I'm not gonna lie some days it's painful to be sitting on a song you fucking love but it will all feel worth it in October. So rad to have it on vinyl!

Working on the final mixes and files for THE FORT's 7' vinyl soundtrack.

One of the multitrack stems in our original theme song, 'Give It All Away' performed by Armani Jackson, is just called 'BATS!!!.wav'

So you know it's going to be good...

I recently answered a few questions for Myna Chang's Micro Q&A, which I hesitate to call micro because I tend to ramble, but if you'd like to read some of my least ramble-y answers about publishing, writing, my other hobbies, and more—give it a read!

mynachang.com/2024/05/10/pub…

Working on the interior layout for Tanya Pell's CICADA this afternoon. This is the fourth book in our Killer VHS Series, a series that is always so fun to design/typeset. Can't wait for y'all to read this one!

shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/cicada…

Some beautiful book mail today, novelette by Clay McLeod Chapman, pubbed by Alan Lastufka // Shortwave Publishing. Can’t wait to dive in!

Posts like these are always so surreal. That's a thing I designed, typeset, and published, containing brand-new stories by an author I admire.... and he's holding them and happy with them?! Amazing.

the thing with running a small micro press is 90% of the day you're convinced you have wasted your life and everybody's time and work

Ahhh!! Lookit these nasty beauties! Alan Lastufka // Shortwave Publishing Shortwave Publishing

I just wrapped up a Zoom call with Pippin this morning! I mean, Lyndsey Croal was there too, but we all know I was calling to see Pippin.

Bookmail pt. 3:
Face the Night by Alan Lastufka, cover art: Eight Little Pages

The blurbs are making me really look forward to reading this.

I had hoped, of course, but never counted on new readers still finding (and enjoying!) this book two years later. Grateful to all who have read it, and all who are still to read it. 🤍

Oh yeah, did I mention the award statues are freakin' SKULLS?! 👀👀👀

..the all too real horrors of family/money/drug issues are seamlessly blended with the supernatural that results in one hell of a page turner, highly recommend to fans of mystery, suspense and crime Alan Lastufka // Shortwave Publishing

Full review
goodreads.com/review/show/64…

I don't feel like I'm dying, I beat a 13 year old in basketball at the YMCA, and a film that my band did a song for won two awards at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. Good Sunday!