Eight-Stone Press publishes SMILE, HON, YOU'RE IN BALTIMORE! No. 14

BALTIMORE, Md. – Painted screens, Winter dreams and death in Little Italy ink the pages of Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 14, the latest installment in the award-winning series published by Eight-Stone Press.

In this expanded, 68-page issue, Rahne Alexander leads “a horticulture;” Earl Crown gets caught with his hand in the piranha tank; Fernando Quijano III prays in the temple of the moon; Lisa Wiseman takes it off; and Dan Reed recalls his first murder, plus a whole lot more. Contributors include:

- Rahne Alexander

- Rafael Alvarez

- Susan Beverly

- Davida Gypsy Breier

- JD Buckner

- Jenny Campbell

- Caryn Coyle

- Earl Crown

- E. Doyle-Gillespie

- Matthew Falk

- S.J. Ferrandi

- Julie Fisher

- Martha Gatewood

- Sharon Goldner

- Heck

- Alex Hewett

- Ian Hochberg

- Bill Hughes

- Alex Koplow

- Sommer Marsden

- Fernando Quijano III

- Benn Ray

- Dan Reed

- Timmy Reed

- Steve Roberts

- Rosalia Scalia

- Jena Shlock

- Stacy Spaulding

- Honora Sully

- William P. Tandy

- Matthew C. Terzi

- Lisa Wiseman

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished, professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne Reader Independent Press Award nominee, Smile, Hon has also been dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004). In spring 2011, Eight-Stone Press published a special “hon” edition, exploring the term’s significance in Baltimore’s identity, past and present; other theme issues have tackled such topics as waste, rats, scars, tattoos, crime and transit.

Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is an Eight-Stone Press production and is distributed by Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA); Cyclops Books (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR); Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD); and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD). For more information, contact:

William P. Tandy, Editor

Eight-Stone Press

P.O. Box 11064

Baltimore, MD 21212

E-mail: wpt@eightstonepress.com

Website: http://www.eightstonepress.com

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