Much to share!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 10:19:04 AM
Dearest backers,
We have received a veritable treasure trove of goodies in the last week from the printers: all of the extras that will be packaged with each issue, the postcard set (purchasable as an add-on, and still available here), and the new full-colour, hardbound edition of Spirit of Revision (also available as an add-on during the campaign, and still available here). And we are happy to report that everything looks wonderful!
With the extras approved, they are now all being printed. We approved the text of the books a while back, and those have been printed, and are awaiting final bindery. We expect to receive the final production samples of the finished bound books with box and slipcase soon, and once those are approved, all elements will be in the final phase of production. We hope to everything in hand and ready to ship to you within the next couple of months!
We thank you, as ever, for your patience, and will be in touch again soon.
All the best,
HPLHS & Helios House
The books! The stamps!
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 03:24:18 PM
Hello dear backers,
As you can see, we have authors' proofs of all of the books! The printers are making the final adjustments to the covers - widening the quarter binding a little, centering the foil treatments, etc. - and then will finish binding everything! Most of the extras are complete with the last few being in production right now.
We hope to be in touch soon with an updated delivery estimate for you but in the meantime make sure to watch the whole video to get a look at the books and a bonus: the gorgeous postage stamps!
Happy New Year!
HPLHS & Helios House Press
The newest collaboration between HPLHS & Helios House Press
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 03:02:43 AM
Hello backers!
As supporters of our first joint enterprise, we wanted to let you know that HPLHS and Helios House launched a new venture today that we think might interest you. We are delighted to present the Miskatonic Literary Society, an organization with a first year membership cap of 500 with benefits including quarterly booklets, and a variety of other physical and digital rewards. Even better, while we know you are still all waiting patiently for your Miskatonic Missives books (and we appreciate you so very much for that), these simple but elegant editions have already been printed and the first shipment for the Miskatonic Literary Society is expected to go out within a few short weeks!
Members of the society will receive:
- a welcome letter from Garrison Matthis, Ph.D., Chairman of the English Department at Miskatonic University;
- a deluxe membership card;
- quarterly deliveries (beginning in December 2022) of beautiful brand-new editions of classic tales designed by Helios House featuring original illustrations by independent artists;
- Mythophonic audiobook recordings of each story by Sean Branney & Andrew Leman of HPLHS;
- surprise bonus items; and
- future benefits which may include discounts; early access to other titles; and more.
The first series includes the following four short stories:
- What Was It?, the story of an encounter with an invisible intruder, by Fitz James O’Brien (first published in 1859), shipping in December 2022;
- The Yellow Wallpaper, a psychological horror by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (first published in 1892), shipping in March 2023;
- Markheim, a classic tale of the internal struggle between good and evil with a horrific twist, by Robert Louis Stevenson (first published in 1885), shipping in June 2023; and
- The Cask of Amontillado, a disturbing tale of revenge by Edgar Allan Poe (first published in 1846), shipping in September 2023.
Each of these tales has been printed on high-quality paper stock using heritage printing techniques by a small, family-owned printer in Scotland and hand-bound with a pamphlet stitch in contrasting scarlet thread. These unique editions are hand-numbered and strictly limited to 500 copies each, the maximum number of Miskatonic Literary Society members for year one.
To learn more and join the MLS, click here.
We'll be in touch very soon with more updates on Miskatonic Missives, and we are, as always, so grateful for your support and patience.
All the best,
HPLHS & Helios House Press
Things are really coming together & Two Hearts preview
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:48:03 AM
Hello backers,
We are thrilled to be able to report that every last item is now either ready or actively in production. We know it took a little while to get everything edited and pin down all of the right materials, but we also know that you would not want us to cut corners when it comes to making the highest quality books and other ephemera. In order to get just the right printing methods and materials for each piece, we have worked with several different printers in multiple countries, in some cases printing in one country and shipping to another to be packed with the rest of the items. We have worked with vendors specializing in lithography, letterpress, and museum quality art printing, as well as more standard book presses.
Right now, the books are printed and being bound, the extra items that accompany each book are all either printed or being finished up, most of the add-on items you might have ordered have been produced, and the last couple of add-on items are in production. We should have advance copies of the bound books to show you in a future update very soon, but for now, we just wanted to thank you again for all of your patience and say once more that we think everything will be worth the wait.
We also thought we'd share with you this conversation between Sean Branney and Andrew Leman and Monica Wasserman about Monica's upcoming project, the autobiography of Sonia Greene Davis (known to many as Mrs. Lovecraft) Two Hearts That Beat as One: An Autobiography. Monica has been working on this project for a while, and Helios House is thrilled to get to work with her to make it a reality. The Kickstarter for that project is running through this Friday, November 18. Watch below to learn more about Sonia, her life, and the project itself.
Warmest regards,
HPLHS & Helios House
Final audio reward and a new project launching
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 03:27:51 PM
Hello Miskatonic Missives backers!
I write to you today with your final audio reward. This is the story selection from Miskatonic Missives Vol. I, No. 2, "Ghouls of the Sea" by J.B.S. Fullilove, and you can find it in the folder with the other audio rewards here. All audio files have been renamed to list the story title or letter recipient and date, as well as the book from Miskatonic Missives from which they come.
I also wanted to let you know about a new project launching today!
Knowing the wide-ranging interest in the world of weird fiction shared by so many of you, and having seen so much enthusiasm for this project from the Lovecraft and weird fiction community at this year's NecronomiCon, we wanted to share with you a new Helios House project that goes live on Kickstarter today.
Businesswoman, milliner, writer, publisher, patroness, known to many as the woman who was married to H.P. Lovecraft, Sonia Greene was a woman of many names because she lived a rich and fascinating life. From scholar and editor Monica Wasserman, Helios House is delighted to be publishing a beautiful casebound edition of Sonia’s autobiography, with a foreword written by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
The autobiography will be accompanied by reproductions of the two issues of Sonia's amateur journal The Rainbow and a presentation of Euripedes’s classic play Alcestis as interpreted by Sonia and H.P. Lovecraft with a prologue written by the two, printed using heritage printing techniques.
In addition to the standard edition of the autobiography itself, we are offering a Collector’s Edition and a Premium Edition. All individual orders come with free shipping in the US and discounted shipping abroad, and we have a tier for discounted rates for brick-and-mortar retailers as well.
Pre-orders are live now on Kickstarter! Thanks to our partners at HPLHS, any Miskatonic Missives backers who also back Two Hearts That Beat as One will receive a little extra treat: audio recordings of two stories Sonia wrote with H.P. Lovecraft from HPLHS's The Collaboration Tales of H.P. Lovecraft. We'll be offering these as a paid add-on for other backers later in the campaign but MM backers will receive them as our thank you for your continued support.
For now, please consider checking out the project. We think many of you will find something of interest in it.
All the Best,
Helios House Press & HPLHS
