At Songborne & Seabound Press, we value and celebrate art in all forms.

We truly wish money, status, and other capitalist forces had less sway over creative expression. We’ve decided to make our work available both for sale and by what we’re calling “Creative Barter”, an ancient tradition we’re happy to continue.

Each of our books will be available in physical limited edition by Creative Barter only. We’ll send you a copy, but you must, in return, promise to send us a piece of your own art in response to the book. Even if you hate the story and don’t finish reading it, or wish you’d never read it, or even if it’s the greatest book you’ve ever read and it leaves you utterly dumbstruck and paralyzed in awe, or even if you have no particular inclination to make things at all and the thought repels you, you will still owe us some small or large or magnificent or insignificant effort on your part.

A poem about the story, a photo that relates to a character, a painting of a setting in the book, a song about the plot, a fanfic, a costume, a piece of jewelry, a drawing, a comic, a cake, a  contraption, a short film, a play, a letter, a dance, a piece of pottery, a sculpture, a collage, a puppet, or perhaps a cosmic quilt made of spells & dreams & the cloth of experience & the thread of expression & the hope of all joy. It doesn’t matter what it is, but you must send or deliver it to us no later than one year after you’ve received the book. Or else.

That’s it. That’s the deal. Your creative response to our work is far more valuable than any money we could collect. We’re lucky enough to be able to keep the lights on without charging money for our work, but hey, if you wanna go crazy you could always order a digital copy AND a limited edition. Ha!

Thanks, dear loves. Let us know if you’re in.