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alternative man
alternative man cover
poems and short stories
71 page perfect bound trade paperback


Unavailable for the past few years, a recently uncovered stash of brand new old copies is now available again.

Copies have been listed on amazon for as much as $403.10 (which is clearly insane, but I mention it here because it makes me look good)!

To order, visit the sales page, use this PayPal link, or send $10.95 ($8.95 + $2 shipping) to:

Michael Phillips
PO Box 218
South Pasadena, CA 91031
(No personal checks please!)

 
Musician turned writer has a keen eye for humor, pathos, & the bizarre in these short pieces.
- Bookpeople


[alternative man] contains some of the best stuff by a new writer in or out of the small presses.
- Andersen Prunty, Absent magazine


Imaginary reality and the hard, cold merge in tales dominated by characters whirled in confusion and odd determination. An old-school punk, tempered (slightly) and swollen with skill.
- Christopher M., First Class magazine


sometimes on the verge of magic...a situation report from the front lines...full of religion, madness, and the cold greased cunt of death.
- Barbara Peck


let me tip the hat to the poet Michael Phillips! the book - 'Alternative man' was a great read - I'm going to share his stuff with my crowd.
- Ulvis Alberts


The fiction has to be the strangest...the five star fucked-up award goes to "anything for a quid", about a guy who visits a prostitute in England who turns her clients on with a monkey puppet made of socks.
- Michael Halchin, Bleeding Velvet Octopus magazine