Founded 20-02-2002, Spineless Books is an independent literary publishing house dedicated to the production and distribution of innovative literature, with an emphasis on collaborative writing, formal experimentation, and utopian thought.
Publisher and proprietor William Gillespie got a novel commercially published, which was distracting. And published a child, who is dedicated to distraction. While Keyhole Factory is now available from Soft Skull Press, there are still copies of the original Spineless hardback on Amazon.com.
Online payments are handled through paypal. You and your bookstore can also order by mail. Contact us. Read reviews and press. We are not accepting submissions.
order now to participate in literary history.
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2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words | Nick Montfort & William Gillespie | A collaboratively-authored narrative palindrome | 2002 |
A small book designed by
Ingrid Ankerson with plates by Shelley Jackson. This curiously beautiful volume is the definitive edition of 2002: a Palindrome Story.
ISBN: 0-9724244-9-0. 4 by 4 inches. 24 pages. Perfect bound with vellum plates and wraps. Distributed by Spineless Books. 01-10-2002 $16.
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backward pilgrim | Deborah Akers | "poems pulsing with the dense, rich music of partial rhyme" | 2013 |
backward pilgrim, by Deborah Akers. ISBN 978-1-938928-00-0. 5 x 8 inches. 98 pages. Perfect bound with French Folds. Published by I-Beam Books. 2013. $16. |
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The Bermuda Love Triangle | Tom Grothus | Lovely small color book of surrealist cartoons and epigrams. | 1988 |
FREE WITH ANY PURCHASE FROM THIS SITE.
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Family Album | Harold Balazs with Dirk Stratton |
Drawings with captions | 2015 |
Executive-class surrealist illustrated clothbound book limited to 526 copies, 500 numbered and signed by the artist. ISBN 978-1-938928-01-7. 8.5 by 9 inches. 66 un-numbered pages. Published by I-Beam Books. Distributed by Spineless Books. 6-15-2005 $50. |
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Fourier Series | Joshua Corey | A poetry cycle | 2005 |
A beautiful book
with a spine and French Revolution folds. Fourier Series won the Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn Award for Best Book Length Work of Constrained English Literature. ISBN 0-9724244-4-X. 7.5 by 9 inches. 102 pages. Perfect bound, with slipcover. Distributed by Spineless Books. 07-05-2005 $16. |
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How to Vote: A Manual |
Max Winchester | 50 prose poems | 2016 |
A white book. The last work of poetry composed by Max Winchester. Edition 1.2. Published President’s Day 2016 .ISBN 978-1-938928-03-1. Published by I-Beam Books. Distributed by Spineless Books. $12.
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Joey Zoey | William Gillespie | A letter-pressed consonant poem | 2011 |
Limited edition letterpress printing. This poem, the longest known sustained consonant poem, uses the entire alphabet in every line, using each consonant one at a time, to tell the story of an Iraq war veteran. This limited edition pamphlet was letterpressed with plates of original abededafrian artwork by Chris Merritt. $5 plus shipping.
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Johnny Werd | Q. Synopsis | A novel | 2003 |
A novel paperback and hardback. Experimental novel retelling the story of a boy and his fire. Cover by Andrew Byrom. ISBN 0-9724244-1-5 Clothbound $25 / ISBN 0-9724244-2-3 Paperback $9.95. 5.5 by 8.5 inches. 136 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 21-01-2003.
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Letter to Lamont | William Gillespie | Fiction | 2005 |
A green paperback. A surrealist feast for romantic fools pours through your letterbox. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN: 0-9724244-5-8. 6 by 9 inches. 88 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 07-03-2005. $10.
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Lost Ciizen | William Gillespie | Poetry | 2008 |
Light blue paperback. Lost Citizen: Selected Poems 1995-2003 is a survey of the millennial poetry of William Gillespie, edited by Stephanie Strickland. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN 978-0-9801392-0-46 by 9 inches. 63 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 02-20-2008. $10.
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Objects Everyday | Q. Synopsis | Resistentialist prose | 2015 |
Paperback designed by Single Stereo. A deep and dense exploration |
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The Story That Teaches You How To Write It | William Gillespie | Simultaneous essay and story: theory and practice of experimental fiction | 1996 published: 2005 |
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Table of Forms | Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn | An exploration of new poetic form & constraint-driven literature | web: book: |
Dark blue paperback and hardback. Collection of experimental, ludic, constraint-driven poetry; puzzle book; and writing manual. Hardback cloth version includes extra material. Cloth: ISBN 0-9724244-6-6 $25. Paper: ISBN 0-9724244-7-4 $25. 6 by 9 inches. 136 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 12-31-2006.
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William Gillespie, Frank Marquardt, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton | The red herring of the award-winning hypertext novel | web: book: |
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Red paperback. Decadent, comic, lively, dark, and satirical, the fragmented novel explores the millennial collision of literature, technology, and commerce. Paper: ISBN 978-0-9801392-9-7 $16. 6 by 9 inches. 268 pages. Distributed by Ingram. 6-18-2011. Also available from Amazon.
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