"Treading Water" is a 2015 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the January/February 2015 issue release of the literary magazine "Down in the Dirt" (http://scars.tv/dirt). Since 2014 "Down in the Dirt" magazine is being released every other month 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 (in order in the book) Mark Scott, Lisa Gray, Norm Hudson, Thom Mahoney, Ralph Monday, Paul Smith, Eric Erickson, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (with art), Shubhangi Joshi, Don Stockard, Mel Waldman, Ava Collopy, Michael B. Tager, Mike Brennan, Michael Lee Johnson, Jack Herbert, Simon Hardy Butler, Barry Hill, Liam Spencer, A.J. Huffman, Sam Wilder, Allan Onik, Mark Fleury, Robert Bates, Judith Ann Levison, and Janet Kuypers.