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THE ROAD HERE | $14.99
by William Snyder
as told by Oscar Slamp
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He wasn’t supposed to end up here on this narrow stretch of road in a rural border village in Northeast Thailand. Not the way it happened. Not from where it all started.
Following a string of confounding misadventures that slowly unraveled him, and a decade of love affairs that threatened to end him, he walked away.
After a night in Tokyo that he’d never fully be able to explain, he found himself on an overnight train bound for somewhere maps forgot.
What he found when he got there changed everything.
This is the story of the road here, and why he chose to stay.
6×9 in (152×229 mm) | 252 pages | Perfect Bound | ISBN: 9786169518037
THE MOSTLY TRUE TALE OF OSCAR SLAMP
as Remembered by Willie Lyonsan
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The Road Here didn’t end where you thought it did.
The publisher of The Road Here is deep into production on the highly-anticipated sequel. The forthcoming volume — The Mostly True Tale of Oscar Slamp — is slated for release Summer 2026.
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WALKING AWAY an unauthorized field manual | $12.99
by Oscar Slamp
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There comes a point in the journey when you look back on the road you chose only to realize it has drifted over.
This field manual is not a how-to but, rather, a boots-on-the-ground journal of how a man reached the end of his proverbial rope rather than succumb to the abyss before him.
Through actual, unedited and unfiltered journal entries – starting with fragments of what drove him so close to the edge to begin with – this book walks the reader through the nuances and emotions that ride alongside someone who has decided to just walk away from it all.
5×8 in (127×203 mm) | 88 pages | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786169518020
The Village is an immersive photographic study of daily life in a small border village in Isaan. Walking the same roads and fields over months, these photographs observe the candid rhythms of home, work, faith and community that shape life far from the cities.
This first volume introduces the foundations of that world.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 257 Pages | 164 Images | Case Laminate | ISBN 9786166314236
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Ra maemod (ra, meaning dance and maemod, meaning witch – Witch Dance) is an ancient healing ritual with deep Khmer roots. With extremely rare access this Village Walk documents the ritual from the inside.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 62 Pages | 31 Images | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786166314489
The road narrowed into gravel, then into something barely deserving the name. A rutted two-track threaded through protruding boulders and thickening forest. Eventually, the trees opened just enough for us to see a scattering of makeshift outbuildings where he lives.
Once a highly regarded monk he was pulled from the monastery into the army. Special operations. Something happened. He retreated and for thirty years he’s been a hermit. This volume takes a photographic look inside.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 64 Pages | 29 Images | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786166314649
Buddhism is observed every day in Thailand. But four days each month – following the lunar cycle – Buddha days are when laypeople closely follow the five precepts.
In this border village, many wake early to cook food for the monks and bring it to the forest temple. There is a brief service of prayers and chanting. A meal follows. Once the meal is finished, one or more monks will sit and invite discussion.
This volume captures images of the private sites where the monks live along the trail to the temple and from inside the temple during the ceremony.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 64 Pages | 31 Images | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786169518013
A few minutes into this morning’s walk I heard a concentration of voices, chanting, laughter – the unmistakable hum of people gathering – up ahead. As I approached the house I realized a family was holding an annual ceremony to honor a loved one who had passed.
Then a new tractor was delivered. What unfolded then was not only a blessing ceremony for the tractor but a blessing to observe in such close, welcomed proximity. This volume is a candid peek into a moment of daily village life. Ordinary and extraordinary often fold together into one here … if you’re paying attention.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 54 Pages | 29 Images | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786166314663
In this tiny village near the Cambodian border, the corner store serves many functions. It is the tavern, the drugstore, the temple, and sometimes the place where you get your palm read.
This volume follows a daily walk to, and a look inside, Yow’s corner store – the center of gravity here.
Characters. Home. Soul.
8.5 x 8.5 (216 x 216mm) | 64 Pages | 30 Images | Perfect Bound | ISBN 9786166315318