Mount Abraxas Press

"Wednesday, 24 August, 1932

During basic training, in 1914, a veteran of the campaigns in German East Africa gave his time voluntarily to teach us camouflage. He showed us how to use light and shadow, dawn, dusk and the heat of the sun, as masks to melt our bodies onto the gaps where dappled reflection blurs the eyes and confuses perception. He taught us how to cross a field, with only tussocks of grass for cover in full sight of the enemy. And the same principles apply to busy streets, where lamps and doorways are like trees and bushes. After Alois' experiences in the woods, I spent the morning teaching these skills to my group. They should be able to elude the blundering heifers of the Freikorps."

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An excerpt from the wonderful new work from Colin Insole.

+ IN WOODS OF SOMBRE FATE +

An awe-inspiring short story presented as a large hardcover volume, with illustrated endpapers, frontispiece artwork, etc. The covers are printed on Buckram paper.

Art by Mysterious Four.

An edition limited to 77 hand-numbered copies.

Out very soon.

[email protected]

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Out now two of my very favourite reads in MMXXII!

STONES BENEATH A WHITE STAR by Martin Locker (a novel of the occult) - two variant covers
THE SLEEP OF THE ASSASSINS by Damian Murphy (collection of weird stories)

The shipping will start in 3-4 days.

I hope you will enjoy these treasures.

A few copies still available!

Thank you all.

[email protected]

I am over the moon to announce to you today the debut novel of a formidable writer:

STONES BENEATH A WHITE STAR
Martin Locker

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Following the break-up of a neo-Cathar commune in the Ariege, three friends feel the call back to that region to pay homage to their time together. Aspects of heretical theology, Gnosticism, nostalgia, memory, folklore and the mysticism of art are explored alongside the story of each character in their new lives as the call back to the Languedoc takes hold, culminating in an ecstatic and esoteric travelogue. Influenced by the works of Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller, Umberto Eco, Austin Osman Spare, Hermann Hesse, Donna Tartt and Otto Rahn.

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A beautiful oversized hardcover edition of 200 +pages, with illustrated endpapers and various true duotone illustrations in full page.

One edition only. No further editions planned.

111 hand-numbered copies.

STONES BENEATH A WHITE STAR will be released together with SHARDS FROM THE STARRED FORTRESS, which is Martin's collection of texts and poems about the mystic and the ethos of the Pyrenees mountains. A gorgeously illustrated book. For lovers of nature, mountains, folk-lore and forgotten European traditions.

Inquires, questions, etc: [email protected]

Thank you all.
D.

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The copies of THE PACT by Nameless Void and Ben Harff are now in stock.

Shipping will start early next week!

A gorgeous oversized hardcover, printed on thick, semi-coarse paper.

I am really pleased with this work!

Design by Annick Giroux of the cult doom band CAUCHEMAR.

Thank you all for your patience.

Questions, inquires, orders: [email protected]

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I am very happy to present to you today the first broadside / prints,
which will come with many of the books I am publishing from now on.

This first edition contains three long stories by Martin Locker:

+ THE SECRETS OF THE SAXON STONE
+ CORFDRAGER or HOW HONEY FLOWED AGAINST CALVIN'S ARMY
+ THE JASMINE TEAR

CORFDRAGER is inspired by and lovingly dedicated to Sunno))).

If I were to include them in a hardcover, each story would cover at least 15-20 pages, while CORFDRAGER is almost a novella in size.

Printed on heavy, fine, textured paper of 190 gr.

Measures: 40 cm x 99 cm!

The three stories are printed on their own sheet and they are shipped rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.

Questions, inquires, orders: [email protected]

Thank you all!