Permeable Press was a

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-based literary publishing company founded in 1990 by Brian Charles Clark. A "micropress" operating on less than U.S.$100,000 per year, Permeable published a number of trade paperback books, chapbooks, and the literary magazines ''Puck'', ''Shock Waves'', ''Q-Zine'', ''Naked Review'', and ''Xerotic Ephemera'' in the early and mid-1990s. Clark sold Permeable Press to Cambrian Publications in 1997.

List of books published

* ''Shaman'' by

Hugh Fox Hugh Bernard Fox Jr. (February 12, 1932 – September 4, 2011) was a writer, novelist, poet and anthropologist and one of the founders (with Ralph Ellison, Anaïs Nin, Paul Bowles, Joyce Carol Oates, Buckminster Fuller and others) of the Pu ...

(1993) * ''The Naughty Yard'' by

Michael Hemmingson Michael Hemmingson (July 12, 1966 – January 9, 2014) was a novelist, short story writer, literary critic, cultural anthropologist, qualitative researcher, playwright, music critic and screenwriter. He died in Tijuana, Mexico on 9 January 2 ...

(1994) reprinted in ''The Mammoth Book of International Erotica'' (Carroll & Graf, 1996) * ''Tonguing the Zeitgeist'' by

Lance Olsen Lance Olsen (born October 14, 1956) is an American writer known for his experimental, lyrical, fragmentary, cross-genre narratives that question the limits of historical knowledge. Biography Lance Olsen was born in New Jersey. He received a ...

(1994; finalist for the

Philip K. Dick Award The Philip K. Dick Award is an American science fiction award given annually at Norwescon and sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) the Philip K. Dick Trust. Named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, ...

) * ''Cher Wolfe & Other Stories'' by Mary Leary (1994) * ''Once'' by Hugh Fox (1995) * ''The Final Dream & Other Fictions'' by Daniel Pearlman (1995) * ''Some Girls'' by Sarah Hafner (1995) * ''Reasons For Not Sleeping'' by Michelle Ben-Hur (1995) * ''At The News of Your Death'' by

Joshua Beckman Joshua Beckman is an American poet. Life Joshua Beckman was born in 1971 New Haven, Connecticut, and graduated from Hampshire College. He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including ''The Inside of an Apple'' (which was a finalist fo ...

(1995) * ''A Beginner's Guide to Art Deconstruction'' by Norman Conquest (1995) * ''Crack Hotel'' by

(1995) * ''Three-Hand Jax and Other Spells'' by Staszek (pen name of Stan Henry; 1996; finalist for the

Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted i ...

) * ''Stairway to the Sun'' by Hugh Fox (1996) * ''The Larger Earth: Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut'' by David Memmott (1996) * ''Objects Left Too Long In One Place'' by Catherine Scherer (1996) * ''The Marquis de Sade's Elements of Style'' by Derek Pell (1996) * ''Time Famine'' by Lance Olsen (1996) * ''Toxic Shock Syndrome'' by Carolina Vegas Starr (1996) * ''Flyscraper: Day of the Fly'' by Mark Romyn (1996) * ''The Uncertainty Principle'' by Steven J. Frank (1997; winner of the Pocket Rocket Award for First Novel) * ''Flying Saucers Over Hennepin'' by Peter Gelman (1997) * ''Remote Control'' by Doug Henderson (1997) * ''Minstrels'' by

(1997) * ''Manson Family Picnic'' by R. Downey (1997) * ''Ciphers'' by

Paul Di Filippo Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954) is an American science fiction writer. He is a regular reviewer for print magazines ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''Science Fiction Eye'', ''The New York Re ...

(1997; co-published with Cambrian Publications) * ''Scratch: Four Stories'' by Nikki Dillon (pen name of Lisa Dierbeck; 1997) * ''Shock Waves'' contributors included Thom Metzger and Paul Di Filippo.

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External links

Permeable Press: Undocumented History of an Indie Press
Small press publishing companies Book publishing companies based in San Francisco Publishing companies established in 1990