"Half of my writing should never see the light of day. When in its final and fully comped form or in its first hasty, expressive first draft. My work doesn't translate well for readers. And, this knowledge makes me put it out. Who is to say this shouldn't be read? I hope you can define it for myself and for your own selves" - Zak Ferguson Praise for Zak Ferguson's Work: "A singular and fascinating writer" - Dennis Cooper, (Author of I WISHED and THE MARBLED SWARM) "The System Compendium is far and away the most ambitious thing I can remember reading for some time, and certainly one of the most ambitious contemporary books I've read in a number of years. Maximalist to the hilt and as expressive as a gob of milky spit in the face of a court-ordered psychiatrist, this is a book to live within and with, an author to keep close." - Grant Maierhofer, (Author of PERIPATET, GAG, CLOG) "Exact- investigational retching- reminiscent of Apollinaire- or Saint-John Perse. There is spiralling flight- redolent imagery within Zak Ferguson's writing- poetries constructed in lifeblood-assembled fibres and entangled bear hair- online apps and old static radios- social media and skid marks- slang terminology inside high rise blocks- fashioned overall debris and dormant wood rot- erected tequila slime within antisocial attitudes- taken apart and pieced together by fag ash and slow motion- structured infection combining- composed and created by milky forms- put up and knocked down. Zak Ferguson has written verses full of the shrill cries- the secret codes- and tricks of spit spray and skeletal frames- material worth reading. Poetry as pleasure buttons- the soft tissues- the synthesis of Alcools and Anabasis- muscle." -Shane Jesse Christmass, (Author of BELFIE HELL). "Interiors for? Mark ii is a passionate experiment of form / structure / narrative. Navigating the interiority of