As is meet, we end the year with poetry…
The Ancient Modern: Letter by Joshua Alan Sturgill
The Pilgrimage, Part 3 by Phillip Neal Tippin
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
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New Literary Essay
Darkly Bright Press is pleased to publish The Garden of Moral Delights, an original essay by Jonathan Golding.
The Ancient Modern
Feast of Books by Joshua Alan Sturgill.
The Pilgrimage
The second installment of a new poetic series by Phillip Neal Tippin, the author of Ordinary Time.
Machen Studies
For December, we offer the third chapter from Machen’s enigmatic memoirs, Far Off Things (1922).
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NEW POSTS
The Pilgrimage
Darkly Bright Press begins a new poetic series by Phillip Neal Tippin, the author of Ordinary Time. The first installment is now available.
The Ancient Modern
This week, Joshua Alan Sturgill grants us a hard vision in The Descent.
NEW MACHEN BOOK: On December 6, the Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra, we published a volume of rare material by the Apostle of Wonder: A Reader of Curious Books.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NOW AVAILABLE
A Reader of Curious Books
by Arthur Machen
For the first time since the 1880s, this rare material is now available to students of Machen’s literary legacy in one collection. For an excerpt, please read From a Lost Book Shelf.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NEW POSTS
The Ancient Modern
David Kern of the Circe Journal highlighted Joshua Alan Sturgill in an episode of The Daily Poem podcast. He read and offered thoughtful analysis on the poem As Though A Seed, which is found in Sturgill’s collection As Far As I Can Tell (2018). We learned about this a bit late in the game, but thanks to Phillp Neal Tippin for bringing the episode to our attention.
This week, we are pleased to present a new poem by Sturgill: Endgame.
NEW BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED THIS WEEKEND
On December 6, the Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra, Darkly Bright Press will publish our tenth book overall, and our fifth volume on the work of Arthur Machen: A Reader of Curious Books. For the first time since the 1880s, this rare material will be available to students of Machen’s literary legacy. For an excerpt, please read From a Lost Book Shelf.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NEW POSTS
From a Lost Bookshelf: For this Month’s Machen Study, we excerpt a section from the upcoming collection – A Reader of Curious Books – a volume of rare, previously uncollected material by the Apostle of Wonder. The book will be released in December 2020.
The Ancient Modern
The Writer’s Wife: We are pleased to present a new poem by Joshua Alan Sturgill.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity.Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NEW POSTS
The Ancient Modern
TWO SAINTS: Joshua Alan Sturgill presents a new hagiographical essay which uncovers two brilliant gems in the celestial firmament.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity.Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
NEW POSTS
The Ancient Modern
LOST: a new poetic work by Joshua Alan Sturgill.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity.Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
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The cell of ILTYD is by the sea-shore,
The ninth wave washes its altar,
There is a fair shrine in the land of Morgan.
—Arthur Machen
Today, for the Feast of St. Illtyd of Wales (11/6), we present a new chapter to the ongoing Visitations series which explores the role of Celtic hagiography in the works of Arthur Machen. The significance of St. Cybi (11/8) is also examined.
The Ancient Modern
Poet Joshua Alan Sturgill returns from a restful hiatus with All the Writing of the World, a new work of spiritual reflection.
Darkly Bright Press is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on Uncommon Literature & Liturgical Christianity. Inspired by Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s emphasis on ecstasy in literature, our mission is to curate and spotlight such works by past voices and provide a platform for new authors, poets and artists.
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Good October – In an essay rarely read since its first publication in 1889, Machen sings the virtues of the tenth month.
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