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Ben Dolan’s debut novel is an elegiac confrontation between a man and his tragic past. In this complex character study, the author explores the borderlands which superficially divide poetry, technology and mysticism. Stone is a hunted man on the run to the scorched mountainsides of the Southwest where the veil between this world and the next is ghostly thin.


A review of the book:

I loved her. I knew it then, and I think she knew she loved me then, and we were very, very afraid of what that meant, so we said nothing, and she cried out of fear because two people who love each other can do nothing but draw pain towards themselves like magnets. To fall in love with another person is a sort of suicide.” The novel, Spirit Lake, by Ben Dolan, compels us to relive a torrent of memories through JP Stone as he confronts a past based on the entreaties of a young woman seeking revelations that Stone is hard-pressed and fearful in baring. Through the guidance of Dolan’s witty use of his protagonist’s perspective, Spirit Lake treads into the pains of memories that will never perish and heartache that can shatter even the most resilient. -Five Star review by Tony Heck at Goodreads.

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NEW JOURNAL: A WEIRD OCCASIONAL

Some copies of the THE GUIDE by ARTHUR MACHEN remain available.


Announcing a new literary journal devoted to weird and supernatural literature: A Weird Occasional, co-edited by Douglas A. Anderson and Christopher Tompkins. Dedicated to shining light on the obscure, Number One is now available in 8.5 x 11 magazine format with a full color interior. The issue includes three essays:

M. P. Dare: Beyond the Veil by Johnny Mains (who also provided the cover art).

The Man Who Shot Cassius Crisp by Christopher Tompkins

Ballantine’s Chamber of Horrors: A History and Bibliography by Douglas A. Anderson.

The last essay features a gallery of full color scans of covers from the entire series.

In addition to new articles, the journal will feature rare stories from masters of speculative fiction. New introductions grace each of the following short stories:

The Crooked Man by A. M. Burrage (1919)
Our Lost “Others”: A Toltec Legend
by Kenneth Morris (1933)
As a Fly in Amber by Bernard Capes (1905)
The Hut by Elim Henry D’Avigdor (1889)
A Were-Wolf by Arlo Bates (1882)

Great stuff for less than $9! Purchase the book from Lulu and visit the journal’s website.

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Happy St.George’s Day

THE GUIDE 
A Collection of Rare & Unknown Work

The new upcoming volume will feature:

Over 70 rare articles, including 18 previously undocumented pieces

A section on “Letters to the Editor,” some previously undocumented

The only known example of a commercially-paid product endorsement by Machen

A Film Review by Machen

A text comparison between published versions of an “Ornament in Jade”

A short essay on Machen and gaming

New Collection from Arthur Machen

Is there some obscure instinct, buried very deeply in the human heart, persuading men that the highest happiness is to be found at the gates of horror?” – 1919

Coming Soon: A collection of rare and unknown work by Arthur Machen. This new book will be issued in a limited, individually numbered edition from Darkly Bright Press.

And that is why I like the traders of the street, being always a lover of humble things and humble people.” – 1921

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But the truth is, that in most of my dreams I walk in a world of terror.” – 1935