Mountaintop Publishing, LLC
Stories, Graphic Novels, Cartoon Books and Poetry Worth Reading
Mountaintop Publishing is an indie press for fiction, graphic novels, cartoon books, and poetry — voices that dare to reach.
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FLYLAND by Charles Putris-Sirtup
Charles Putris-Sirtip
Ostensibly translated from the original fly text by debut author Sirtup, this four-volume book is a satiric pun fest featuring flies as the heroes. Who knew? Flies are not only sentient but literate and have been for eons. Fecal the Fly comes from royalty. His grandfather, the Great Fly, is a randy oaf and one of the rulers of Flyland. His father, Imago, disappeared after the assassination of Great-Grandfather Vloid Da Kine and Mother Fecaletta. Imago now roams the earth as a fly holy man known as Phat the Bodi. Against an absurd backdrop replete with Machiavellian intrigue, murder and sex, Fecal, who doubts the existence of God (Gad), leaves home to find his father and himself. This is an astounding book. At first blush, it’s astonishing that anyone would go to such lengths—more than 600 pages filled with illustrations; glossaries; diagrams; scientific, cultural and literary allusions; an epilogue, afterword, and 100 quatrains comprising a second book of fly wisdom—to write a purposefully goofy story about insects. Once readers get beyond reading about excrement-eating, vomit-loving vermin who defecate in the food of people (known as monsters), however, they begin to appreciate this brilliantly executed tale. Sirtup, who manages a Flyland website (http://www.flyland.net/), remarkably succeeds in making these creatures genuine, sympathetic personalities. As Fecal’s journey of discovery proceeds, he faces physical and moral challenges worthy of Hercules. Pursued by the Four Horseflies of the Apocalypse (hit men sent by his family’s enemies), Fecal manages to trick them into a spider’s web, escaping himself through a small tear. He also falls in love, an act abhorrent to flies. Or, in the words of the fly Quatrains, “There is no need for love in perfect nature or in the behavior of a fly” and “Do not unto others / give nothing / receive nothing / and leave nothing behind.” When Fecal finds Imago, there’s much philosophizing in a place called the Reincarnation Factory, which would spoil the fun to describe here. Readers who thrive on satire, allusion, irreverence, puns and all-around nonsense rolled into a well-told tale with serious underpinnings will relish this sturdy tome.
Thursday Night Comix Class with Josh Bayer by Charles Putris-Sirtup
Charles Putris-Sirtup
Comix class notes? Is that an oxymoron? Decide for yourself! This collection of class notes was selected from five years of class study with Comix teacher and artist, Josh Bayer. Josh is one of the premier graphic novelists of his generation and senior art instructor for SAW. Check out the behind the scenes look at comic book art instruction from the class notes of Charles Putris-Sirtup.
The Library Poemz-poems by Charles Putris
Charles Putris-Sirtup
Poems that breathe thin air — about grief, migration, and the strange beauty of being between worlds.
Our Story
We Publish Books We'd Climb Mountains For
"Every story worth telling deserves a home at the top."
Mountaintop Publishing was born from a simple, stubborn belief: that great stories deserve great homes. We're a small press with big feelings about fiction, graphic novels, cartoon books, and poetry — the kind of books that stay with you long after the last page. We work closely with our authors, take our time, and never publish anything we wouldn't press into a stranger's hands on a train.
What We Publish
Genres We Love
Fiction & Literary Novels
From sweeping epics to quiet character studies — we love stories that trust the reader.
Graphic Novels
Sequential art that pushes the form. We believe comics are literature, full stop.
Poetry
Collections that earn their white space. We're not afraid of the difficult, the tender, or the strange.
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We read every submission with care. If your manuscript has been living in a drawer, it might be time to let it breathe. We're always looking for the next book we can't put down.