The Rich Shapero Store

Encounter a luminous truth at life’s final horizon.

“Shapero writes about joy and loss the way light moves on water: you can’t hold it, but you can’t look away.” —Jane W, Goodreads

Follow aspiration beyond death’s threshold.

“A feverish meditation on the landscapes that shape our aspirations, and the roots that refuse to die.” —@shereadsandtravels

Descend into hell with an ancient fish from a forgotten sea who knows who you really are.

“Biting, brilliant satire. Viciously funny, disturbingly true.” —Jetta, Goodreads

Journey with a hornet queen into an unseen world where an ancient love reigns.

“A spellbinding portrait of desire that lingers in the mind long after the final page.” —@thecalvinbooks (TikTok #BookToker)

Untangle a mystery of jungle love.

“A tautly woven, emotionally resonant tale of a couple caught between a future together and a past that may never let them go.” —Kirkus Reviews

Feud with teenage tribes in the ancient jungle inside us all.

“A daring, deftly-told parable of romance and savagery that asks what adolescents, left to their own devices, are capable of doing—and undoing. Brutal, provocative, and timeless.” —Elizabeth Sagan @elizabeth_sagan

Fathom the uncanny wisdom and power of dream space.

“Shapero’s rich, lyrical prose is the novel’s standout feature . . . his sentences ripple and whirl like the currents of the ocean.” —Kirkus Reviews

Wake to a new understanding of earthly, and unearthly, justice.

“A desperate search for survivors in the wake of an unfathomable tragedy skillfully frames this fast-paced, emotionally resonant tale featuring fine characterization.” —Kirkus Reviews

Dare to accompany a man with unusual beliefs in his rapturous transition between life and death.

“Original ideas, strong prose, timelessness and universality . . . Dissolve offers a unique imagining of what might happen to the human soul after it’s left the body.” —Kirkus Reviews

Surrender to an outrageous tropical burlesque about the creative act of finding and keeping love.

“Original and thought-provoking. It will leave you in awe.” —Elizabeth Sagan @elizabeth_sagan

Cast off into the clouds to experience the conflict between the power of love and the love of power.

“Powerful and complex.” —Library Journal

Now available as a flipback book. Sporting a compact landscape design with ultra-thin paper, it’s easy to hold in one hand and small enough to slip into your pocket.

Take a fiery, hyper-metaphorical ride into the red-hot depths of buried passion and the combustible inner workings of human desire.

“Shapero displays an impressive command of the unconscious.” —Kirkus Reviews

Plunge into an oceanic “heaven” and let a perverse, tentacled god challenge your trust as he guides you toward the redemption of a desolate world.

“Arms from the Sea is a tangible encounter with the creative spirit.” —Moses Hacmon

Now available as a flipback book. Sporting a compact landscape design with ultra-thin paper, it’s easy to hold in one hand and small enough to slip into your pocket.

Arms from the Sea: The Music features songs by Orenda Fink, with lyrics by Rich Shapero, that evoke a watery alternate world.

Arms from the Sea: The Music combines Rich Shapero’s outrageous novel with music by Orenda Fink and the Visionary Art of Eugene Von Brunchenhein. The collector’s set includes the novel in hardcover and the full-length music CD.

Dare to descend with a mercurial goddess into the depths of an allegorical gold mine to unearth the redemptive power of passion and belief.

“Shapero is a spellbinding storyteller.” —Howard Frank Mosher

Songs from the Big Wheel, the music of The Hope We Seek, features Marissa Nadler singing alluring songs of the goddess Hope.

The Hope We Seek fuses Rich Shapero’s provocative novel with hypnotic, original music—featuring the vocals of Marissa Nadler—and the Visionary art of Donald Pass. The collector’s set includes the novel in softcover and the full-length music CD, Songs from the Big Wheel.

“A Delirious Fusion of Fiction, Music and Art.” —The Village Voice

Explore a mystical northern forest and discover the promise and cruelty of what it means to grow up.

“Full of mystical and imaginative insight.” —Donald Pass

Dawn Remembers, the music of Too Far, features Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) singing Dawn’s recollections of Robbie and Fristeen’s exploration and discoveries.

Rich Shapero’s Too Far combines his enchanting novel with original music and stunning visual art.

“Shapero displays an impressive command of the unconscious.” —Kirkus Reviews

Leap into a wild visionary landscape where a meeting with a seismic god augurs a bliss beyond fear.

This edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the inception of Wild Animus.

“With prose of a visionary intensity, Shapero paints a dark and complex canvas of Visionary Art storytelling. He is a shaman of the written word.” —Henry Boxer of Henry Boxer Gallery, London

Music that expresses the emotional core of Wild Animus.

Rich Shapero’s Wild Animus combines his provocative novel in hardcover and three CDs: The Ram, The Wolves and Animus.

“Powerful and complex.” —Library Journal

Rich Shapero’s Wild Animus is read by actor Peter Coyote.