Zazzle Review

Previously I detailed moving from CafePress to Zazzle to re-open the Five-Two gift shop. This morning, Zazzle offered me a $5 coupon to write reviews of the samples I ordered gearing up to open the shop. That led me to also post a video review:




And here's frequent contributor Charles Rammelkamp wearing his Zazzle shirt:



Through Monday, July 25, use coupon code JULYXMASDEAL for 20% off.

Shop Talk

I started a CafePress shop in 2008 to promote the Lineup chapbooks. Around the same time, I also created a shop for the Short Mystery Fiction Society, where I was serving as president.

The Society shop sold logo merchandise at cost in return for said logo being designed pro bono. Meanwhile, I was the Lineup shop's best customer. I liked the quality of what I bought and re-branded the shop for The Five-Two, but the CafePress site has had more than its share of hiccups over the years. About two weeks ago, both shops disappeared from my account, and instead of trying to restore them, I closed my account.

While a new president will decide whether to open another Short Mystery Fiction Society shop, I've set up the CriPoWkly store at Zazzle, comparable to CafePress but offering a wider range of products. Tied into the Zazzle move, I've renamed the Five-Two Twitter account @CriPoWkly. That's short for "Crime Poetry Weekly", but just as Five-Two poems don't glorify crime, neither do the shop's designs. And, as with the CafePress shop, I'll donate all April royalties to the nonprofit Academy of American Poets, supporting poets at all stages of their careers.

Through Tuesday, July 5, use the coupon code ZAZFIREWORKS for 25% off your order.

From BEAT to a PULP: All Those Hungry Mouths by Keith Rawson

I'm pleased to round out 30 Days of The Five-Two 2015 telling you about BEAT to a PULP's collection of thirty poems and vignettes by Five-Two and Lineup alum Keith Rawson, All Those Hungry Mouths.

Among the thirty pieces are "A Story to Tell Our Daughter" from The Lineup #4 and one of the earliest Five-Two poems, "$25".

Best of luck with the book, Keith.

The Five-Two Vol. 3 Available for Amazon Kindle

Collects our third year of fifty-two poems. Featuring Austin Alexis, F.J. Bergmann, Tom Brzezina, Stevie Cenko, Ann Clark, Louie Clay, Randall Compton, Robert Cooperman, Dalton Day, Kristina England, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Peter M. Gordon, Amy Holman, Paul Hostovsky, Scott T. Hutchison, Rosemarie Keenan, Elizabeth Lash, Linda Lerner, Lauren McBride, Catfish McDaris, Rachel Lynn McGuire, Tim McLafferty, Wilda Morris, Sarah Nichols, Steve Peacock, Joseph S. Pete, David S. Pointer, Charles Rammelkamp, William G. Rector, Linda Rodriguez, Mehnaz Sahibzada, Seamus Scanlon, Nancy Scott, Kathleen Shaw, Toby Speed, Allen Stein, Sasha Swarup-Deuser, Terry Trowbridge, Ken Tufford, H.B. Ussach, Catherine Wald, Tiffany Washington, Kayla Wheeler, Angel Zapata.


Ebook Amazon Kindle $3.99 US | Also available via Amazon's international sites

Contributors, contact me for your complimentary copy. Thanks again for your great work.

Available Now: The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly, Vol. 2

Collects our second year of fifty-two poems. Featuring Elisa Albo, Christine Aletti, William J. Anderson, Nigel Bird, Alan Catlin, Joseph James Cawein, Robert Cooperman, JD Debris, Jeffrey DeLotto, George Dila, Doug Draime, Thomas J. Erickson, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Peter M. Gordon, Anne Graue, Michelle Holmes, Steve Hood, Paul Hostovsky, Jerry House, Monty Jones, Tonia Kalouria, J. Rodney Karr, Heidi Kraay, Mabel Lee, J. Patrick Lewis, Bradley McIlwain, Casey Zella Moir, Alison Morse, P.M. Pearce, Josefine Petersen, David S. Pointer, Amy Pollard, Charles Rammelkamp, Anina Robb, Stephen D. Rogers, Ruth Sabath Rosenthal, Nancy Scott, Nicole C. Scott, Pete Simonelli, Kimberlee Smith, Sarah Stockton, Peter Swanson, Kim Welliver, Max West, Aig'ner Wilson, Matthew Wilson, Angel Zapata.

Ebook Amazon Kindle $3.99 US | Also available via Amazon's international sites

I am sending contributor copies this week.

Sunday Sales

The ebook version of The Lineup #2 is now available for Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook. It's a fine introduction to poetry at $1.99.

I was unable to obtain electronic reprint rights for four poems from the original print issue, but you can get 20% off any Lineup print issues ordered from Lulu.com today through December 14 with coupon code FELICITAS.

Finally, through tomorrow, December 10, you can get 15% off orders of $50 or more from The 5-2's CafePress shop with coupon code SHOPUP.

Thanks for your support.

See our ad in Crimespree Magazine #41

See the Lineup ad (designed by John Collis) in Issue 41 of Crimespree Magazine, with Don Winslow on the cover:

Buy Now

Signed copies of The Lineup #4 have arrived at our four bookshop locations, and I've just made the book available on Lulu.com. Get The Lineup (see tab above) lists everywhere The Lineup #4 is available and will link to reviews of the issue as the come in.

UPDATE: 20% off Lulu.com orders with coupon code SPLISH305 through April 4.

Gift Shop Update

Around the launch of a new issue, I update the items in our CafePress shop to reflect the nuance John Collis gives the magazine logo.

This year, in keeping with our goal to increase The Lineup's visibility, I've also created Poetic Justice Press items.

The dagger represents our brand of poetry driving its point home in fifty lines or fewer.

Through Thursday, February 3, the coupon code CUPID gives you free shipping on orders $40 or more.

Lineup T-Shirts now available through Amazon.com

CafePress is now selling the pictured t-shirt via Amazon Marketplace in black and charcoal. The marketplace price is higher, but may suit those who don't want to create a CafePress account.

TODAY ONLY: Lulu.com Cyber Monday Extended

Enter coupon code CYBER305 at checkout to take 25% off Lulu.com orders. Offer expires 11:59 PM Eastern.

DISCOUNT NOIR On Sale Now

Just out from eBook publisher Untreed Reads is an anthology of forty-two stories of murder, mayhem, and more set around superstore chain Megamart. Includes work by Lineup contributors Patricia Abbott, Anne Frasier, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Sandra Seamans, and Gerald So.

If you thought standing in line at your local warehouse store was murder, then you haven't been to Megamart. These flash fiction tales of superstore madness and mayhem will make you think twice the next time you hear, "Clean up on Aisle 13."

This anthology contains works by: Patricia Abbott, Sophie Littlefield, Kieran Shea, Chad Eagleton, Ed Gorman, Cormac Brown, Fleur Bradley, Alan Griffiths, Laura Benedict, Garnett Elliot, Eric Beetner, Jack Bates, Bill Crider, Loren Eaton, John DuMond, John McFetridge, Toni McGee Causey, Jeff Vande Zande, James Reasoner, Kyle Minor, Randy Rohn, Todd Mason, Bryon Quertermous, Sandra Scoppettone, Stephen D. Rogers, Steve Weddle, Evan Lewis, Daniel B. O'Shea, Sandra Seamans, Albert Tucher, Donna Moore, John Weagly, Keith Rawson, Gerald So, Dave Zeltserman, Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen, Jay Stringer, Anne Frasier, Kathleen A. Ryan, Eric Peterson, Chris Grabenstein and J.T. Ellison.

$5.99 from The Untreed Reads Store.

Today's Lineup Update

The Lineup 3 Now on Sale

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

From "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot

It's been our goal since last year to bring The Lineup 3 out on April 1, to coincide with National Poetry Month. Thanks to my co-editors Sarah Cortez, Richie Narvaez, and Anthony Rainone for helping make it a reality.

Our next goal is to move every copy of Issues 1, 2, and 3 off the shelves at Murder By the Book, Once Upon a Crime, and The Mysterious Bookshop into readers' hands. Go out. Buy a copy of The Lineup. Photograph yourself reading it. E-mail me the photo, and you could appear here.

Staredown

Photo by Henry So, Jr.
Apparel available from The Lineup Gift Shop

The Lineup's Amazon Listing Updated

The Amazon.com Marketplace listings for The Lineup 1 and 2 now include Patrick, Richie, Anthony, and me as "Editors". Both issues of The Lineup can be purchased via Amazon at the same prices as directly from Lulu.com. Go ahead. Make my day.

"Face front, please."

Photos by Henry So, Jr.
Apparel from The Lineup Gift Shop.

The Lineup Gift Shop

Now you can show your support for The Lineup with custom apparel and items from our CafePress.com gift shop. Send me a photo of yourself sporting Lineup gear and I may post it here.

More on Amazon Marketplace

Following user feedback, Lulu.com is now offering The Lineup #1 and #2 on Amazon.com Marketplace at the same prices available on the Lulu site itself: $6.50 for Issue 1, $6.00 for Issue 2.

I don't know yet how much revenue we'll make from copies sold via Amazon at these prices, but I'll post here as soon as I find out.

On Amazon.com Marketplace

You now have a third option for buying The Lineup 1 and 2. Lulu.com has begun listing our books on Amazon.com Marketplace. A 30% markup covers Amazon's listing fee. Our revenue remains the same.