even*clevelandFirst to rec
“For the person who needs something rare and unusual to read: check out Mandylion Press, "founded on New Year’s Eve 2022 by Madeline Porsella and Mabel Capability Taylor, who met studying chairs in graduate school. Mandylion unearths lost literary gems written by women and weirdos in the (very) long nineteenth century. Based between New York City, Connecticut, and the fourth dimension, Mandylion pairs special stories with inviting introductions—producing totally cute books of historical merit."
ONE OR TWO is publishing this month + sounds wild; am ordering to read on vacation: "Frances Bethune is desperate to lose weight before her husband’s return from India―in just two weeks. On the advice of a bad-breathed spirit, Frances undertakes a slenderizing séance. While she succeeds in her quest for thinness, she is horrified to discover that her discarded weight has taken on a new life of its own. Of this chilling, revolting tale, H.P. Lovecraft raved that Everett 'reaches singular heights of spiritual terror.'"”
