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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 1d

From 1892-1954, cabaret restaurants in Montmartre Paris captivated tourists with their grotesque portrayals of death in the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness...

Cabarets of Death, by Mel Gordon ed. by Joanna Ebenstein
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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 3d

A Hidden Landscape Once A Week. Edited by Mark Sinker

An anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary from the heyday of British pop music writing.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 6d

Drawing upon Gary Gygax’s list of “inspirational reading” in the original 1979 DM Guide, Appendix N presents a selection of short fiction & resonant fragments that shaped the world’s most popular role playing game.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for our upcoming exhibition Panic: Visions of The Horned God in the English Country Garden, photographs by Sara Hannant.
17-20 October 2025.

More info & book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ronald-hut...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 8d

Vision of the Hawk
The first full-colour monograph on the work of acclaimed graphic artist Arik Roper.

Available as a paperback and a hardback edition of 500, which comes with a copy of Starcult, a new 90 page chapbook and signed bookplate.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 10d

The Otherwise: The Screenplay For A Horror Film That Never Was
By Mark E. Smith & Graham Duff

Every film production company said it was “too weird” to ever be made. Now the screenplay is published for the first time...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 12d

Obsolete Spells: Poems & Prose from Victor Neuburg & The Vine Press
Ed by Justin Hopper

Obsolete Spells presents a side of Neuburg through his poems and the strange books of the Vine Press, a hand-operated imprint he ran between 1920-1930.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 13d

“With Two Headed Doctor David Toop has outdone himself. At once a densely researched blend of cultural history, ethno/musicology and memoir of listening.”
– Louis Chude Sokei

Hardback limited to 500 copies with a signed bookplate! Link in bio strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/two-head...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 14d

Another title fresh from the printers... The Decadent Bestiary edited by Sam Kunkel and Jessica Gossling, is shipping now!

All hardback copies will come with two postcards featuring illustrations found in the book.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 17d

Fresh from the printers... Atomic Albion by Tom Bolton is now with us ready in time for the launch on Monday 22nd September!

Available in 300 limited edition hardbacks or paperback versions.
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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 18d

Postcards for Mia 📮 is a joyful collection of hand-drawn and -painted postcards sent by anthropologist Michael Taussig to his granddaughter, Mia

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 20d

ShoreZone is the first and only collection of supernatural fiction by David Rudkin, legendary playwright and author of Penda's Fen.
This anthology includes nine chilling short tales rich in atmosphere and uncanniness.
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Illustration Zoë Taylor

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 22d

The Decadent Bestiary edited by Sam Kunkel and Jessica Gossling, is available for pre-order now!

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From the Golden Fly to the Wounded Lion, over forty tales of decadence and mystery await...

Image: Bats, by Jules Renard

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 24d

After seven years of silence, the acclaimed Strange Attractor Journal returned in 2022 with a characteristically eclectic collection of high weirdness from the margins of culture...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 25d

Are you a Ken Hollings head like us? We've published many of Ken's projects over the years - take a look at his Strange Attractor back catalogue!

Find more of Ken's writing here: kenhollings.blogspot.com

Or buy some of his publications on our website! strangeattractor.greedbag.com

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 26d

During the mid-1930s, newspapers were full of incredible stories about Gef, a ‘talking mongoose’ who had allegedly appeared in the home of the Irvings, a farming family in a remote district of the Isle of Man.

Hoax? Mental illness? A poltergeist?

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 28d

Jolly Lad by John Doran - a memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness.

“Doran thinks he’s Oliver fucking Cromwell… He’s a lunatic.” Mark E Smith

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Boogie Down Predictions expands Roy Christopher's interest in time, race & the politics of music tech by assembling writers, musicians & futurologists who take hip-hop culture to imagine new possibilities of thinking-making-being.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Sep 3

For almost two decades , Tessa Farmer has been evolving a new species of fairy...
They represent the point at which science tilts into fantasy – as the sleep of reason produces monsters. In Fairyland is the first substantial scholarly volume devoted to Farmer’s work.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join us for the launch of Atomic Albion: Journeys around Britain's Nuclear Power Stations!

Tom Bolton will be in conversation with British writer and journalist Owen Hatherley + an Atomic soundtrack by DJ Balefire 🔥

7pm on 22nd Sept.

Book tickets here - www.seetickets.com/event/atomic...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Joey Mellen’s memoir has been hailed as the blueprint for the next step in human evolution, denounced as a tragic example of the dangers of drug experimentation, and retold endlessly as an irresistible anecdote of high craziness."
- Mike Jay.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Aug 29

Of all the figures associated with the history of LSD there is none more enigmatic than Michael Hollingshead ♾️

Divine Rascal is the first reliable biography of one of psychedelia's key figures, without whom the trajectory of LSD have been radically different.

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come visit our stall at GLUE next month, the ICA's new artist book fair bringing together over 70 publishers for a weekend of exhibitions, talks and workshops.

13 & 14 September, 12–7pm, free to attend!

See you there! 📚
www.ica.art/talks/glue-i...

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Aug 27

"If Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock had collaborated to write a novel that would scare you senseless, they might have come up with Victoria Nelson's Neighbor George." - Mary Mackey

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · Aug 25

Postcards for Mia 📮 is a joyful collection of hand-drawn and -painted postcards sent by anthropologist Michael Taussig to his granddaughter, Mia

Buy now on our website: strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/postcard...

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