Someone builds God in the dark..
(Spinoza, Jorge Luis Borges)
(Spinoza, Jorge Luis Borges)
Brian Evenson, outstanding writer, has already published with Raphus Press a veritable saga of the human transmutation through the post-human ways, projecting singular philosophical mechanisms and dilemmas. However, a restless author, he recently generously offered to us another vision, gloomy and potential as usual, in “Lancaster”, a story which we published in our collection/catalogue Et Sic in Infinitum, starting a brand new universe. In “Lancaster”, the dark aspect moves from the nuances that delineate ethics and conscience to the always precarious human perception about the space-time continuum.
Heathman Ldg deepens the notion of the human space-time uncertainty, highlighting the terror in discovering the potential of a world that does not always seem so familiar — a world that, in its folds and creases, hides unspeakable and almost untranslatable terrors, evoked by Evenson's exquisite minimalist style.
Heathman Ldg, special format, multifold concertina with 9 folds, 53.1 x 7.87 in (135 x 20 cm). Handmade printed by Phonte88. Limited and numbered edition, 88 copies. Pre-order for just USD 21.00 (via PayPal) including worldwide shipping. In four weeks, it will also be available at Ziesings in 45-50 days.
Heathman Ldg deepens the notion of the human space-time uncertainty, highlighting the terror in discovering the potential of a world that does not always seem so familiar — a world that, in its folds and creases, hides unspeakable and almost untranslatable terrors, evoked by Evenson's exquisite minimalist style.
Heathman Ldg, special format, multifold concertina with 9 folds, 53.1 x 7.87 in (135 x 20 cm). Handmade printed by Phonte88. Limited and numbered edition, 88 copies. Pre-order for just USD 21.00 (via PayPal) including worldwide shipping. In four weeks, it will also be available at Ziesings in 45-50 days.
The multifold concertina (a model for Heathman Ldg).
Heathman Ldg + Global mail expenses (USD 21.oo)
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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)