When I returned home from the Iraq War in 2009, I wanted to put the money I saved while deployed into a life-giving, creative project. So, I founded Dead Man Publishing, a work of heart and passion. For the last sixteen years, I have been investing the little capital I have in publishing strange, beautiful, intriguing little books by authors who have captured my mind and imagination.

Now, I want to take this project a step further. Your investment in me will help build a brick-and-mortar bookstore centered on the authors we are discovering. And that bookstore is more than just a shop. It will be a reading room where guests are invited to sit for the afternoon, enjoy a coffee, a book, a conversation. It will be a place of creative, caring, and contemplative community, celebrating little books, small but real dreams, and the real acts of generosity that you make possible.