suite 1
Somerville MA 02143


RELEASE FORM FOR POIESIS (formerly MEDUSA) can be found here

RELEASE FORM FOR REVOLUTION CALLING can be found here

1. revolution calling publishes most anything. We do, however, try to keep the magazine political- and societal-issues-oriented; if you send material that does not fit that vein, it may or may not be published, according to space and content. We rarely censor the material we print, but we will not print art drawn on lined paper or homophobic, racist, or plagiarized (full or in part) material. We also try to stay away from dated material, since deadlines can sometimes be haphazard. We reserve the right to refuse to print any material we damn well please without giving you one damn good reason.
   
   
2. All authors and artists must submit a release form with each submission. This form gives us permission to print your material; the form is printable off our site by clicking on "release form." Without the release form, your material will not be published.
   
   
3. Material can be (most) any length (let's be courteous, please), any style, any genre, and any subject matter (with an emphasis on societal and political issues). All submissions must be in English. We reserve the right to edit any material sent (or to omit passages that do not fit our criteria and guidelines) at our discretion.
   
   
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17. We also feature an art cover by different artists each issue. If you have a piece of art (needs to be innovative and not childish), fill out the "release form" on this page and send the form in with your artwork (artwork needs to be unfolded and preferably unwrinkled). All artwork must be original. We keep all artwork on file for future reference. We also have the right to refuse to publish any artwork at any time at our own discretion. Tasteful nudity accepted; if the art is borderline porno, we will not use it.
    
    
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If you've read this, and your eyes aren't bleeding yet, then send your articles and/or art to us, along with the release forms (see 2 and 17) and any bribes or free products you want to send us to [please note that the address on the release form is incorrect.  we are in the process of updating, but please use the address below while we are updating]:

alternating current
c/o revolution calling
73 Oak St, Suite 1
Somerville MA 02143 USA

propaganda press prints an ongoing zine called revolution calling.   The quarter-sized, thick zine comes out three times a year and contains articles by leah angstman and many various authors.   revolution calling is always accepting submissions, mostly in the vein of political, commentary, or otherwise important to the interests of bettering people's minds.   revolution calling exists to force people to think and to become involved with taking positive action to get results on today's issues.   If we can cause just one person to take notice, then we have done our job.   we accept submissions for revolution calling all year long, and it goes to print on the 1st of April, the 1st of August, and the 1st of December each year.

If you are interested in sending in your article, artwork, story, comic strip, or revolutionary plea for action for consideration in revolution calling, please read all the fine print to be sure your submission is done correctly and to keep delays to a minimum.   You will need to print out "the form" on this page, and send one in with each submission.   Send all submissions and forms to [please note that the address on "the form" is incorrect.  we are in the process of updating, but please use this address]:

alternating current
c/o revolution calling
73 Oak St, Suite 1
Somerville MA 02143 USA