Welcome!

Yes, you found me! It’s Yarrow Paisley, the one and only something something. . . . This page features my publishing credentials. You know, ze booooks.

The time has come! My newest and bestest collection Divine In Essence now flows freely from the Whiskey Tit.

Email

yarrow@yarrowpaisley.com

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Sorry, no social media. Let’s get personal, what can I say?

ACTUALLY, I have finally set up my Author Profile at Goodreads, so if you’re a Goodreads kinda person, you can possibly reach me there, or at least “follow” me.

Author Bio!

Yarrow Paisley was born shortly after the American Bicentennial. He graduated from Bard College with a BA in Literature and has since worked in various professions, including book clerk, photographer, lab grunt, gambler, clipboard canvasser, factory drudge, and letter carrier.

Four collections of his fiction are available:

1. I, No Other (2016) from Vermont’s own Whiskey Tit.

2. Mendicant City (2016) from the world-spanning Snuggly Books.

3. Furious in the Expanse (2022) from the eldritch dream factory known as Eibonvale Press.

4. Divine In Essence (2024), a second round from our friends at Whiskey Tit—the latest AND let’s face it, the GREATEST.

BUY THEM ALL, of course, but if you’re going to be PICKY, then the Whiskey Tit books qualify: these are premium, full-length collections. If you are an ebook person, you can pay me with a review, but only for I, No Other or Divine In Essence. These books are not generally available as ebooks, but for review purposes, fuggeddaboutit. All you have to do is email me, naming the book you want (or both!), and tell me where you’ll be reviewing it (or them!). An actual journal, magazine, or blog would be preferable, of course, but Goodreads or Amazon is fine if that’s where you hang out.

Our peculiar friend’s writing has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies over the years. Some notable ones? Shimmer Magazine paid more than smooches, I’m talking smackeroos, so it’s VERY notable. And Strange Tales V from Tartarus Press was HARDCOVER (and beautiful), as was Bitter Distillations from Egaeus Press. Two Snuggly anthologies: Marked to Die and Drowning in Beauty. A Chômu anthology: Dadaoism. Lots of other things. . . . Why, back in the day, he had work published in such esteemed literary journals as Gargoyle, Sein und Werden, and 3rd bed . . . among so many others!

Yarrow lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Books!

Divine In Essence (2024)

My second full length collection, ten more stories flowing out from the finest Whiskey Tit.

From the solipsism of I, No Other, we progress to the solip-schism of Divine In Essence.

A psychic purgative. Patented cleansing agents.

Kicking out against the demiurge.

Imagination is greater than apprehension. It’s tragic, really. Just ask the characters in Divine In Essence.

The Prison of the World is an impregnable fortress lacking a jailor, from which there is no escape. So what’s with all these tunnels? They must lead somewhere… In Divine In Essence, we follow ten of them.

AGAIN with the gorgeous cover art by the estimable Jeremy Hawkins! Can’t get enough of this stuff!

I should add: REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE. If you’re a qualified reviewer, I’ll be happy to provide you with a copy. Just ask.

I, No Other (2016)

My first full length collection of literary mind-alterers, aged in oak barrels at the Whiskey Tit.

Narrations. Hot gas inflations. And of course, shameful exudations. So sweaty.

Exemplars of the Yarrowine Aesthetic. Although, let’s face it, I have some other Aesthetics, too. Someday, those will also be exemplified. (Indeed, others are on display quite nearby on this page.)

Terrific cover art by Jeremy Hawkins.

Currently Out Of Print because Second Edition coming soon. Redesigned, spiffy, sleek, and modern. (If you order the book, you will actually be preordering this Second Edition, so be prepared for a bit of a wait, though not a loooong one.)

See the glory. (Once seen, try to unsee it. ASAP. Honestly, shield yourself from the glory.)

Mendicant City (2016)

A book! A Snuggly Slim, I meantersay. From Snuggly Books. 46 pages. 7 bucks.

What kind of book? A collection: fictions, short ones. Perhaps they are prose poems? Nah.

What are they, then? Follow me.

Exhalations: hot gases from my inner psychic cavities.

Exhumations: my youth tramping out from its grave. I never filled it in, didn’t even close the lid on the coffin. I.e.: no barrier between the ghoul and all of you.

Exaltations: no balloon but the Universe itself contains my self-love.

Furious in the Expanse (2022)

Another collection. Heinous scalds ’pon your mentalics. Shield yr brainz, ye manickz.

Published by Eibonvale Press.