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We want to empower you to follow your dreams! Ever dreamed about creating your own Microcosm-like thing? This huge …

During the grey days of winter, or those darker days in your life, the best remedy is often just curling up with a good …

Fun fact: More Microcosm authors live in New Orleans, Louisiana than in any other single city. They know, and if …

Are you young and enraged? Um, yep, we get that. You have every reason to be mad. But before you run off and join the …

Books are getting bigger and bigger in a sort of publishing arms race lately. Not ours! We tend to make smaller books …

You may have heard of Ariel Gore from her long running magazine Hip Mama... or from one or another of her many books …

Al Burian is a longtime creator of literary and personal zines. Here's a collection of Al's Microcosm-published …

10 books worth $130, yours for just $40... it doesn't get much better than that! Here's a …

Last year we received 6,000 more damaged books from other publishers—and we're passing the savings on to …

Like ebooks? We've made them for a whole bunch of our books. For five bucks, we'll send you five random ones. …

Over the course of 23 years, Microcosm's founder Joe Biel has written eight books across a wide band of subject …

In honor of #quaranzinefest 2020, the all-online zine fest, here's a selection of pamphlet-shaped amaze-bombs to …

For everyone stuck at home right now looking for new inputs, this bundle of books is especially put together to absorb …

Close your eyes. Imagine what it'd be like to receive $100 worth of books, zines, stickers, buttons, and patches. …

All the stuff Lauren has made or contributed to in one super awesome discounted super pack! You'll get:Zines:Sunset …

Three panels, every day since 2001. EIGHTEEN years of Snake Pit! Seven books! Snake Pit is nothing if not consistent in …

To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this …

Check out this brand new print zine focusing on people's side hustles, passions, project, and hobby businesses. An …

Do you love what Microcosm publishes?Do you want us to publish more books that empower readers to change your lives and …

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This zine feels simultaneously handwritten in a single draft and deeply thoughtful and profound. Ana traces historical …

Add Toner collects recent, out of print issues of Cometbus, including Lanky (a novel about dating at 18), …

This zine is dedicated to 36 stories and poems about sex. Chantel says that some are true and some aren't, but to …

This is for all you dog lovers out there looking to read a book about a real relationship between a dog and their …

The Aftermath of Forever is a memoir that chronicles the romantic coming-of-age of a woman in her 20s dating in San …

If you're cool with the same ol' typical autobiography, then it's best you left this book on the shelf. …

Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl …

Alive With Vigor! compiles stories of surviving—and thriving—from a wide spectrum of contributors. Deeply …

This queer love story by Ariel Gore brings out all of the dirt on 1970s suburban hippies. Through an authentic voice, …

What does it mean to be a man? What about a "good man"? As a trans man, Thomas McBee finds himself …