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Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 05/29/23

May 29, 2023 James D. Casey IV

Tony Danza Sucks

I just realized
Tony Micelli from Who’s the Boss?
is just a bad Arthur Fonzarelli
impersonation.

Tony Danza sucks,
I think to myself.

The old Redpath sugar silo
a few streets away
sitting oddly stoic just
after midnight.

Next Table Over

I’ll have the sea fish.

Sea fish!
the woman leans in to loud whisper
after the waiter leaves.
Don’t you mean seafood?

The man says nothing
He is dressed nice enough.

You’ve been into the edibles again,
haven’t you?
the woman says accusingly.

The man stares back blankly.
Forgetting to blink.

Jesus Christ!
the woman runs her hand through her hair,
covers her face.
So embarrassing!
she hisses under her breath.

Do Not Feed the Bears

It is tough going
being a tweeker in the North.

Stoned out of your head
and staggering around the streets
at 10 in the evening.

Your judgement shot.
Running up to pet the bears
coming down the street the other way.

A momma and her two cubs.
And momma rips your face off.

The cubs get to enjoy
possibly their first meal
after a winter.

Leaving the rest
in the middle of the street
for the morning work crowd
to discover.

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Cajun Mutt Press, Dumpster Fire Press, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.

Victory Slab was released last year by Cajun Mutt Press

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMVG66QY
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BMVG66QY

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/14/21

July 14, 2021 James D. Casey IV

Nothing But Time

I have nothing but time
and nothing to brag about.
I have nothing but a
healthy desire to feel well.

I am walking through mist
in a fog filled life. I can
barely see a star up
above in this climate.

I get carried away
in these uncertain days.
I read your mind, but a
whole lot is missing. You
are not an easy book.
You speak in an unknown
language I cannot learn.

Luis lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His books and chapbooks have been published by Deadbeat Press, Kendra Steiner Editions, New Polish Beat, Poet’s Democracy, Propaganda Press, Pygmy Forest Press, Rogue Wolf Press, and Ten Pages Press (e-book).

Wild Rose Country by R. Keith

January 1, 2019 James D. Casey IV

Now available on Amazon from Cajun Mutt Press, Wild Rose Country: – pueblo chico, infierno grande by R. Keith

“Wild Rose Country is a hell of a ride—you’ll feel like you’re being dragged to death by a pickup truck after a botched gas-n-go. From the green light, it’s death, destruction, and a veritable skid mark of tawdry degradation. This book raises rural desolation to an absurd pitch of intensity, the emotional equivalent of smoking three packs a day. If you’ve ever struggled to explain how and why you hate a small town, you’re going to get deep into Wild Rose Country—but how will you get out?” –Jeremy Stewart, author of Hidden City, winner of The Robert Kroetsch Award 2014

Happy Thanksgiving from Cajun Mutt Press!

November 22, 2018 James D. Casey IV

We hope y’all have a great time full of too much turkey, too much booze, too much fun, and too much damn family to last until next year! Sending positive vibes and Outlaw Gonzo Pirate Poet Love out to everyone today!

We have some great books available on Amazon, and still a few stickers left before we need to order some more. Christmas is right around the corner too, so consider picking something up for yourself or as a gift.

Happy Turkey Day,
J.D.C.IV
Founder
Editor-in-Chief
Cajun Mutt Press

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Haight by Red Focks
Absurd by Ronald P. Bremner
Dark Linings by Joanne Olivieri
Isomorphic by J.D.C.IV
Owls in Hot Rods with Pink Elephants and Dead Bats by J.D.C.IV
Death & Love/Love & Death by J.D.C.IV
Juggernaut Fuzz by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
This Many Years After the War by Matt Borczon

This Many Years After the War

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 James D. Casey IV

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the latest release from Cajun Mutt Press is available now on Amazon! This Many Years After the War by Matt Borczonfeaturing cover art by James Dennis Casey IV! This is another one we’re extremely excited about, and it turned out to be an incredibly beautiful book. Grab one for yourself or as a gift!

“This Many Years After the War is an in your face reality check about the baggage soldiers carry after war. It contains poetry that drops brutal truths and life-changing epiphanies with a style and ease that only a combat veteran could provide. These aren’t children’s tales, folks, this is the real deal.”
— J.D.C.IV