The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best thing for you is to die soon.
(Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy)
(Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy)
The fatalism of the ancient Greek tragedy caused its spectators to feel a dizziness of horror, which the authorities and tradition usually call "catharsis", considered extremely beneficial and necessary. But what if this fatalism were the expression of a purer, absolute horror - cosmic in its essence, expressed in the language of myth. In investigating this astonishing possibility, Wade German produced a work of unquestionable power and resonance, a truly contemporary masterpiece; a play for the mind and senses: Children of Hypnos.
When the sons of the God of Sleep deliberate a response to an anomalous prayer, they inadvertently release a stable of horrors bred from their father’s worst dreams. As the plague of nightmares threatens the annihilation of humanity and the order of the elder gods, the children of Hypnos must lead a suppliant widower through a dissolving world to the only source that can effectuate her desperate wish….
Children of Hypnos, a tragedy for the mind scenery. Special format (200 x 250 mm or 7.87 × 9.82 in.), 70 pages, handcrafted by Márcio Simões at Sol Negro Atelier, designed at Raphus Press Immanent Headquarters. Limited to 50 copies. Cover and back cover in thick Kraft paper and Japanese binding.
And there are more: this book is a part of our exclusive signature program named Shadows Cabinet. In this program, the price of this book granted two other volumes in ebook format. For he second series, we will have The Murderer Trains and Other Strange Stories on the Rails, with short stories by Luis Bonafoux, Octave Mirbeau and Victor Juan Guilot , and Bizarre Bibliophilia (vol. 1), with essays about the booklore by Octave Uzanne (both in popular electronic formats, Mobi and Epub or even PDF).
All this for only US$ 39.00 including mail expenses all over the world . Expected to be release between August/September, 2020.
When the sons of the God of Sleep deliberate a response to an anomalous prayer, they inadvertently release a stable of horrors bred from their father’s worst dreams. As the plague of nightmares threatens the annihilation of humanity and the order of the elder gods, the children of Hypnos must lead a suppliant widower through a dissolving world to the only source that can effectuate her desperate wish….
Children of Hypnos, a tragedy for the mind scenery. Special format (200 x 250 mm or 7.87 × 9.82 in.), 70 pages, handcrafted by Márcio Simões at Sol Negro Atelier, designed at Raphus Press Immanent Headquarters. Limited to 50 copies. Cover and back cover in thick Kraft paper and Japanese binding.
And there are more: this book is a part of our exclusive signature program named Shadows Cabinet. In this program, the price of this book granted two other volumes in ebook format. For he second series, we will have The Murderer Trains and Other Strange Stories on the Rails, with short stories by Luis Bonafoux, Octave Mirbeau and Victor Juan Guilot , and Bizarre Bibliophilia (vol. 1), with essays about the booklore by Octave Uzanne (both in popular electronic formats, Mobi and Epub or even PDF).
All this for only US$ 39.00 including mail expenses all over the world . Expected to be release between August/September, 2020.
The opinion of our readers
Golden Age of Clairvoyance
"Well I have received the books today and I had certain high expectations and I must say such high expectations were well exceeded. The selectivity of the authors as I may have mentioned before (both individually and in combination) and translations are impeccable. The book design is exquisite and enhances the holistic reading experience (by way of comparison, on first seeing the books I had the same sense of elation when I had received my first Sylph Edition Cahiers a few years ago)."
(Andrew Condous)
(Andrew Condous)
"The books look really nice - I'm especially liking the full-color images inside. Very good design."
(Damian Murphy)
(Damian Murphy)
"The chapbooks are beautiful. Well done! Equally engaging for the eye and mind."
(Rachel Kinbar)
(Rachel Kinbar)
"The initial print-run of all three is, of course, low, so any interested readers should make a quick decision; because I do hope Raphus continue on their path of intriguing little translations of the recovered uncanny and esoteric."
(Mark Andresen at Pan Review)
(Mark Andresen at Pan Review)
The great weird and fantastic connoisseur, Des Lewis, made an insightful review of Black Mirror, the second chapbook in the series, available in this link.
Spiritual Meaning of the Massacres
"Many thanks for sending me a copy of The Mendicant. It really looks rather good – a bit like one of the books you read about in short stories that start off ‘Beware if you read these words... too late!"
(Stephen Cashmore)
(Stephen Cashmore)
"It's a marvelous production, and it's great that you have resurrected the remarkable title piece. I also enjoyed the pamphlet (...). Long may Raphus Press reign!"
(Chris Mikul)
(Chris Mikul)
"I am absolutely delighted with them [The Mendicant of the Books and The Sacred Abysmal Perspective]! They are both true examples of true and original creative philosophical ingenuity, originality and also design. They are fantastickal chapbooks and it is an equal delight to have been able to contribute and to assist in other ways. Although I saw the proofed editions when you e-mailed them to me, now that they are in my hands, they veritably glow and crackle and weep with their malign embers.
I shall take myself off on a sacred journey this weekend, like the early priests going to Tibet, and will immerse myself in the deep folds and ravines these chapbooks open up."
(Jonathan Wood)
I shall take myself off on a sacred journey this weekend, like the early priests going to Tibet, and will immerse myself in the deep folds and ravines these chapbooks open up."
(Jonathan Wood)