Welcome to Eight-Stone Press
From the harbor to the hills, SMILE,
HON, YOU'RE IN BALTIMORE!
collects the tales of those for whom Mobtown has
left her indelible mark:
polished, professional essays; barroom sermons
delivered from the sanctity of a
favorite stool, the poet's fleeting
sentiment captured in both word and snapshot -
a slice of Baltimore as told
by Baltimore, all presented with the time-honored,
DIY accessibility of a
limited-run, handcrafted zine.
So, come on, Baltimore -
what's your story?
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If we have your interest, please read on
to see what
other publications have had to say about our wares...
Tandy's Baltimore
narrative exists largely outside the official record in that it's gleaned from
folks
sitting on barstools and standing on street corners. That's what makes it
indispensible reading for anyone
who appreciates and loves the city, warts and all."
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE ("Best Zine" - August 2008)
If you
really want to understand Charm City and the charming people in it,
you've
got to get your hands on a copy of Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore.
READ STREET (Baltimore Sun Blog - May 2008)
As befits a
Baltimore-based outfit, Smile, Hon zines
can lead to cringing or
contemplation with themed issues on crime, vermin, and scars.
Skin
Deep is no exception: It treats tattoos in ink-inspired personal essays,
poetry,
and sidebars of tattooer interviews that are sometimes amusing,
sometimes stomach-turning.
FROM THE STACKS (Utne Reader Online
Blog - May 2008)
This
Baltimore-centric zine is [chock] full of good stories
by people who know
how to write...
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL (#298 - March 2008)
[T]his
relentlessly engaging zine reflects aspects of city life often overlooked by
mainstream media.
Editor William P. Tandy understands how seemingly small
moments help define an urban
experience that can be bewildering and complex
in ways both tangible and intangible . . .
And the smile is often one of
resignation.
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE (February 2008)
[T]he honest
and simple eloquence of the writing perfectly conveys the ethos of
living
in a tough yet forgiving city…
THE URBANITE (September
2007)
Even in
Baltimore, a machete still is cause for capital letters...
UTNE
READER (September/October 2007)
[T]his tiny
gem collects local crime stories submitted mainly by readers of both
publications.
The results are, by turns, harrowing and
hilarious—slices of urban life that, most likely,
never made the
papers but made for a good tale on a barstool...
You’ll have to read
the zine to find out what happens, but like a number of these stories,
it
speaks to the small town feeling that still exis ts in parts of the
city.
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE (August 2007)
...hilarious
-- it's all weird/funny/true stories of crimes that happened in
Baltimore.
POP CANDY (USA Today Blog - July 2007)
[S]urprisingly fascinating, consistently
absurd,
and often weird as hell . . . Baltimore at its bizarre
best.
BALTIMORE CITY
PAPER
In the
stories, Baltimore's magic springs from everyday revelations, casual
debauchery,
and a peculiarly provincial brand of working-class sadness,
wrapped up in both urban decay and local pride. Through it all
Smile Hon
revels in Baltimore's every eccentricity.
Xiao-Bo Yuan,
THE
JOHNS HOPKINS NEWS-LETTER
[S]erves to
add a great deal of dimension to a multi-faceted city
in which I've been
fortunate enough to have a number of memorable experiences,
making me eager
to go back for some more.
Tom Crites,
PANISCUS
REVUE
Break out
the mace and watch out for gentrification.
Yet another fine collection of
tales about living in Baltimore.
Logan Bay, QUIMBY'S
In terms of
local tales, Smile Hon is the literary equivalent of the Sizzler All-U-Can-Eat
buffet.
It's bountiful and bursting at the seams with delicious morsels . .
.
Ali Fenwick, THE JOHNS HOPKINS NEWS-LETTER
[A]dequately
captures Baltimore's grit and glitter, horror and heroes.
Heath
Row, ZINE WORLD: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press
I know
nothing about Baltimore, and since the few pages I've read out of this so
far
all concern the crime situation down there, all I can say is: Thank
goodness.
Jeff Somers, THE INNER SWINE
Your books
have caused a bit of a stir in my office . . .
Martin O'Malley,
[former] Mayor of Baltimore [now Governor of Maryland]