Cwg Press: 9 books

Mike Palecek's novel Speak English tells what happened when some rowdy teenagers encountered an alien, somewhere around 1970. Why did they shoot it? What were the consequences? Was it really an alien, or maybe a mental patient? How did this incident affect these three when they grew up? Did they ever meet another alien? To find out, read Speak English.

A modern retelling of 1984, set not in some distant future but rather as a reinterpretation of our current moment. It is as if the magic x-ray glasses advertised in the back of the comic book actually worked, but when we put on Mike's x-ray glasses, instead of seeing through ladies underwear, we are...

Bigfoot is real. But the text in the 10,000 sophomore history textbooks at the bottom of 10,000 lockers is based in popular myth. That’s the truth. To find the truth about America, about 9/11, the Boston bombing, Sandy Hook, you need to go Looking For Bigfoot.

Guests of the Nation pulls no punches... . “I loved it! I think GOTN is a timely published 9/11 story, a quick and easy read for our too busy lives, and one that just might sink into the American people’s consciousness, finally.  I wish it could be placed for sale on every store’s ‘impulse’...

The American Vision. The American Journey. Land of Liberty. The Commies are Coming. The Commies are Coming! The Criminals Are Coming! The Terrorists Are Coming! Big Bees! It’s that time of year again. Time for the release of the new sophomore textbook,                   American...

A Liberal revolution is about to begin... In Iowa where corn grows tall and families gather for apple pie, a murmur of dissent echoes across Town Square. Plans to build a federal prison on Liberal soil divide a town and family once united. Newspaper editor Tom Blue stands at the forefront of...

The Battle of Bumfuck, Iowa is over. The paper mache lions’ heads and farm house are smoking. The holsteins are lying dead and the gold finches hum "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill ..." Lara, Kaitylyn and Jim have been captured and put in prison, and now Korey, trying to get them out, is also...

Mike Palecek's new novel Speak English tells what happened when some rowdy teenagers encountered an alien, somewhere around 1970. Why did they shoot it? What were the consequences? Was it really an alien, or maybe a mental patient? How did this incident affect these three when they grew up? Did they ever meet another alien? To find out, read Speak English.

Turn the other way today, on your way to work, and join the revolution. Come along with Lara, Jim, Kaitylyn, Korey, Brooke, Evey, Hector, Reuben and the rest as they go way against the grain. These young people work at a Twin Cities group home. They have almost no money and no hope. They have no health...