"How to Become an Octopus" is a 2022 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the October 2022 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 its 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 Alexandra Morgan Geiger, ayaz daryl nielsen, Begona Montesinos, Bill Tope, Cailey Tarriane, Dena Linn, Doug Hawley, Elizabeth Broadbent, Gil Hoy, Ian Mullins, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Joan Mach, John Farquhar Young, John Ragusa, Karen Lee Stradford, Kirk Alex, Lynn Hughes, Mark Pearce, Nicole Spangler, Richard K. Williams, Rickey Rivers Jr., Roger G. Singer, Sushant Yadav, Toko Hata, Zach Murphy, Christopher Strople, Daniel de Culla, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Elena Botts, J. Ray Paradiso, Jerome Berglund, and Raha.M.