Fowlpox Press


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Fowlpox Press presents poetry which rewards readers who aren't afraid to dig deep. Read the reviews here to get a sense of what we publish.

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Books

Haibun Rants of a Blender, by Toshimitsu Kareishu    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 580 words. Published on June 4, 2012. Fiction.

An exploration of the rat race from the POV of a food blender.
And Your Dreams Will Be Made into Songs that Sell Burgers and Cars    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 2230 words. Published on May 30, 2012. Fiction.

No animals were anthropomorphized in the making of this chapbook.
Bread of Tears    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 3120 words. Published on May 16, 2012. Fiction.

“Bread of Tears” is at once engaging and unsettling. It’s not a “one read and done” collection. On my first pass through Nathaniel S. Rounds’ work, I found myself wondering just what had happened to Rounds to make him create such disjointed, almost crestfallen characters and imagery.--Patrick Stevens
MEDITATIONS ON BLUE, YELLOW AND GREY by Nathaniel S. Rounds    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 1800 words. Published on May 9, 2012. Fiction.

The title reveals a tight association with painting, and one must refer to Rothko to see what is truly going on. Reading the chapbook proves helpful as well.
It’s a High Voltage Adventure    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 2120 words. Published on April 23, 2012. Fiction.

Nathaniel S. Rounds sits behind the steering wheel of life and weaves a tale of service jobs and common folk... It’s a High Voltage Adventure examines the day to day, diving in for a bird’s eye view and pulling away for the Big Picture. Phyllis Johnson, author of Being Frank with Anne (poetry about Anne Frank)
BECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON YOUR UNICYCLE    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 2160 words. Published on March 28, 2012. Fiction.

This chapbook is to poetry what the Loch Ness Monster is to toddler reading time. Enjoy.
Clefts of the Rock    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 1720 words. Published on March 5, 2012. Fiction.

Someone, like Nathaniel S. Rounds, who shows you without sentimentality, without melodrama and without judgment what you already know but have not taken the time to examine fully… well, now…. that is a poet. --Alice Shapiro, Poet Laureate of Douglasville, Georgia
The Poetronica Scrolls    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 2090 words. Published on February 27, 2012. Fiction.

A chapbook from Nathaniel S. Rounds. "If the world were a forgotten lunatic asylum, with electro-shock rooms that doubled as greasy diners, on the edge of the universe without much hope except for the ringmaster of the last circus… then Nathaniel S. Rounds would be the historian… this man may even be the ringmaster." --Phillip Vermaas, Misfits’ Miscellany
Poems From Fenwick Tower    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 1480 words. Published on January 3, 2012. Fiction.

New poems from Nathaniel S. Rounds, written while hugging the skirting of Fenwick Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th floor, on a cold night in December.
Reproachable Optimists    by Fowlpox Press
Price: Free! 1550 words. Published on July 2, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
We are reminded of the philosophers' questioning if life is actually a dream or as Edgar Allen Poe has so beautifully written "a dream within a dream". My suggestion is that you walk and laugh with author down his bizarre path and see the world in all its strangeness. Reviewed by Joan McNerney

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