First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of Poetry and Prose

Both Mark and Andrea are very excited to be reading at First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of Poetry and Prose at One and One, 76 E. 1st St. at 1st Ave on Monday, February 26th.

The event starts at 7:00 pm and goes to 8pm – See the line-up below – more info on our fellow writers and poets closer to the event as well as the Facebook event link

First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of

Poetry and Prose at

One and One

76 E. 1st St. @ 1st Ave

F Train to 2nd Ave Station

FREE

Monday, February 26th, 7 PM

 

WAH MOHN

 

ANDREA DeANGELIS

Andrea DeAngelis is at times a poet, writer, shutterbug and musician living in New York City. Her writing has recently appeared in Carmina Magazine, Corvus Review, HauntedMTL and Bowery Gothic. Andrea also sings and plays guitar in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com) who recently released their third album, Fancy Hercules. She tries not to disturb her neighbors by putting her guitar amp in the closet.

 

MARK PURNELL

Mark Purnell is a writer, investor and musician living in New York City. His writing has recently appeared in The Molotov Cocktail and he is currently working on his debut novel. Mark sings, writes and plays piano in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com).

 

ALLAN  GRAUBARD

Allan Graubard -- poet, writer and critic -- (just published!): SUN STEP BLACK LAKE (Broken Sleep Books, Wales, UK). In 2022, he appeared as editor and contributor to the international anthology Nigredo. 2020/2019 saw the publication of three books: Western Terrace (Exstasis Editions, Victoria, BC), Language of Birds (Anon Editions, NY/LA), and Into the Mylar Chamber: Ira Cohen (Fulgur, UK).

 

Andrea still has to make a decision on what to read…muahahaha. She will make it weird because she’s a weirdo lol (Andrea wrote this btw)

NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2023

We submitted our song Rock ‘n Roll Sailor to the 2023 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

Our entry isn’t up there yet because we were kind of last minute this time round. But it’s on YouTube.

It’s a brand new song we wrote that we were still in the process of learning while preparing our entry. This video is the only place you can hear our new song.

But it was so much fun! We’re excited to throw our hat in the ring. We’re even more excited to record this song for our new album.

Please wish us luck. Cheers!

A little live show straight from Queens - NYE 4pm

Hope you're doing amazing!

Makar is excited to start playing monthly online acoustic sets of our original indie rock songs on YouTube. We'll be picking songs from all three albums -  99 Cent Dreams, Funeral Genius and Fancy Hercules. Will slip in a few songs from our new album, Exit Earth, from time to time.

Remember to leave comments and requests for anything you liked and want to hear in our set lists. And please subscribe to our Youtube channel to keep up with the latest Makar videos, live shows and content. Even more Andrea readings!

Tune in Saturday, December 31st at 4 pm and we'll ring in the New Year together!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/makar-live-online-saturday-december-31st-at-4-pm

Happy Holidays and Much Love!


Halloween Reading at Von Bar - Sunday, October 30th (for Bowery Gothic)

Calling all Creepy Literati!
A Hallow’s Eve reading!

Andrea will be reading her short story Mara along with the other Bowery Gothic contributors on Sunday, October 30th at Von Bar located at 3 Bleecker in NYC. The event starts at 6pm.

Andrea's short story Mara published in Bowery Gothic

Andrea’s piece Mara was published in Bowery Gothic on September 1st in their Summer Ghosts Edition VII.

Andrea: This story was inspired by the original nightmare known as Mara and other names in Time Life’s The Enchanted World’s Night Creatures fable. These were books I inherited from my Welsh grandfather. He had such a wonderful odd library, inspiration galore.

Here is a recent article from Atlas Obscura:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-nightmare-demon-suffocation-night-terror

I enjoy telling stories from the perspective of the monsters and having the monsters win.

The Nightmare, Henry Fuseli, 1781. JOHN HENRY FUSELI

Please check out the entire issue!

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A little about Bowery Gothic

Inspired by a reading series at a haunted bar on the Bowery, Bowery Gothic is a literary journal seeking to publish the highest quality literature and art. We look for stories—both real and imagined—that exist in that liminal space: between the seen and unseen; between entertainment and fear. We are excited by work that stands at the threshold and looks into the unknown. We are excited by the sublimity of terror.

We are not interested in gore, violence, or perversion. Instead, send us literary work that transcends genre, that scares us and makes us think: Damn, that was fresh. We are drawn to literature that conjures up tales told by our favorite writers—from Henry James to Kelly Link; Shirley Jackson to Octavia E. Butler—stories that entice, amaze, terrify.

Our Music Video for Devil in a Dream Part II

We filmed our music video for Devil in a Dream Part II on Wednesday, July 6th! And was it a party! Join the Devil’s conga line below.

We had a fantastic time shooting this video as you can see from the evidence below.

Devil Conga line!

the Devil is after Mark

Mark even did a flip

The dress the devil is flashing is Smak Parlour from a while ago but check their digs on Sourpuss Clothing

The Devil dreaming

Filmed at Williamsburg Artist ‘s Parlour
https://www.peerspace.com/pages/listings/6254767feee98f000f561657

Great space, great people (Thank you Ellis!)! Our first foray into peerspace and it was as awesome as it looked!

Part III is being written

Andrea's flash fiction, Good Dirt II, was published in Molotov Cocktail

Andrea’s story Good Dirt II was published in Molotov Cocktail’s Flash Feast Contest. She got No. 5 out of 10!

A little taste

“I don’t know what I was before I was born into slow flesh, flawed and corrupting, but I know I will find the answers grubbing in the dirt”

She is very excited that Good Dirt II will be included in a future Molotov Cocktail’s Prize Winners Anthology print issue.

Please sink your teeth into the entire Flash Feast issue!

And congrats to all the winners!

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