"The Mission" is a poetry book based on the May through August 2012 issues (and occasional Internet chapbook releases) of cc&d magazine (byline: "the UNreligious, NON-family oriented literary and at magazine," founded 1993, http: //scars.tv/ccd) into this poetry and prose (and very occasionally artwork), published by Scars Publications. "The Mission" was released not only as an "issues edition" (of the majority of the writings appearing in issues) and a "chapbooks edition" (of the chapbook releases during this period, plus select bonus writings from the issues). This issues edition contains a larger nmber of writers, and gives a better idea for the feel of the writings in issues of cc&d magazine. The cover art of this collection book was photographed in Chicago in 2011 (and the color was changed for different editions). See http: //scrs.tv for a full list of all contributors to this collection book. Writers in this collection book inlcude Janet Kuypers, Linda Webb Aceto, W. Donta Andrews, Christine Barba, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Dana Blake, P. Keith Boran, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Audrey Burns, Paul J. Burt, Michael Ceraolo, Corey Cook, Kelly K. Darrow, Holly Day, Frank De Canio, Kenneth DiMaggio, Brian Duggan, John Duncklee, Lily Gardner, Deni Ann Gereighty, Matthew Guzman, Fritz Hamilton, Don Hargraves, Joseph Hart, Kyle Hemmings, Eric W Jepson, Bob Johnston, max keanu, Seger Lansdale, Brian Looney, Robert D. Lyons, Brandon A.M., Marcin Majkowski, Bruce Matteson, Don Maurer, Jennifer McCain, Jim Meirose, Drew Nacht, Sheryl L. Nelms, John Newmark, Andrew H. Oerke, Alexander P.S., Jeffrey Park, Emily Olive Petit, S. Progress, John Rachel, I.B. Rad, Stephen V. Ramey, Yasmin Ramirez, Carl Scharwath, Rex Sexton, Derrick Sherwin, Sterling A Slechta, Bob Strother, Jane Stuart, R. N. Taber, David Thompson, Ronald M. Wade, and artwork by Peter LaBerge, the HA!man of South Africa, Cheryl Townsend, David Michael Jackson, Brian Forrest, Zanadu, Rose E. Grier, John Yotko, Nick Brazinsky, George Coston, Oz Hardwick, Aaron Wilder, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Henry Walter Matthews, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Brian Hosey and Lauren Braden, and Eric Bonholtzer.

"After the Apocalypse (prose edition)" is the prose collection book based on the 2012 issues of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine, published by Scars Publications. Contributors in this collection book includes Janet Kuypers, David S. Atkinson, Eric Bonholtzer, Richard E Marion, Kimberly Bingheim, Tom Cantwell, Phillip Gardner, Roy Haymond, John Duncklee, Billie Louise Jonesa, Arthur Levine, Brandon A.M., R. W. Lowrie, Erica McBeth, DM Morales, Kenneth Rutherford, Derrick Sherwin, Brian Forrest painting, Richard E Marion, Anne Turner Taub, Ronald Martin Wade, Dana Blake, P. Keith Boran, W. Donta Andrews, Fritz Hanilton, Eric W Jepson, max keanu, Don Maurer, Jim Meirose, Alexander P.S., Stephen V. Ramey, Carl Scharwath, Rex Sexton, Yasmin Ramirez, Derrick Sherwin, Ronald M. Wade, Kelly Darrow, A. A. Garrison, Bob Johnston, John Ragusa, Edward Turner III, Michael Trainor, Jon Wesick, Matthew Bagdanovich, Matt Barden, Nancy Lee Bethea, Jack Bristow, Jon Brunette, Eric Burbridge, Justin Creed, Lisa Cappiello, Charley Daveler, Beth Einspanier, Barton Hill, Brian Huba, Alyssa Lawless, Patrick Trotti, Jennifer E. Lee, Bob Strother, D.A. Cairns, Kyle Scot Martinez, M. E. Mitchell, Ryan Priest, Curt Seubert, Ellie Stewart, Jill Simons, Dorothy H. Smith, Liam Spencer, Stanley B. Trice, Kenneth Weene, Duncan Whitmire, Tom Ball, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Rex Bromfield, Jon Brunette, Derek A Davis, Gibson Culbreth, Steve Dodd, Eric Holden, James Kowalczyk, Kathryn Leetch, Kristopher Miller, J. D. Riso, Amanda E. Ronan , Ian C Smith, Daniel J Roozen, Lori Ulrich, Kerry Lown Whalen, Michael Cavazos, Benjamin Christensen, Annabelle Dura, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin, Brittany Clark, Michael Gruber, Jack Hill, Kevin Moore, Zach Murphy, Don Thompson, Frank Traverse, and Megan Willoughby, with art from Aaron Wilder, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Rose E. Grier art, the HA!man of South Africa, Oz Hardwick, Peter LaBerge, and Eleanor Leonne Bennett.