A few photos of me with my Pure Sleeze Press poetry chapbook AND my Pure Sleeze shirt!

I had meant to share some photos like this well over a month ago, of me wearing my newish Pure Sleeze shirt (which Darryl got me for Xmas) while holding my Pure Sleeze poetry chapbook (Blue Stingers Instead of Wings, published by Pure Sleeze Press in April 2025, with cover art by Chad M. Horn), but the first set of photos I attempted either had half of the chapbook missing or parts of the Pure Sleeze missing off the shirt. Plus on top of that, the older I get the less prone I am to taking selfies because I'm not one of those people who filters my photos, but the older I get, the less I like looking at photos of myself and feeling like I look old (I probably shouldn't say that, but just being honest). But the chapbook is not old and neither is the shirt and you can get one (or both or more than both) for yourself in the Pure Sleeze shop HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/products On a side note, I also have a few copies of my Blue Stingers Instead of Wings chapbook available directly from me or in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

NEW! Another New Review of my latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers instead of Wings"!

"Juliet Cook doesn't write books. She creates surreal experiences for her readers with a sick soup of limitless-on edge-vulnerability, kick-ass imagery and dark humor all her own, and a clear mastery at detailing the violently petty horrors of existing. Not living, exactly. The insidious in-between. And she offers one who dares an honest to gawd peek into The Void. Whenever I open a book by her, I get greedy. I have to consume it all at once and want more. Lucky for us, she has plenty. So check out some of her macabre delights! She is truly a fascinating artist. Absolutely recommended!!"

from another new Review of my newest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (published by Pure Sleeze Press in April). This Review is on Goodreads, written by the fabulous Casey Kiser. Thank you very much to Casey Kiser!

read more of this Review by clicking the link below:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7693381109

If you'd like to read this chapbook yourself (or acquire one for a friend), "Blue Stingers..."is still available from its publisher, Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

Also available from my own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by

Get Your Own Copy of REVOLTING!

Thank you very much to Sandra Feen for this photo of my poetry chapbook "Revolting" (published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in November 2024). You can acquire your own copy of this chapbook from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Or directly from me/my Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry

Wishing you a REVOLTING Happy New Year brimming with poetry!

My newest poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, is available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

(Or feel free to ask me if you'd like to acquire one directly from me and let it revolt its way into your New Year)!

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"When your New Year begins
with having another person's judgments rained down upon you,
as if attempting to shrink you
closer to her
by insinuating
that your own style is unclean,
dirty, every room in your house filled with unacceptable
mold. The mold takes precedence
over your poetry. The mold must be focused upon
more than your poetry."

in the poem "A Moldy Bathtub Is a Sin and You Must Repent Forever, Because She Said So" (which appears within my REVOLTING chapbook)

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"This is such a good book. Rips off the scab and gives the wound oxygen. Some of Cook's best work."

A little Goodreads Review of REVOLTING. Thank you very much to John Burroughs!

In case anyone else who reads it might be interested in Reviewing it (via Goodreads or elsewhere) or recommending it or... Here is the Goodreads link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting

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Furthermore, I am also very excited to have another new poetry chapbook manuscript, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", recently chosen for publication by Pure Sleeze Press and forthcoming in Spring 2025!

Viva la Poetry!

Read the first poem in my NEW Poetry Chapbook, REVOLTING (and more)!

"Sometimes we learn the hard way

 that some mice will eat their own babies

like sadistic cannibals, leaving nothing but half a body
attached to a head that will always live inside mine."

in the first poem ("From Hormone Imbalance to Death") within my NEW chapbook, "REVOLTING" (very recently published by Cul-de-sac of Blood).

I'm sharing a few more photos of this chapbook, as well as this whole poem here.

Front cover - first page of poem - second page of poem - back cover.

You can acquire the whole chapbook (in conjunction with other chapbooks or by itself) from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Or you can acquire it by itself directly from me.

(You can also see more photos and more details in this previous blog post HERE - https://doppelgangrene.blogspot.com/2024/11/my-new-poetry-chapbook-revolting-is-now.html)

My NEW poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, is now available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

I am very excited about my NEW darkly delicious and creepily disconcerting 2024 poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", published by and newly available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

It is available along with 3 other poetry chapbooks ("Blood Bath" by Christine Kanownik - "Friday the 13th" by Jonathan Minton - "watch for deer" by Michael Sikkema).

All 4 have interconnected cover art by Kayte Terry!

All 4 are newly available NOW!

All 4 can be purchased together in a bundle for only $28 (which includes shipping).

OR they can be purchased individually for $8 each (which includes shipping) OR in sets of 2 or 3!

They are available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD here! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Please support small presses and also keep in mind that poetry chapbooks could make uniquely delightful holiday gifts (or anytime gifts) for those who adore or are inspired by poetry!

(I also have some extra copies of my REVOLTING chapbook if anyone would like to purchase directly from me for the same price. Just ask me. But I also recommend buying more than one from the uniquely wonderful small press that published them all.) ***
The next time you assume
that I worship the same way as you,
all the wall hangings will violently crash,
all the splayed remnants will come back to life
in different incarnations. Thirteen mice

you killed without thinking twice
will emerge from my mouth, convulsing,
convoluted, hurling into screaming incantations,
their tiny skulls temporarily paralyzing you,
so that you can't keep on ignoring me.

a small excerpt from my poem "Thirteen Mice", which appears inside REVOLTING

Only a few copies left of my CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR...

My poetry chapbook CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR (published by Gutter Snob Books in 2023) is now Sold Out/Out of Stock from Gutter Snob Books, BUT you can still acquire a copy directly from me, from my Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1527609127/new-contorted-doom-conveyor-a-poetry

Also too, here's a recent review of my CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR. Thank you very muck to Cat Russell!

"If you love creepy visceral poetry, Juliet Cook is the best poet you could possibly read! Imagery from your worst nightmares combined with vulnerability and insight, you're sure to love this book."

Happy (or hideous) December! Juliet Cook's new poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" is looking for new homes!

Happy December 2023! I am extremely excited, delighted, and thrilled to have my new poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" officially available from the wonderful independent press, Ethel Zine & Micro Press!

"Dissociative identity disorder hides in the corner

of your bedroom, hoping to break itself out of your face

and rip the flesh off

someone who doesn't believe

your power. Listen. All you wanted

 

was enough alcoholic ingredients

for an unending supply of Bloody Marys,

while you watched the female lion bite deep

into a larger creature's neck."

in my poem, "I'll Eat You" 

 

28 poems are waiting to creepily crawl their way into your brain or be given as a gift to a friend.

Find out more and/or acquire my latest strangely crafted poetic mess HERE - https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook

Happy first day of December! "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" (my new poetry chapbook) is now available!

"In this diorama, a mental conflagration
is connected with the speed of the ceiling fan.
It turns itself off and on, grows into an over rotating form of abuse.

A repetitive malformation in which
her arms are forced behind her back in bed again.
Her sheets are ripped off to strangle her."

(in the poem "Invaded Cores")

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Happy first day of December 2023! I am extremely excited, delighted, and thrilled to have my new poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" officially available from the wonderful independent press, Ethel Zine & Micro Press, as of today!

Just in time for the holidays and the New Year, at least for those of you who have peculiarly quirky gift lists involving strange, dark, emotionally twisted poetry.

The 28 poems in this collection are filled with internal and external violence and abuse, chaotic horror and entrapment, humans trapped behind walls or in beds, dolls thrown down the stairs and hiding in partially contained places, dolls pretending to be humans, humans pretending to be dolls, humans fused together with evil.

Some of the inspiration for some of the poems partly derived from Twin Peaks. 15 poems in the collection have the title "FLESH WORLD", which comes from the name of a magazine in Twin Peaks. But there are other titles too and other inspirations and insinuations too, including my own experiences, thoughts, and feelings doused into dark red poetry.

Dive into my latest strangely crafted poetic mess HERE:

https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook

https://www.ethelzine.com/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards

Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards cover art

Ronette Pulaski/Phoebe Augustine

"I can tell you the leeches and parasites inside me / have always joined forces with confetti" (inside my CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR)...

"I can tell you the leeches and parasites inside me
have always joined forces with confetti.
My glittery brain waves rip the bandages off,
bite back, then cover the wounds with more words.

My mental kaleidoscope collides with another Martini.
I like it sweet and I like it strong. My drinking buddy
is a hot pink narwhal named Mister Melodramatosis."

the beginning of the first poem, "With a Cherry on Top of His Tusk" inside my new poetry chapbook, "CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR", newly available from Gutter Snob Books!

get it HERE (as of right now, there are only 3 copies remaining here) - https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/doom/140

or get it HERE - https://www.amazon.com/Contorted-Doom-Conveyor-Gutter-Books/dp/B0C6W7C2HV/?fbclid=IwAR3KE6QSri7SdVZ9EvZet0EuUhju862Ju9jlnhpWqUiPlZ8tSi7Qce0z0TE

or let me know if you'd like to acquire a copy directly from me...

A new mini review of my poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out"!

"There is nothing like a Juliet Cook book of pomes. These beautifully written lines will slap you. Highly recommended."

J. Marc Harding's review of my poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out" (published by Grey Book Press in April 2023)!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5581447610

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red flames burning out is available from Grey Book Press HERE - http://www.greybookpress.com/titles/

It is also available in my own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1474135657/new-red-flames-burning-out-a-poetry

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Three Blurbs on the back cover of my CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR!

Thank you very much again to Lennart Lundh, Jennifer MacBain-Stephens, and Cat Russell for writing these blurbs about my forthcoming poetry chapbook, CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR! And thank you very much to Michele McDannold and Gutter Snob Books for choosing to publish it this July! It is currently available for preorder HERE - https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/doom/140

CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR, a NEW poetry chapbook by Juliet Cook is coming soon from Gutter Snob Books and is now available for preorder!

My Gutter Snob Books poetry chapbook, "CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR" is now available for you to RESERVE YOUR COPY (limited edition) and will exist in July!

Thank you very much to Gutter Snob and poet/editor Michele McDannold! Here's what Michele McDannold posted (including a photo) which also includes the preorder link! ***

LAST but certainly not least, the FINAL title from Gutter Snob Books --Contorted Doom Conveyor by Juliet Cook-- can be reserved now. Cover Art by Juliet! signed, limited edition...book releases 7/23

https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/doom/140

Juliet Cook's poetry has appeared in a small multitude of print and online publications. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, recently including "Another Set of Ripped-Out Bloody Pigtails" (The Poet's Haven, 2019), "The Rabbits with Red Eyes" (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2020), "Histrionics Inside my Interior City" (part of Ghost City Press's Summer Micro-Chapbook Series, 2020), and "red flames burning out" (Grey Book Press, April 2023). She also has another new chapbook, "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" forthcoming from Ethel Zine & Micro Press (tentatively in October 2023).

Cook's first full-length poetry book, “Horrific Confection", was published by BlazeVOX. Her most recent full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti" was published by Crisis Chronicles Press in 2018.

Cook's own tiny independent press, Blood Pudding Press, sometimes publishes hand-designed poetry chapbooks.

Cook also sometimes creates abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures.