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*Photo by Stephanie Bassos, Chicago-based photographer.

Franki Elliot is a 20-something author from Chicago and blogs for us every Monday.  Curbside published her first book Piano Rats (October 2011). We are publishing her second book KISS AS MANY WOMEN AS YOU CAN in 2013.  For more Franki typewriter stories visit http://frankielliottypewriter.tumblr.com/

Everyone else is doing it so why not us.  The consumer rules.  We are selling our critically acclaimed titles for half-off through Sunday, which means you can get MAY WE SHED THESE HUMAN BODIES by Amber Sparks for only $6!  Chicago Stories:  40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski for only $7!  Our forthcoming giant-sized coffee table book about beds THE WAY WE SLEEP for only $10!  Piano Rats by Franki Elliot for only $3 (this is like a 70% discount sale)!  All for your reading and gift-giving pleasure.  Happy shopping and thanks for the support.

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What happens when a psychic who can’t control her powers gets institutionalized?

Bryce Dekker is a young woman that has suddenly been given extraordinary power, a psychic link to her surroundings. In her desire to help others, she becomes entangled in a murder case where her knowledge of specifics has made her the #1 suspect.

Now mandated to undergo observation at Werthem Glen Sanitarium, Bryce is at the mercy of her fellow patients. Surrounded by madness and unable to control her power, she is having a hard time separating her thoughts from the insanity around her.

Bryce has found only one way to keep track of reality, and that’s by keeping a record of the visions and voices in her head. She has become the vessel for those around her, telling the stories of their illness. She is the biographer of their insanity. Their stories have become hers, and Bryce’s only hope is that by embracing the madness, she finds her sanity.

Asylum Doors is a serial comic we'll run every Wednesday.  See the previous installment here.  Stay tuned for next week's installment.

Chris Prunckle is a graphic designer, illustrator and comic book artist banished to the suburbs of Chicago. Though an advertising industry minion by day, he slaves his nights away creating a mad little world.  He’s previously worked on the comics Fisted, Bonesetter, and The Scarab.  Follow him at @midjipress.

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*Photo by Stephanie Bassos, Chicago-based photographer.

Franki Elliot is a 20-something author from Chicago and blogs for us every Monday.  Curbside published her first book Piano Rats (October 2011). We are publishing her second book KISS AS MANY WOMEN AS YOU CAN in 2013.  For more Franki typewriter stories visit http://frankielliottypewriter.tumblr.com/

We were invited by the Chicago Reader to be one of their "Culture Vultures" this week and write about something we've been digging.  We wrote about Chicago literary gem MAKE Magazine's recent, and first, bilingual issue.  If you're not familiar with MAKE, you should be.  See write-up here. 

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