"The Church" is a 2017 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the May 2018 issue release of the literary magazine "Down in the Dirt" (http://scars.tv/dirt). Since 2014 "Down in the Dirt" magazine is released every other month (and sometimes with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1554-9623 and Internet ISSN# 1554-9666), but also an ISBN#. Because of ISBN# releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book as well as the cover design. Writers and artists included in this Scars Publications perfect-bound 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book include Alandya Durand, Allan Onik, Angela Boswell, Carlos Frigo, Donald Dewey, Emilio Iasiello, J.T. Siemens, Janet Kuypers, Joe Reister, Joseph S. Pete, Kassandra Hei, Liam Spencer, Lisa Gray, Marc McMahon, Matthew McAyeal, Miki Michele Byrne, Robert Ronnow, Robert Ruzicka, Roger G. Singer, Tom Ball, Zachary Jarrett, Carolyn Poindexter, Denny E. Marshall, Eleanor Bennett, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Kyle Hemmings, Olivier Schopfer, and Rene Diedrich.