A classic essay for the Nativity season: Christmas Mumming by Arthur Machen
NEW POETRY
You May Enter by Joshua Alan Sturgill
Jesse Keith Butler, the author of The Living Law, has won the prestigious ESU Formal Verse Contest.
With the King’s Poulterer: I didn’t understand in the least how he did it. I tried once or twice to spot the losers; there was a bird with a jaundiced skin, and another with a broken patch on it. But they both passed with honours. I said, “How do you judge?”
The Beaver Pond
“The lines in this book may be fragile and fleeting, like all of our songs, and yet the gift is in their sounding not their hoarding, their making and their praising. Ben, like the meadow lark, is faithful with the rich heritage of the melodies, re-membering them into the fellowship of the field, he can’t help but sing from every stem and wire.”
Phillip Neal Tippin
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Two Translations of Osip Mandelstam by Benjamin Rozonoyer
Joy Refracted by Joshua Alan Sturgill
Odd Volumes: He explained that he was a Royalist, and that he has just had a call from a Government official, who suggested that Lisbon was a hot place and that a sea voyage might be beneficial. The Royalist took the hint, having in mind the fate of a friend of his who did not take the hint, and met with a violent death in consequence.
Final Publication of the Year:
The Beaver Pond by Benjamin Rozonoyer
On Sale December 9th
A NEW FAIRY TALE
Unadorned by Pamela Bruns
What I Saw in Ulster: Belfast is a city of about 400,000 inhabitants—90,000 of these Nationalists—and is always a full place, with crowded, bustling streets. But early on Saturday the town began to put on a sort of market-day aspect, market-day on a big scale, with thousands of people coming in from all parts of the country. The broad pavements became more and more thronged as the morning went on, and the rain showers had no effect on the gathering thousands.
Only 3 Copies Remain
To Mistress Mumford of Willesden: A rare example of Arthur Machen’s poetry.
NOW AVAILABLE: A New Children’s Adventure written and illustrated by Claire Brandenburg.
Setting the Donkey (And Others) By the Ears: Here the villain Lyn fell to his work again. Lyn snatched a kind of megaphone from his driver, and, crouching behind the hedge, began to hee-haw through the horn with all his might. Of course, the donkey went to shrieking hysterics, and I thanked heaven that I had long ago bidden farewell to all the solemnities and respectabilities of life.
On November 21, a new book from artist Claire Brandenburg will be published by Little Candle Press. Fortress of Stone features a new story for children with illustrations from the author. More to come…
NEW POETRY
The Highest in Heaven Concords With The Deepest In Man by Joshua Alan Sturgill
Festival of the River: And so the festival of the river burns with lamps and rings with melody as the night goes on. And the pretty girls continue to enjoy themselves immensely, and their laughter thrilling across the water is perhaps the best music of this festal and shining night.
A new essay from Joshua Alan Sturgill: From Plato to Maximos
BOOK NEWS & WRITERS
Only a few copies of the numbered, hardcover version of THE TERROR are still available. This Darkly Bright edition was recently mentioned in the Washington Post. Contributor Dale Nelson has been interviewed concerning his work on Machen, Inklings and other fantastical subjects.
Linda Lobmeyer’s new collection When I Forget The Words is currently sold out. However, more copies are on the way.
What Is Mysticism?: “I don’t like the word science as applied to mysticism,” replied Miss Underhill. “I should prefer to say that it is a method of life, directed to a certain end: namely to union with the eternal consciousness that we call God. Mysticism represents the highest form that the human consciousness can assume: it aims at bringing humanity to its most exquisite perfection . . .
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Speaking of Poetry:
Divine Infinitives by Joshua Alan Sturgill
A Glory of Diamonds: Duke and duchess, marquess and marchioness, earl and countess, took their seats on the benches, upholstered in dark red; there was the flame of scarlet uniforms, the glitter of orders, the flash of sword hilts, and above all, the glory of diamonds worn by the great ladies present.
October 25 – 27
NEW POETRY
In Patience Possess Ye Your Souls by Joshua Alan Sturgill
Story of Some Farcical Conspirators: After a moment’s silence, the King turned to M. de Maillé and said to him miserably; “What do you think of her, Maillé?” “A . . . bo . . . mi . . . na . . . ble, sire,” replied the duke, in an equally piteous tone.
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