Ryan Bartek is a writer and musician from The United States, born & raised in Metro Detroit and now living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of 7 books & head of Anomie Press, an upstart book company with 4 Paperback titles. Anomie PR is his firm, and Anomie Inc. his record label releasing works by Vulture Locust, SkullMaster, Sasquatch Agnostic, A.K.A. Mabus, and The Real Man In Black. Known for his journalism in the metal/punk undergrounds due to his books and work for mass-market magazines & respected webzines, R. Bartek is widely known as a traveling writer who has toured the USA & Europe extensively, promoting his works as Free Downloads. Bartek's books include "Anticlimax Leviathan" (2016), “The Big Shiny Prison" (2009), “Fortress Europe" (2012), "Unfilmed Cinema" (2020), "The Silent Burning" (2005), "To Live & Die On Zug Island" (2019) & "Return To Fortress Europe" (2018) — all available via Anomie Press in print or as Free PDF Downloads online. First Print Editions are available through Anomie Press via the Ingram Spark/LSI distribution network—available at 55% wholesale discount to chain retailers in USA & Europe. Paperbacks are in the systems of 38,000+ booksellers worldwide, with many public & University libraries carrying them.