Arson Press

Arson Press is a one man operation, run by John Reinhart on one shoelace and a mixture of dirt, olive oil, and tears.

The press began as a vain promise that if the patrons at his Patreon page pledged enough, Reinhart would publish a chapbook. What sounded like a great idea became a reality, and Reinhart put together "screaming," a collection of second person prose poem nightmares.

A second pledge level accomplishment led to the publication of a full length collection, "dig it."

In the midst of this, Reinhart dug up a few poems his friend Jay Rossier had sent shortly before his death. He knew there were more. Reinhart worked with Rossier's widow, Kelley McKenna, to produce "Speak."

From there, more projects rolled in. There's a children's book in the works, McKenna's collection "Cobbled Bridges" is coming out in late 2021/early 2022, and Reinhart re-released an expanded version of "Horrific Punctuation" after its initial publisher folded.