READING BETWEEN THE LINES...
JACOB MARLEY PRESS
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS TO ALL YOU VORACIOUS READERS AND RELENTLESS WRITERS THAT HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE AS TO HAVE FOUND THE PERPETUALLY REWARDING LIFE OF LITERATURE! THIS EXISTENCE IS ONE THAT NEEDS BE NOURISHED BY A HEALTHY VARIETY OF POETRY AND PROSE. BE IT PROGRESSIVE PROFUNDITY, SALACIOUS SATIRE, FAROUT FICTION OR ARRESTING ANTHOLOGIES OF THE AVANT GARDE, ENDLESS LANDSCAPES AWAIT THE WAYWARD WANDERER THAT DARES TO ENTER THE ETHEREAL REALM OF JACOB MARLEY.
THE BLOODLINE SCRIPTURES
INCREDIBLE FORCES ARE GATHERING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; MONSTERS AND MEN AND THOSE THAT BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ARE MASSING IN THE DARK AND PREPARING FOR WAR. YET, HOPE SURVIVES, THE BLOODLINE SCRIPTURES HAVE COME TO LIGHT, BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WITH THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES ON THE LINE AND THEIR OWN SURVIVAL IN JEOPARDY, ELLE AND CALVIN FORESTER HAVE ONLY ONE CHANCE TO ACCEPT WHO THEY TRULY ARE AND FACE THE COMBINED MIGHT OF THE UNIMAGINABLY RUTHLESS FOES THAT STAND BEFORE THEM. WITH THE FORESTER'S DIVIDED AND THEIR FATE NOW IN THE HANDS OF A MANIACAL, COLDBLOODED AND CUNNING KILLER, FAILURE TO EMBRACE THEIR TRUE NATURE AND OVERCOME THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM WILL RESULT IN THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE FACING ENSLAVEMENT, OR WORSE... EXTINCTION.
ORIGINS
OUR LIVES ARE AN ANTHOLOGY OF ABSTRACT STORIES. WE EXIST IN MOMENTS BETWEEN DECISIONS. HOW WE ARE CHANGED BY THOSE CHOICES MOVES US FROM ONE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE NEXT; CHALLENGING US TO LIVE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FLUX. FEW OF THOSE TRAITS WE CONSIDER TO BE HUMAN ARE AS FASCINATING TO ME AS THE IDEA THAT WE ARE NEVER STATIC IN OPINION OR PRACTICE. IT IS THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A PARADIGM THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES THAT, UNDER CONSTANT ASSAULT, CHALLENGES US TO ADAPT AND TRANSFORM. IT IS THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ALL CHARACTERS THAT WE FIND SO ENTERTAINING, INFORMATIVE, CONFOUNDING AND INSPIRING. I SEEK TO TELL STORIES THAT ACCOMPLISH THE RENDERING OF THIS IDEA WITH EXQUISITELY DETAILED VISIONS. THE ORIGIN OF OUR DESTINIES ARE OUR CHOICES.
BE HEARD
It its said that a writer's greatest downfall is not knowing their audience..I never want that to be the case for my audience. If there is ever a time that you would like to critique, opine, express, scream, or just bitch and moan about your boss, I encourage you to contact me directly. It is the stories of humanity that are the most interesting fodder for me and I appreciate any organic input from readers.
Jacob Marley Press will forever be your faithful, literary servant, chained to your desires, wants and whims, let those wishes, however fanciful, be heard...We are listening.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE...
THE GHOST OF READING FUTURE
If knowledge is power, then books hold all the power in the Universe. Yet, shockingly, a reliable and disturbing set of statistics states that most people will read less than one new book this year. Many will never read another book in its entirety after graduating high school or college. There is a dire need for a well read, well informed public to be in a position to change the world in which we live today. I feel compelled to contribute to the development of that burgeoning public. Let us empower ourselves and embolden our children to do the same, for the next generation will follow in the steps of its forbearers! It is my authentic wish that perhaps in some small way my writings can help to empower even just one person. Together, though, I believe we can reach so many more in the effort to propagate the idea that reading is power!
In an attempt to begin doing just that, Jacob Marley Press is in the process of establishing a non-profit foundation to encourage and promote the Creative Arts of Literature and Learning (The C.A.L.L. Foundation, pretty cool acronym right?). In the very near future on this website, a page will be available to make donations, volunteer and purchase certain goods and services that will work to support the effort to encourage reading and writing at the earliest age of childhood development and continue to promote the fostering of their talents within the creative arts of literature through adolescence and into their young adult lives.
If you wish to engage in securing America’s literary future please feel free to contact me using the form below. It will require effort from us all, but we can positively inspire the young authors and amateur critics of tomorrow as long as we work together! All proceeds from the sale of any products or services listed will go directly, and in their entirety, to support The C.A.L.L Foundation and the next generation of readers and writers. I truly hope that the rattling chains of Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Reading Future will be able to effectively change even one child's life with regard to literacy and learning; if we can accomplish this, then our time on this earth will have been well spent.
So with my absolute sincerity, thank you for reading...and in the spirit of that classic American ideal of Shameless-Self-Promotion, the newly founded S.S.P. Department at Jacob Marley Press will very soon be releasing our first (tax deductible) products: Stickers! Promote awareness of a worthy and noble cause with the proud slogan: DARWIN BE DAMNED! YOU CAN’T MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF ME…I READ!
Be the envy of all the Homo Sapiens (and probably a few Neanderthals) on your block with our fresh and flashy opinion wear for your vehicle, baby stroller, or any such item you care to compromise with our borderline socially acceptable products! Remember: It is easy to be ignorant. To seek the unknown is to show true bravery.
P.S. – Families that read together, learn together, love together.
Regards,
Jacob Marley
Thank you all for reading.