MY NEW BOOK CRYPTOPEDIA from NOMADIC PRESS, 2019

I'm thrilled to announce that Nomadic Press has chosen my new book Cryptopedia for publication in 2019. Very excited to be working with this local, awesome publisher. I'm in some really great company, too.

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ALPHA WAVE FORTHCOMING FROM HARMONY INK PRESS, SUMMER 2018

The sequel to A LITTLE BIT LANGSTON, Alpha Wave (Harmony Ink Press, 2018), will be published in Summer of 2018. I just signed the contract.  You can get a head start by reading the first chapter here.

ANDREW DEMCAK READS WITH LEMONY SNICKETT AT BOOKSMITH'S 04/21/2015 7:30PM

I'm taking part in a Banned Books reading in San Francisco on Tuesday 04/21/2015 at Booksmith's.  The evening is hosted by the fabulous Michelle Tea.  Oh, and Lemony Snickett (Daniel Handler) is reading along side me.  The book I chose to read from is V. C. Andrew's classic Flowers In The Attic.

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GHOST SONGS REVIEW

An early review of GHOST SONGS: "I freaking LOVED this story. Really and truly. Every so often a really beautiful story like Ghost Songs comes along that is primarily about a gay young man but still does total justice to the other people in his life, especially women. 
I once read a blog post that mentioned that fleshed-out female characters can exist in M/M novels but not be a primary focus of the book, and I feel like you just turned that right on its head. I’ve been waiting so long for something like this, I can’t even tell you. I LOVED how you wrote Jennifer and Todd’s relationship, how important it was to both of their development into adults and as fully fledged characters. Neither of them was primarily defined by a romantic interest and instead helped one another grow and come of age. The same can be said of Todd’s relationship with his mother, Eddie, which was both heartbreaking and moving. I was so touched by Eddie’s process of recovery and how she and her son came to understand each other by the end of the book. There was no stereotyping in this book at all, especially not of the female characters, and I appreciated that on such a fundamental level. 
Thank you so much for letting me read this wonderful manuscript! I truly couldn’t put it down and was so excited by how believable and human your characters were. Just lovely. Congratulations on having written such a great book, and I sincerely look forward to reading more from you in future! - Nan"

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GHOST SONGS BY ANDREW DEMCAK HARMONY INK PRESS 2014

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

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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.

NICE REVIEW OF ANDREW DEMCAK'S A SINGLE HURT COLOR BY *A NICE PERSON

A Single Hurt Color by Andrew Demcak

One of my regular librarians—the nicest one, the one most prone to cracking a small joke or letting me in on some small detail about library behind-the-scenes drama—turns out to be a poet. While skimming the New Release shelf I picked up a book of poetry, and there was his picture on the back. Of the two collections of his I checked out, this one is my favorite. I appreciated the local notes (there are owls in the tree in my yard too), the imagery, and the ways he played with sound in some poems. It feels good to genuinely like things by nice people. A few lines:

“Counting the restless hours,
coyote thickened.” from California Night #3

“Knives lining a drawer: the first jury in its wooden box.” from Juice

“His hull more float than groan.” from Subtidal Zone (say it out loud—it will make your tongue feel good)

SWAMPWALKER

*(Thanks, Swampwalker - whoever you are - Andrew)