We are excited to announce the publication of Marc Munroe Dion's Mill River Smoke: Stories and Essays .   This book collects all of Marc's pipe essays from the Pipe Collector through Volume XVIII, Number 4, and all of his Jack and Simone stories to this point from Pipes and Tobaccos , plus one previously unpublished story, which is the longest story yet and one of the best.   It will contain a number of black and white photos taken in Mill River, MA, where Marc lives and works, photos that add depth and meaning to the stories and essays.   Rick Newcombe has written a foreword for the book, and Marty Pulvers has written an afterword.

            The impetus for this book came from member Marty Shapiro's suggestion that it was about time that we had a collection of Marc's stories and essays.   I (Bill Unger) contacted Marc and volunteered my services as editor because I think Marc is a wonderful writer who deserves to have this collection appear.   Working on it has been a lot of fun.   Jeff and Eddie of Graphic Touch, who design and print the Pipe Collector , have also done the layout and design work for Marc's book, and I think everyone will agree that Eddie's cover design work is outstanding.

            The book will be published under the auspices of the newly established NASPC Press and will be sold through NASPC and via our PayPal account.   The 140-page paperback book will be 5 ½ X 8 1/ 2 inches in size.   Its purchase price will be $20, shipping included, or $21 if purchased through PayPal, with an overseas purchase price yet to be determined.   Although I am certain that lots of people in the pipe community are going to want this collection, we are being conservative and so are limiting the number of copies in the first printing.   We expect to have the books in hand sometime after the first of November but will be taking advance orders as of now.   You can send a $20 check made out to NASPC to our PO Box or pay $21 through our PayPal account.