Current Publishing Endeavors

Empty Mirror Books

Empty Mirror publishes non-fiction on the topics of the Beat Generation, counterculture, modern art, music & literature on our website.

Empty Mirror seeks submissions; please check out our publishing guidelines page for more information on how to publish on this site.

Former Publishing Projects

Quartermoon Press & Quicksilver

Edited by Denise, Quartermoon has published several broadsides, Ted Joans' collection of poems, WOW and the literary journal Quicksilver. However, the press is not currently active.

You can learn about & buy selected Quicksilver / Quartermoon publications below. All are limited editions.

Quartermoon Press Broadside Series

The Statue With No Face by Richard Krech. Mukilteo, WA: Quartermoon Press, 2002. Quartermoon Press Broadside Series No. 1. 126 letterpressed copies consisting of 100 numbered copies / 26 lettered/signed copies printed by Verdant Press. More information...

TED JOANS LIVES!. Mukilteo, WA: Quartermoon Press, 2003. Printed by Verdant Press. Quartermoon Press Broadside Series No. 2. Black ink on dark red cardstock, letterpress. 1st printing: 250 copies. Second printing, on lighter red stock, 250 copies.

TED JOANS LIVES!. Mukilteo, WA: Quartermoon Press, 2003. Printed by Verdant Press. Quartermoon Press Broadside Series No. 3. Black ink on dark red sticker stock; letterpress 1st printing: 100 copies. Second printing, smaller size, 100 copies.

Quicksilver / Quartermoon Press

Quicksilver No. 1 Mukilteo, WA: Quicksilver, 1998.
Published in an edition of only 200 copies, Quicksilver's first (and only) issue contains Ted Joans' poems Doubled Dozen Done Deliberately & Skip the Byuppie; Barry Gifford's Monk in the Morning, several prose poems by Susan Smith Nash, and poems by a dozen others. Quicksilver is 60 pages, stapled in grey wrappers, and features illustrations from alchemy texts interspersed amongst the poems. Out of print; only a few copies remain. $15.00

WOW by Ted Joans Mukilteo, WA: Quicksilver / Quartermoon Press, 1999.
350 copies. With drawings of Ted Joans by Laura Corsiglia. More information...
This volume contains many previously unpublished poems by Beat / Surrealist poet Ted Joans. These poems deal with jazz, poetry, the Beat Generation, travels in Africa, art, and life. Includes four drawings of Ted Joans by the artist Laura Corsiglia. Sixty pages stapled in wrappers. $14.95 Photo of cover.

Quicksilver Broadside Series

Mac's Bait & Tackle by Cheryl Burket Mukilteo, WA: Quicksilver, 1999.
150 numbered copies, offset printed on heavy blue cardstock. Quicksilver Broadside Series No. 1. $3.00 Photo of broadside.

2 Poems by Todd Balazic Mukilteo, WA: Quicksilver, 1999.
150 numbered copies, offset printed on heavy green cardstock. Quicksilver Broadside Series No. 2. $3.00

In a Nutshell: Presses / Publishers Associated with EMB

Voleur de Feu

Voleur de Feu is a very occasional online literary / arts magazine edited by Denise (owner of Empty Mirror). VdF isn't currently accepting submissions; future reading periods & submission guidelines will be announced on the VdF website.

Quartermoon Press

Edited by Denise, Quartermoon has published several broadsides, as well as Ted Joans' collection of poems, WOW and the literary journal Quicksilver. Publication is infrequent (no plans to publish more at present) & by invitation only.

The Third Page: A Journal of Ongrowing Natures

The Third Page is located on Empty Mirror Books webspace, but is edited & designed by Hammond Guthrie. Publication is by invitation.