"a New Era" is a 2014 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (249.2, a 21 year bonus anniversary issue/book) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religios, NON-family oriented literart and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1994, but starting in 2014 cc&d is being released every other month as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (ISSN# 1068-5154), but also an ISBN#. In honor of the 2014 ISBN# issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design.This bonus 2014 21 yea anniversary release issue/book from cc&d highlights anniversary & June issues of cc&d from 1993-1997,plus bonus 2014 poetry literally about children, churches and daddies. Cover art from this magazine / book is reflective of v54 of cc&d magazine, with a light bulb superimposed over a beach scene (taken in Puerto Rico in 2003), with dolphin placed in th water (originally taken near the Galapagos Islands in 2007). Alone the back cover are also images of front covers of issues of cc&d reflected in this collectioon book/issue. Writers and artists in this book include Larry Blazek, Charles Ardinger, David Cooper, Daniel Crocker, John Hayes, Gary Jurechka, John Alan Douglas, Lyn Lifshin, C Ra McGuirt, C. C. Russel, Carl Herr, Ian Griffin, Victor Salinas, Geoff Stevens, Errol Miller, Pete Cholewinski, christopher tm, John Sweet, Ariane Livernois, Alice Olds-Ellington, Dan Landrum, Michael Estabrook, Michael Estabrook, Paul Weinman, Cheryl Townsend, Thomas Kretz, M. Kettner, Brandon Freels, Joanne Seltzer, Richard King Perkins II, Alan Catlin, Mary Winters, Robert L. Penick, Peter Scott, David E. Cowen, Daniel Rand, Philip A. Waterhouse, you bet, Harlan Lyman, Jerry-Mac Johnston, Jordana Abraham, Jim Maddocks, Joyce Carbone, Rachel Crawford, Peter 'oddball' Mattias Durril, oan Papalia Eisert, Richard M. Grove, Ray Heinrich, Deckard Kinder, Janet Kuypers, Michael Lee Johnson, Jenene Ravesloot, Jerry Pendergast, David Hernandez, Robert Lawrence, Vera Spitz, Fritz Hamilton, Tom Roby, Vittorio Carli, Caren M. Lissner, Brian McNabb, Joseph Skinner, and Debra Purdy Kong.

"the Chosen Few" is a 2015 poetry and performance art collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of select writings as a snapshot of some of the live performances/readings during features at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic, which ran every other Wednesday evening (plus bonus weeks) at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, with weekly podcast videos and YouTube videos, from 2012 through 2015.Performers appearing in this collection chose one piece of writing from their shows for this collection book. On (very occasional) weeks where there was no scheduled feature, all open mic poets had 10 minute "mini features", and some writers had features over multiple years, so some writers appear on a few dates in this book. This collection book groups poems by author, and the date of the reading appears on the headers of this book. Because this open mic was also usually video recorded for weekly podcast videos and permanent YouTube clips; each show date with a YouTube video will have on line video links accompanying the writing.This collection does not include poems from every feature poet during the 4 years this open mic ran with YouTube videos and weekly podcast videos - features were asked to include their writing in this collection, and this collection only contains writings from performers who sent their writing to this collection book.This open mic has run in Chicago since December 1996, but this is the first and only open mic collection anthology of this nature to highlight the Chicago poetry scene.Writers and artists included in this book (listed in the order they appear in the calendar) are Ned Haggard, Elizabeth Harper, David(Buddha 309) Hargarten, Christine Swanberg, Tom Roby, Jenene Raveslootv, Robert Lawrence, Jeff Helgeson, Annabelle Echo, Marianne Schaefer, Patrick Hurley, Bill Yarrow, Dan Cleary, Oz Hardwick, CousinBones, Wes Heine, Susan T. Moss, Jim Davis, Daniel Weinberg, ViriginiaHunt, Pamela Miller, Esteban Colon,Paul J. Ryan, Deborah Rosen, Elizabeth Marino, Kottyn Campbell, Jackie Wolk, Dalice Malice, Jerry Pendergast, Eric Esden, Vittorio Carli, sidekick Bob Rashkow, and host Janet Kuypers.

"Approaching Front" is a 2014 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (251) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religios, NON-family oriented literart and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1994, but starting in 2014 cc&d is being released every other month as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (ISSN# 1068-5154), but also an ISBN#. In honor of the 2014 ISBN# issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Cover art from this magazine / book is a a landscape covered with fog, photograped in Gurnee. Writers and artists in this book include poetry by Janet Kuypers, Mike Brennan, George Arthur, Becky Grush, David Hernandez, Kenneth DiMaggio, Fritz Hamilton, Tendai R. Mwanaka, Zoe Broome, John Grey, CEE, Madison Gardler, George Gott, Patrick Fealey, I.B. Rad, Jean Wiggins, MCD, Bill Tarlin, Bill Yarrow, Vittorio Carli, Daniel S. Weinberg, and Lennart Lundh, prose by Eric Burbridge, Joshua Copeland, Jim Meirose, Julie L. Brown, Aaron Wilder art , Ronald Brunsky, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, S.L. Dixon, Darcy Wilmoth, and Samantha Memi, and art from Eric Bonholtzer, Cheryl Townsend, and Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz.