COVER REDESIGN FOR HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH A DEAD GIRL?

Here are the covers for the eAudiobook version and the paperback. 

PUB DATE NEW LGBTQ NOVEL: HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH A DEAD GIRL? 4/1/2018

Pre-Order my new LGBTQ Horror novel, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH A DEAD GIRL? (Big 23 Press, 2018) right now on Amazon. The paperback will be available soon too. Official publication date is April 1, 2018. 

ALPHA WAVE BY ANDREW DEMCAK PROMO 2

GHOSTS SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK $1 READS AT HARMONY INK PRESS

A LITTLE BIT LANGSTON BY ANDREW DEMCAK IS A BEST SELLER IN THE U.K. - AMAZON'S TOP 100 YA BOOKS

My new Teen GLBTQ novel, A Little Bit Langston, is a Best Seller in the U. K. - It's currently #43 in the Top 100 Gay & Lesbian Teen books. Yay! Thanks Harmony Ink Press.

COVER REVEAL! - A LITTLE BIT LANGSTON BY ANDREW DEMCAK - HARMONY INK PRESS 2015

My new GLBTQ Teen novel, A Little Bit Langston, will be forthcoming from Harmony Ink Press, winter 2015.  If you want to add it to your Goodreads list, click HERE.

Blurb:

Being different is a challenge, especially for James Kerr. He's no average teenager. James begins to channel a dead writer’s poetry and then discovers he has the power to manipulate electricity. At the same time, romantic feelings for his best friend, Paul Schmitz, make him realize he’s gay. But he has little time to explore the drastic changes in his life before heartbreak strikes at the hands of Paul’s violent father. James is sent to The Paragon Academy, an institute specializing in juvenile paranormal research. There he meets Lumen Kim, the mysterious daughter of a famous Korean actress. Lumen’s psychic ability might just be the thing that helps James unlock the secrets of both his poems and the origins of his supernatural talents. 

GOODREADS BOOK GIVEAWAY GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK

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by Andrew Demcak

Giveaway ends July 14, 2015.
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ANDREW DEMCAK READS WITH MICHELLE TEA AT SFPL MAIN LIBRARY 5/6/14 6PM

Come hear me read at The San Francisco Main Library on TUESDAY 5/6/14 6pm at Michelle Tea's Radar Reading Series.

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ANDREW DEMCAK AT POETS AND WRITERS

Have you read Andrew's P&W profile? What is he reading now?  Does he have favorite authors?

Andrew Demcak at Poets and Writers

GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK

Did you ever see something you weren't supposed to?  Did you ever have asecret you couldn't tell anyone?  What if you could talk to the dead and they'd answer you?

GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK

GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK HARMONY INK PRESS 2014

COMING MARCH 17, 2014 FROM HARMONY INK PRESS - GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK

PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW: The first 20 copies of my new YA novel GHOST SONGS ordered from Dreamspinner Press / Harmony Ink Press are the limited edition signed vellum 1st editions. Pre-Order yours today!http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4809

It’s not easy being Todd Williams, a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old gay musical prodigy. The bullies, Bob and Ari, at his fancy private school make his life a living hell.  Todd’s drunken, irresponsible mother, Eddie, constantly embarrasses him and puts his artistic future in jeopardy.  And now, his best friend, Jennifer, who plays clarinet with him in the orchestra, isn’t speaking to him. Maybe Leroy, Todd’s friendly poltergeist, knows what’s going on with her.  To top it off, he can no longer rely on Jennifer's help in the race to solve a puzzle that could lead to a buried treasure.  Todd must learn to stand alone.  He’s finding out that growing up is far scarier than he ever imagined.

IF THERE'S A HEAVEN ABOVE BY ANDREW DEMCAK NOMINATED FOR THE 2014 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RAINBOW LIST

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you all know that my debut novel, If There's a Heaven Above, was nominated by the American Library Association (ALA) as an outstanding book for older teens (10th grade +).  Here are the nominations:

ALA 2014 RAINBOW LIST

With warm regards,

-Andrew

NIGHT CHANT BY ANDREW DEMCAK ROARS UP TO #8 ON AMAZON'S BESTSELLER LIST FOR GAY POETRY

My poetry collection Night Chant (Lethe Press, 2011) has just broken into Amazon's Bestseller's List for Gay Poetry.  Yay!  Click snake skin to see listing:

*IF THERE'S A HEAVEN ABOVE* NOMINATED FOR ALA'S 2014 RAINBOW BOOKS LIST

I was thrilled to discover my debut novel If There's a Heaven Above has been nominated for The American Library Association's 2014 Rainbow Books list for GLBTQ children and teens.  Yay!

ALA 2014 RAINBOW BOOKS 

REVIEW OF IF THERE'S A HEAVEN ABOVE BY ANDREW DEMCAK FROM AMOS LASSEN

Here's a nice review of my debut novel, IF THERE'S A HEAVEN ABOVE (JMS Books, 2013) from literary critic, Amos Lassen.

ITAHA Review

ANDREW DEMCAK FEATURED AT POETSARTISTS MAGAZINE #35, THE INTERVIEW ISSUE

I'm the cover boy in the new issue of PoetsArtists #35 magazine, The Interview Issue.  There's alos a video link to one of my new prose poems from Cryptopedia.  Check it out for free here:

POETSARTISTS #35


or buy the magazine perfect bound here

poetsartists #35 print version

ANDREW DEMCAK INTERVIEW AND POEM UP AT THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

There is a delightful interview with Andrew Demcak by Andrew Demcak up at The Nervous Breakdown.  Check out my poem, "Messangers" from Night Chant, there too.  And that groovy banner with my face, name, and the cover of Night Chant.  Thanks Brad Listi n' CO.!

ANDREW DEMCAK AUTHOR PROFILE 

@ THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

MICROREVIEW FROM STEVE FELLNER: NIGHT CHANT BY ANDREW DEMCAK

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Microreview: On Andrew Demcak's "Night Chant"

Consciously oppressive and morose, Andrew Demcak's new book of poetry Night Chant labors to create what could in lesser hands seem like a queer rewriting of Sylvia Plath.  Demack knows better, although he, too, creates a dreary atonality through intriguing word choices.  Often the work he does here feels strained, but in a good way; he doesn't want any of his triggers to produce a baldfaced narrative.  The titles of his poems --"Rent Boy," "Crossing the Water," "Troll," "Child Killer"-- seem irrelevant; they feel like a random noun someone uttered to rev Demcak up to show his skill.  And there's more than a solid amount of ability here.

For a significant portion of the book, Demcak strains to deconstruct a noun, and then asks us to help him reassemble it.  In the better poems, we feel the labor of that strain--the diction and metaphor pushing the subject in a way that force it to become something one can perceive as new.  Here's some of the fun play in the personae poem "Oedipus Rex": "His lips had lost their sphinx,/ that tired jinx, that nag./...Midnight's middle was not an empty room./My cock was the answer to the riddle."  Or the curiously askew final couplet in "Orgasm vs. Rainbow": "Orgasms are bluster, quick mouthfuls, ogling eyes./But you have rainbows for days after denouncing the clouds."

Occasionally, he doesn't feel like he's straining quite enough; he doesn't deserve the release.  For example, in the less striking poem "Eros": "Inferno, bright flame, the spasm of flesh./ Halos blazing sparks ignite: orgasm."

Demcak's book sometimes feels over-long (close to ninety pages); the exertion required for reading such a lengthy book feels slightly greedy, especially since some of the poems like "Mirror at Forty" and "In Solitude" could be easily edited to highlight some of the best like "Eavesdropper, 1990" and the daring "Mishima Fantasy.".  But still, it's hard to find any place in the the book where there is anything that resembles "a merciless desert here, this page."

Andrew Demcak's Night Chant is available through Lethe Press.

ANDREW DEMCAK @ POETS & WRITERS

My profile at POETS & WRITERS has finally been approved.  I was surprised that the literary journal I used to edit, Inky Blue, was listed in their database.  Oh, the cross-referencing of the web!

ANDREW DEMCAK P&W PROFILE

'HUSTLER' A POEM FROM ANDREW DEMCAK'S NIGHT CHANT IS UP AT LETHE PRESS' BLOG

My poem, "Hustler," from my new book, NIGHT CHANT, is up on Lethe Press' blog:

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