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IKE: A Publishing Project
@ikeproject.bsky.social
An independent book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. We publish short stories, essays, and poetry in small chapbook editions.

https://www.ikeproject.com/
Our Kickstarter Campaign was just selected as a "Project We Love." We hope you'll love it too. You can find it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ike...
April 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're dealing with our own March Madness as we prepare our upcoming titles.

Check them out at: www.ikeproject.com and let us know what you think.
March 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“After seventy years of successful maintenance, Lenin’s body was deteriorating faster than the morticians and biochemical scientists could keep up.”

Cover reveal. Pre-orders are underway.
Cover art: Oleksandr Balbyshev

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March 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here is a sneak peek at one of our upcoming titles …

“When a boy wakes he must not make a sound. He must kneel beside his bed in silent prayer, like the others in the room, and feel the weight of two minutes. He must feel joy too. And gratitude.

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February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton

Happy Birthday.
January 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I Am Tom Waits!
Janice Margolis

“If you want to read a story version of Being John Malkovich transferred to the mind of Mr. Waits, here you go, minus the scheming plot.”—The Florida Review (Online)

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December 4, 2024 at 9:57 PM
“There are American flags on school windows, on cars, on porch swings; it is the year I bring Bob Dylan home for Thanksgiving.”—Marie-Helene Bertino, North Of (upcoming from www.ikeproject.com)

Image by Malika Favre.
November 27, 2024 at 12:27 AM
“Trumpet is the most honest instrument. It never smiles when it doesn’t mean it, cries when it does, is mean as hell when deserved.” (from I Am Tom Waits! - upcoming from www.ikeproject.com)
November 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM