In this so-called "speculative memoir," the author, like so many of us, finds himself at odds with the world. Eventually... More > under-employment, an ill-considered romance, and some serious soul-searching lead to either a genuine visionary experience or a minor case of the psychosis. This is a novel of ideas, a work of magickal realism, and a comic farce. "...passes through a modern nation as if it were an ancient land, all ruin and portent, prophecy and decay." (Greil Marcus) < Less

This is an anthology of work from Pittsburgh, PA's Deek Magazine. Deek Magazine lived for a few years in the midst of the... More > "roaring 2000's." This was a tumultuous decade, even for sleepy Pittsburgh. An unnecessary war, an imploding worldwide economy, disasters both natural and man-made, and the return of that early-80s phenomenon "punk-funk" were on everybody's mind. Each issue of Deek Magazine revolved around a specific "incident." War, Madness, Sex and The Future were among the topics explored, dissected and just plain ridiculed. This anthology includes interviews with Robert Anton Wilson, RU Sirius, Tera Patrick and original stories, essays and journalism. < Less

The author of In Our Place of Quarantine as well as several Newbery Award-winning children’s books is back with a slim... More > volume of verse that deals with the themes that make him such a hit with the ABC Family channel crowd, including: Gnosticism and mysticism, the “unfreedom” of capitalist society, and the impulse towards extremism. < Less

Barbary Shore is proud to announce that we will be making All Things Are Lights, Robert Shea’s long-out-of-print classic,... More > available again. Robert Shea was a novelist and journalist best known for the Illuminatus! Trilogy, which he co-wrote with Robert Anton Wilson. Keep an eye on this page for updates. < Less

In this so-called “speculative memoir,” the author, like so many of us, finds himself at odds with the world. Eventually... More > under-employment, an ill-considered romance, and some serious soul-searching lead to either a genuine visionary experience or a minor case of the psychosis. This is a novel of ideas, a work of magickal realism, and a comic farce.

“…passes through a modern nation as if it were an ancient land, all ruin and portent, prophecy and decay.” (Greil Marcus) < Less

Vincent Scotti Eirené is a consummate storyteller. In this book he offers poetic vignettes about his family and his... More > lifelong journey into nonviolent peacemaking. Along the way he takes us across the country, from Pittsburgh to Chicago, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, the White House, New Orleans, Atlanta, and even beyond, to Fallujah and Baghdad. We meet an assortment of colorful characters, people like Grandma Molly, Phillip Berrigan, Hungry Bear, Uncle Joe, Black Panther Malik Rahim, Martin Sheen, judges, lawyers, activists and others. Stitched together, the stories serve as a striking miniature of our age. They form a snapshot of a time in American history, flashes of what Jack Kerouac did for an earlier era with his book On the Road. < Less

This is an anthology of work from Pittsburgh PA's Deek Magazine. Deek Magazine lived for a few years in the midst of the... More > “roaring 2000's.” This was a tumultuous decade, even for sleepy Pittsburgh. An unnecessary war, an imploding worldwide economy, disasters both natural and man-made, and the return of that early-80s phenomenon “punk-funk” were on everybody's mind. Each issue of Deek Magazine revolved around a specific “incident.” War, Madness, Sex and The Future were among the topics explored, dissected and just plain ridiculed. This anthology includes interviews with Robert Anton Wilson, RU Sirius, Tera Patrick and original stories, essays and journalism. < Less