They rode in a narrow enfilade along a trail strewn with the dry round turds of goats and they rode with their faces averted from the rock wall and the bakeoven air which it rebated, the slant black shapes of the mounted men stenciled across the stone with a definition austere and implacable like shapes capable of violating their covenant with the flesh that authored them and continuing autonomous across the naked rock without reference to sun or man or god.
(Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthy)
(Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthy)
In 2023, we at Raphus published Malaise Trap, an extraordinary work that introduced Andrew Hook to our readers. The complex and ambivalent narrative, which indirectly delves into romantic relationships evolving to some conflicts, is so sophisticated that our usual translator (and author), Fábio Waki, likened the plot to the intricacy of a Martin McDonagh or Jonathan Glazer film. With Enfilades we embark on a baroque journey from the title, where the concise narratives once again expose the weirdness hidden in the ordinary perceptions of everyday life. And, indeed, the title story, “The Enfilade,” was chosen for publication in Ellen Datlow's Years Best Horror of 2024.
Enfilades, a numbered hardcover edition limited, only 50 copies, 68 pages, 170 x 240 mm (or 6.69 × 9.44 in.), with some few illustrations, would be available for shipment in 90 days more or less, with the payment via PayPal, and in 90-100 days, it would be available at our partner Ziesings.
Enfilades, a numbered hardcover edition limited, only 50 copies, 68 pages, 170 x 240 mm (or 6.69 × 9.44 in.), with some few illustrations, would be available for shipment in 90 days more or less, with the payment via PayPal, and in 90-100 days, it would be available at our partner Ziesings.
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Enfilades + Mail expenses for all the world (Normal price USD 49.00; pre-order price USD 45.00)
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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)."
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"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
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(Chris Mikul)
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"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)