This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode One Hundred and Twelve - Luckiest Guy Ever, starring the Jonathan Travelstead.

So podcast we are, yo. And quite Travelstead too. We are also death and anxiety, Cobalt Press, poetry, mothers, the national guard and not actually being EMT at all. So do hit it, it just might change your life.   

Holy fuck wow Four Fathers + Black Krim + How We Bury Our Dead Cobalt package deal.

Indeed. More here. Or even here. Totally.

"Slayed me." Four Fathers, yo.

For real. Here. Or here. Totally.

New joint. Caught Off Guard. At the Literary Orphans. Thankful we are.

Truth. There is Caught Off Guard. It is Literary Orphans and it is stellar line-up. So many thanks to the Mike Joyce and the whole Orphans crew for that. It is also Four Fathers excerpt. Which is nice. Excerpt? Word.

"There is a flash of red hair like fire, or cinnamon, and it shakes you out of the world you were completely lost in just moments before.

You are writing, well, you were writing.

It is Sunday morning, the children are asleep, and so this is when it must be done.

It is peaceful, the sunlight forcing its way through the cracks in the blinds, the dust jumping from sunbeam to sunbeam, the occasional car on the streets below, or the flush of a toilet somewhere in the building, the only sounds permeating the otherwise quiet room.

Still, it has to end, it always does. Someone has to wake-up. Lately it has been the little one, the one who sleeps in long T-shirts and tiny briefs, the Angry Birds displayed across his behind.

He is like a donut, his caramel skin so soft to the touch, and you want to consume him, always, and endlessly.

He drifts out into the living room like a small wave, and as he arrives one part of the day ends, and another begins.

Today is different though."

"Real and often hilarious." Four Fathers. Small Press Reviews. Yes.

Quite yes. And so endlessly appreciated. Excerpt? Word.

"Tanzer’s flash pieces each hit on a single element of fatherhood, which is an effective way to approach the experience and give the little things, both funny and serious, their due. This series of stories reminded me a little bit of Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder, a novel about fatherhood in flash-style vignettes. The stylistic similarities are easy to see, but the mix of wit, humor, and sensitivity to the sometimes paradoxical nature of fatherhood is what makes Tanzer’s work stand up there with Bachelder’s."

Housley. Williams. Pawelek. Tanzer. Rejoice. Buy. Read. Hype. Share. Storm the gates. For Four Fathers release day it is. And far and wide at that.

Release it is indeed. So do hit it, it just might change your life.

"Hilarious and poignant." Four Fathers. MONOLOGGING. Indeed.

And most appreciated. Excerpt? Word.

"Cobalt Press’ first book is beautifully designed, weaving an intricate collaboration between talented authors. Four Fathers is filled with hilarious and poignant moments. Told in episodic soul-searching movements, many unique voices emerge inaugurating experimentation in diverse literary forms. The stories contemplate genetic bonds, adult disguises, and parental identity crisis. Bookended by tales of sons becoming men, the collection invites readers to consider their own family dynamic, especially with regard to father-son relationships. It is a medley that will resonate."

Four Fathers is in the house, yo.

Shameless, albeit much appreciated, Brian Gresko Four Fathers Tweet hype. And big thanks to the Brian Gresko for that.

Congrats @keatingnation & @bentanzer on FOUR FATHERS. Literary dads unite! http://t.co/sCyQ4UlwpR
— Brian Gresko (@briangresko) May 21, 2014

"Rarely have I been exposed to literature that offers a glimpse, let alone several different perspectives, on how men feel (I mean, really, deeply, in their heads and hearts feel) about the roles and responsibilities that come with bringing children into the world." Four Fathers. The Tin House. What We're Reading. Beautious.

Most beautious indeed. And more here yes.

A TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog Cobalt Press FOUR FATHERS Kickstarter interview series Andrew Keating introduction thing.

Truth. So please do hit it. It just might change your life. Excerpt? Yes. Totally.

"There are few subjects richer than fatherhood. I won’t lie, the first time I heard someone use the phrase fatherhood fiction or dick-lit (it was Greg Olear, a couple years ago when Fathermucker was happening), I snorted a little bit. This, of course, is the reaction of a non-father, of a son who admittedly believes that being a dad isn’t all that complicated. Then I read this manuscript. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, other than that I knew two of the authors pretty well and loved their stuff. So I read, and kept reading, and I laughed, and I felt my chest tighten with anxiety, and I might have even cried. How wrong I was.

Four Fathers, and each of its authors, delivers fatherhood in a multitude of thought-provoking, heartfelt ways: from Tom Williams’ pair of long short stories which define a man by who he is as a son in relation to his father, and who he is as a father in relation to his son; to BL Pawelek’s poetry, dedicated to his daughter, Abbey Road. Then you have Ben Tanzer's flash fiction pieces, which all seem to reflect up on the idea of "I'm a dad…what the heck do I do now?" and Dave Housley's novella begging the Osbornesque question "What the f*** is a 'Bieber?'" There are moments of absolute sweetness, and moments of perversity. There are points where you’ll want to laugh out loud, but you’ll stop once you realize you’re only laughing at yourself, your own fears, your own misgivings about what it means to be a dad."

Four Fathers. Where You Should Be. Cobalt Press. KICKSTARTER. The Olear.

Where You Should Be line edits yo.

Housley. Pawelek. Williams. Tanzer. Four Fathers. Where You Should Be. Cobalt Press.

We are Cobalt Press Start-Up/Where You Should Be. We are KICKSTARTER. And we are Lies.

So do hit it now thank you. It just might change your life.

And then the almighty Keating said there should be waves of Cobalt Press Start-Up/Where You Should Be KICKSTARTER love magic spreading near and far across the land and there was.

   
There really, really was. So please go here, now, to learn so much more. It just might change your life. Really. And thank you.