TITLE - VICTORIAN OTHERWORLD
CREATED BY - MATT & STACE BRITTON
GENRE - VICTORIAN PARANORMAL
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - UNITED KINGDOM
28 PAGES
SIZE - A5/21cm by 14.8cm
PRICE - £9.00 + SHIPPING
AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE FIVEPOINTPRESS ETSY STORE - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FivePointPress
"Victorian Otherworld" is a jolly little book about the various preternatural preoccupations of the Victorians, whether it be death, mysticism, aliens or the mind. There are musings about the Victorian way of death and the obsession with the paranormal in an era when spiritualism, seances and alleged communication with the departed became big business.
The zine includes articles on the correct form of dress for men and women in mourning, the booming industry in gadgets to make sure the dead actually stayed dead (and ways to call for help in case they actually weren't) the proliferation of secret societies, the dangerous repressions of sex and human desire, Bram Stoker and his popularisation of vampires, and much more besides. And while the Victorians were busy contemplating their mortality, some looked outward into space and wondered if the chances of anything coming from Mars were in fact significantly less than a million to one...?
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| The zine comes with some lovely extras in the shape of stickers, postcards & a bookmark. |
Both funny and informative, "Victorian Otherworld" is a joy to read. It is intelligent, wise and suitable for everyone with no obvious triggers, and could even be interesting for older children. FivePointPress also offer other themed merch in the form of t-shirts, stickers, bookmarks, Tarot cards, prints etc, all available from their Etsy store.
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