Open Call for Ephemera Submissions

It’s that time again! LJMcD Communications is putting together the ephemera series for next year and we’re looking for your work!

The ephemera series is a run of hamdmade chapbooks and pamphlets accompanied by a free pdf download sent out to readers all over the world. We’re looking for poetry, prose and other experiments that have trouble finding a home in traditional publishing due to their weirdness. Some pamphlets are later released as full book releases on the LJMcD Communications imprint, and having a pamphlet published with us puts you in good stead to have future book submissions accepted quickly. So what are you waiting for? Send us your work!

How to submit: open a word document and set your paper size to A5 (printing dimensions for the ephemera series chapbooks) and put your content in adding up to no more than 50 pages. Then send it us at lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com with a brief covering letter explaining who you are and what your work is about.

As it is a free series, there is no payment should your submission be accepted, but as mentioned, there is the option for a future book release.

You can check out the current set of ephemera releases right here with updates every couple of months.

Get your work together and send it to us right now!

D.O.R Issue 3 Now Available

The third instalment in the brilliant LJMcD Communications magazine for experimental literature and art is now available! Lots of great work in this issue, so get ready to lose your mind in the wash of words.

You can buy a print copy of the magazine from Amazon right here, or download the pdf of the book below.

D.O.R Issue 3Download

Two New Books

Electric Boy Scout:: Guerrilla Typewriter is a largely non-fiction book dealing with the pressures on Control and the possibility of using art and literature as methods of social resistance. Part essays, part interview, part stories, and part something else, this book takes you on a trip to the future and beyond.

Get a copy of the book from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to order direct from the publisher

File Folders: Painting in Ephemera is a brand new book of art featuring stunning paintings from a personal collection made during 2022. A great way to bring home a thrilling series, you can get copies of the book from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to order a copy direct from the publisher.

SUBS CLOSED — Submissions Open for D.O.R Issue 3

It’s that time again! The LJMcD Communications magazine of experimental art and literature is getting ready for a third issue and we’re looking for your work!

We can’t pay anything for your submissions, but we do offer contributors a print copy of the magazine at reduced cost (just covering printing and shipping)

All submissions should be in word doc format and sent to lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Please include a short third person bio in the body of your email to accompany your piece.

Poetry: please send up to five poems not more than a million lines. Any subject, any style, but the weirder and more experimental the better

Prose: short stories, text experiments, essays and whatever else you got up to 5000 words.

Art: send up to 5 high def images. Please include titles and any accompanying information you would like printed alongside your images (medium, process, etc.) It’s also fine if you want your if you want your images to stand alone without extra information.

Anything Else: we are open to new ideas and anything else you’ve got. If you’ve got something that you think would fit within an issue of D.O.R, please don’t hesitate to send it through or send a query and see if it would work.

And, if this is your first time, don’t forget to read the past two issues of D.O.R which can be read or purchased here

LJMcD Communications Bookshop

Hi All,

You may have seen recently that we set up a physical store to sell LJMcD Communications stock as well as other assorted titles from our personal collection. Well, now this stock is open to everyone!

Have a read through the catalogue below and see if anything takes your fancy. If it does, simply email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com with your order and the book(s) will be posted to you as soon as possible.

More titles will be added periodically, but for now you can browse through this great collection of work and make purchases as you see fit.

Please note: All prices are in AUD. Shipping will be calculated at the time of order.

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Chainsaw Gender Reveal by Keith Higginbotham

The fabulous Chainsaw Gender Reveal by the wonderfully talented Keith Higginbotham is out now from LJMcD Communications.

This book of excellent modern poetry will twist your brain and bring you to a sudden and shining realisation about the state of poetry and your life. Get a copy from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to order direct from the publisher.

Free Pamphlets for May 2023

Hi all,

This month we’ve got two brand new pamphlets to love and enjoy.

First up, we have Questions I Didn’t Know I’d Asked by the incomparable Mona Mehas. This chapbook of poetry inspired by Tarot and Oracle will knock your socks off with its intimate magic. Download a copy of the pamphlet below.

Questions I Didn’t Know I’d Asked [PDF for Website]Download

Secondly, we have The Poets Have the Floor, a thrilling extended prose poem told across three columns to whet your appetite for the fare of Lachlan J McDougall. Download a copy of the pamphlet below and see what you think!

The Poets Have the Floor (PDF for Website)Download

The next round of free pamphlets goes out in July, so keep an eye on things and make sure you don’t miss these great publications.

Thee Grey Book

Thee Grey Book is a startling new treatise on modern magickal practice and you’ll be swept away on on a tide of new ideas.

Cut-ups, sigils, breaking through the unconscious barrier, learn all this and more when you tap into a copy of Thee Grey Book.

Get a copy from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to order a copy direct from the publisher.

The Sound of a Pistol: Child’s Play and Other Games

The brand new book from Lachlan J McDougall and their small children is here and available for purchase.

This stunning collaborative effort is sure to dazzle and delight and you’ll be amazed at what these small forces of nature come out with.

All proceeds from this book go towards new toys and art supplies for the little ones.

Purchase a copy from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to order a copy direct from LJMcD Communications.

Shimmied Christmas Jimmy, the Rat Fink of the Chimney free pdf

My latest chapbool, a long form surreal poem, is now available as part of the C22 open editions series. You can download a pdf of the poem below, or if you’d prefer a print copy, you can purchase from Amazon here or email lachlan.mcdougall@gmail.com to purchase direct from LJMcD Communications.

Have a read and enjoy!

Shimmied Christmas Jimmy, The Rat Fink of the Chimney (C22 Open Editions)Download