"Black death negative..." That's how it starts. Those are the first 3 words in my new collection titled, "Whiskey Painted Holocaust". And what better way to dive into the new book than to line up 3 bottles of fine whiskey and bourbon and get 2 of my homeboys to join me in reading a few pieces while we get half in the bag.

This collection of poems, stories, soliloquys and other oddities, is taken from work I produced in 2017. “Whiskey Painted Holocaust” is my sophomore effort at self-publishing a book. The first offering “Children of The New Unknown” was a learning experience, but this time I felt more like I was creating something I wanted to create, rather than casting ideas into the ether and seeing what returned.

Writing has always produced strange benefits for me. As we discuss in the podcast, it is as much therapy as it is art. It is an exploration of the real-time sense of oneself. A chance to take a snapshot of the soul and an opportunity for a reckoning with who we really are.

I am blessed beyond measure to have 2 friends like Kenton Osterlund and my co-host, Lucas Orich, to join me on what I can only described as an “ill-advised adventure”. After all, are there any scenarios in which getting drunk on camera and broadcasting it to the world is a good idea? I guess you’ll be the judge of that. We had a good time.
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Kenton Osterlund is on Instagram: @kentonandrew17

The pieces that Lucas, Kenton, and I read on this episode are the title piece, “Whiskey Painted Holocaust”, “Post Trans-Humanism”, “On Killing”, “The Dagger, The Yoke, and The Flail”, and “Poet”, are all available in my new collection “Whiskey Painted Holocaust”, which is available in our webstore, as well as on Amazon.
"Children of The New Unknown", my first collection, is still available on both platforms as well.

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Lucas Orich can be found on IG as @lucasorich, on X (Twitter) as @hobo_withashotg, or behind the gun counter at Barton's Big Country in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Lucas is Training Director for Barton's Back Alley Range, offering high quality firearms courses and safety training. Hit them up and get some top-notch training and experience!

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- DJR