YES!!! We did it! Thanks to everyone for your generous contributions... without you we wouldn't have reached our goal. In just 50 days we raised over $5,000. We're now working hard to get the books ready (and making the chocolates) so that we can share them with you.

All the books are now available to order directly through the Treehouse Press website.

Again, thanks so much for all your amazing support throughout the Campaign, and thanks to IndieGoGo for creating a space for this to happen.

Watch the video about the 3-in-1 Treehouse Campaign

We are Treehouse Press. A small independent publishing house based in London. We publish beautiful books of short stories and poems and graphic stories of no more than 60 pages. We strive for edgy, experimental, diverse and lyrical work. We believe that a book - like a good treehouse - is a place to play and be still and meditate and fortify ourselves for when we go back out into the world.

Last year we launched our first Three-in-One Chapbook Contest. This year we're about to publish the three winning entries. We raised some cash through competition entries - thanks to everyone for submitting work! - but we need some more to publish the chapbooks in November 2011.    

Think of this campaign as a cross between a donation and a way to pre-order your copies.

We're excited to be publishing three beautiful books by three amazing writers.

1. Lou Dellaguzzo's The Hex Artist with photographs by Josh McNey.

Three short stories about desire, obsession, a trucker, two bookshops, and cross-generational attraction.

read an interview with Lou Dellaguzzo about his book, The Hex Artist

In Pegasus on the Turnpike Dale, barely out of high school, fights his way off the family farm, steals his dads pick-up, and heads for Philly. He meets a trucker, Rick, at his first stop. and the older man invites Dale to share his motel room. What might sound like a porn scenario becomes a tender and meticulous study of freedom and companionship in Lou Dellaguzzos skillful hands. More erotic angst is part of the mating ritual in Secret Shoppers when Freddie and Jack hook up in a bookstore. In the title story, Aaron is cooking breakfast and plotting his way out of an abusive relationship, even if he has nowehere to go. How will it all end?! In all three stories the dialogue is electric, and the characters an investigation into what it means to be a young gay man trying to connect with other men in the world.

2. Becky Mayhew's Lost Souls with photographs by Paul G. Vine.

Three short stories about sex, libraries, infidelity and inner-city strife.

read an interview with Becky Mayhew about her book, Lost Souls

Roses, Shelves, and Ramona are three stories about three very different women a school teacher, a librarian, and a florist. The school teacher in Ramona is obsessed with her fearless student while her marriage is on rocky ground. In Shelves, the librarian narrator judges men by the books they take out, but will go to bed with them anyway! And the florist, in the more experimental and atmospheric Roses grapples with reality and her love for a stranger shes been watching in a cafe across the road. Becky Mayhew is a new and exciting voice. We are proud to be publishing her first book of short stories.

3. Beldan Sezen's Zakkum, a graphic novella.

A graphic murder mystery about family, loyalty, love, cultural etiquette and taboos.

read an interview with Beldan Sezen about her book, Zakkum

We are delighted to be publishing Beldans first full-length comic book. Zakkum (oleander in Turkish) is a graphic murder mystery about family, loyalty, love, cultural etiquette and taboos. The narrator, an artist in her early 30s, lives in Amsterdam. A letter arrives one day from her favourite aunt in Istanbul with a cry for help, only to be followed soon after with news of the aunts death. Alarmed by this unusual coincidence, she sets off to investigate a possible murder in a city she knows only from childhood holidays and a recent love affair. Family secrets, poisonous plants, and a blinding dislike for her uncle, lead the narrator to jump to the wrong conclusion! Humorous and moving, Zakkum is a unique story and a refreshing glimpse into gay life in Istanbul.

You can read more about the writers and artists.

What We Need & What You'll Get

Our goal of 3,000 ($5,000) will make sure the books have high production values and that the artists and our designer get paid for their work. For 15 ($25) you get to choose one of the books; 25 will get you two; and 35 will get you all three. For 50 we'll send you all three winning books, along with our first two books (The Joshua Tales and Snapshots of The Boy). And for 100, we'll make sure you get signed copies of all 5 Chapbooks, AND your name will be included on the acknowledgements page of all three Chapbooks.

Other Ways You Can Help

Help us to spread the word. Just because they say the publishing industry is in a dismal state, doesn't mean we can't keep creating beautiful books and making sure new and exciting voices get heard. If you want to talk to us or interview us or any of the three winning authors and artists, please get in touch at hi@treehousepress.co.uk or call us on +44(0)20-7193-7642.

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