Once a whisper of an idea, Alpine Ghost Press recently made its first corporeal appearance with the release of HCR: Ten Year Anniversary Issue, and now more books, chapbooks, and anthologies are coming forward through the pines. Scroll down to see what books have arrived, and which ones hover on the horizon. At the moment, we function by invitation only.

We Have Waited Long Enough

Over the last year, Kevin Ridgeway, Gabriel Ricard, and I have all worked on this new book together, collaborating on a poetic project like none of us have attempted before now. The book, We Have Waited Long Enough, is a collection of response poetry. It started when I sent Gabe five poems. He wrote five responding to those and sent his to Kevin, who did the same and sent his to me. I responded to those and started the cycle again. Round we went, borrowing lines, images, and ideas until we came up with this book. It was a fun, interesting process and we hope you enjoy the results. Want a copy? For now we’re only selling them directly through the three of us, and I’ll post a link to my shop when copies arrive, but go ahead and find Kevin, Gabe, or myself on Facebook, Instagram, or Bluesky and we’ll get one in your hands. Sure, that doesn’t make it easy to sell, but we’re not in this for those big multi-million poetry sales. We did this for the fun of it, and we know the real ones will get their hands on it soon enough. Thanks!

Vacancy: Motel Poems

By Kevin Ridgeway and James H Duncan

Poems from and about motels, hotels, and motor inns from NY to LA and beyond. Each explores the world of transience and temporary living through a world of check-ins, parking lots, payphones, addiction, abandonment, and the kind of yearning that can only come in the glow of a motel TV long after midnight. Two poets, two styles, and an endless string of vacancies until the final neon sign blinks out, leaving on the permanence of the great unknown beyond this world.

Hobo Camp Review: 10 Year Anniversary Anthology

This anthology features poems and stories from the first ten years of Hobo Camp Review, spanning 2009-2019, and will include works from such writers as Rachel Nix, David M Morton, Ally Malinenko, Bud Smith, Jason Ryberg, Kate Garrett, Sam Slaughter, Anney E.J. Ryan, April Michelle Bratten, Tobi and Jeff Alfier, Kevin Ridgeway, Knar Gavin, L.L. Jacobson, Rob Plath, and many others.