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Welcome to Drowning Press' MySpace site! Included on this site are excerpts from the various writers and contributors to Drowning Press placed in the Blog section of this page. Complete works, including both fiction and non-fiction, can be found on our primary web site:
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An anthology of literary work is planned for printed release in the 1st quarter of 2008.

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Drowning Press LLC is an independent publisher committed to sustaining a free and independent voice for creative and intellectual ideas in both fiction and non-fiction literature and media.


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Gratuity Not Included by J. Arlo Kurtis

Gratuity, not included, but gratefully accepted. A generous tip makes quite an impression. It says thank you for a wonderful evening, but more importantly, if the generous tipper plans on frequenting ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT

John Will Now Be Your Server by J. Arlo Kurtis

It's not uncommon to find yourself arriving and then seated at a restaurant on the cusp of a shift change only to have your original server replaced with the new server that will take care of your ta...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:36:00 GMT

Operation Lorenzo Collins by J. Arlo Kurtis

Operation Desert Storm, Operation Rolling Thunder, Operation Just Cause, and the list goes on and on. I realize military organizations, and especially the U.S Military, loves to name its exploits with...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:02:00 GMT

How the Republican Cookie Might Crumble by W. Weson Gurley

As you may or may not know, the run up to the Presidential election on November 4th, 2008 will begin in earnest this week with the Iowa Caucus on Thursday January 3rd. In advance of that, allow me to ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:15:00 GMT

War Profiteering Part 2 by W. Weson Gurley

As a follow up to my previous essay concerning whether or not George Bush, in a meeting with the President of Iraq, Nour Al-Maliki, would support the government of Iraq in it's call for the ouster of ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:00 GMT

Left Bank Prophet by J. Arlo Kurtis

The appearance of an unexpected May afternoon of clear skies and warm sun lit up 1st Ave as Todd and I made our way to Pike Street. Rounding the corner to the entrance of the market, the street was ov...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:15:00 GMT

War Profiteering by W. Weson Gurley

As of this moment, the U.S. occupation of Iraq is costing the American Taxpayers $3,850 per second, twenty-four hours a day. In the time it took you to read that sentence, another $24,100 is gone, and...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:54:00 GMT

Remebering 9/11 by W. Weson Gurley

On this, the 6th anniversary of the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, we should all take a moment to remember the events of that day and how it changed our nation. Also, remember the many lives destroyed not ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:36:00 GMT

Bush Now Free to Suck Shit by Andre Miftaraj

Integrity has been the most subversive agent at work in American democracy since way back when the powdered-wig guy and the stovepipe hat guy and all those other quaint bastards did and said all those...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:05:00 GMT

Washing His Shoe by W. Weson Gurley

I was on the ferry todayStanding at the sinks in the lavatoryNext to a young manI was washing my handsHe was washing a shoeA leather dress shoeAnd it wasn't his shoeHe was wearing both of hisHe rubbed...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:31:00 GMT