Peter Books Press
Is a chapbook press.
We put out two things: press runs and special editions.
The press runs are works of longer fiction from a group of authors. We do not publish online, so the work will only ever be found within the covers of the chapbook. As such, we publish the most unhinged, lit-ass stories we can find. You can buy our first run here.
Submissions for run 002 will be open November 15th - December 15th. The work can be multiple stories or one long story but the total word count must be between 5k-8k. Most importantly the work has to be exciting from the jump. Get to the point on the first page. Make something fucked up and weird you don’t even understand. If the work approximates a New Yorker story I’ll be bored af. Idk, I like the New Yorker, but they have their people. Let’s do something new. It’s not as complicated as other people make it seem :)
Special editions are one-off chapbook runs that we make with our friends for special occasions. If you want to have a takeaway at a reading or if you have a piece of writing that you don’t think fits in any other form, hit me up and we can talk about how to make it something nice.
Peter Books NYC
Is a street book stand on Bedford avenue and North 5th street, in front of Senko Funeral Home, across the street from Joe’s Pizza in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The stand open Friday-Sunday though hours vary based on weather. We have mostly fiction books. Really really good fiction books. You don’t have to buy anything :) we can just talk.
CONTACT
Business & books! For inquiries: email me
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Tom Ianelli
Is the only employee of PeterBooks
He has written for Quartersnacks, Hobart, the Panacea Review and Animal Blood magazine among others.
He hand makes the books for PeterBooksPress and asks the questions for the Lit Chat instagram series at @peterbooksnyc
READ TOM’S STUFF
MidCult* - We Are Good Smart Well-Educated People Who Deserve To Party (print)
Volume 0 - Modern Healthy Boys (print)
Prophet of Authenticity - The Panacea Review (print)
X-R-A-Y - Are You There Margaret It’s Me God
HOBART - Lulu
EXPAT PRESS - Bong Spliff Finger Flip
ANIMAL BLOOD MAGAZINE - The Clod