Xyloquirk Books
fiction, poetry, and art of the offbeat and surreal
Welcome
Hi, I'm Pete O'Brien, indie writer and artist. The Xyloquirk Books publishing house and art company is just me. It's where I produce fiction, poetry, and art, to plumb a colourful, imaginative, surreal, experimental, upbeat, and quirky reality. Thanks for stopping in!
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Xyloquirk Books, Est. 2019, Maryland​
Blurbs
"The Loose Purple Tie entranced and delighted me. What a quirky, playful, and utterly unique book! The interwoven stories swept me away with dreamy, poetic bursts of mind-bending insights. I thoroughly enjoyed this exploration of the mysteries of story-telling and creativity. Get ready for wonderment at every turn!"
Laura Resau, Award-winning Author of Tree of Dreams (1st Edition Praise)
"Pete O'Brien's The Loose Purple Tie is funny, zestful, realistic, unreal, fascinating--a continual delight!"
John Foley, FlashPoint, flashpointmag.com (1st Edition Praise)
"What I like most about Pete O'Brien's poetry is it addresses the imagination--unlike so much American poetry written in the last 70 years."
John Foley, FlashPoint, www.flashpointmag.com
"Inventive and inspiring! Moving and delightful! I heartily recommend Phalanx Uproar: Poems by Pete O'Brien."
John Clarke, Author of The Breeze at Dawn: Selected Poems