long time no book!
last fall I was preparing for an international move, then moved, started a new job, tried to find a new printer to replace the one I left behind in London (no luck) and a new place to live. I will be moving again soon but I borrowed the shitty printer at the office to print this because I was getting itchy not being able to make books.
Hemlock & Wine by skazka is a Hamlet and Dr Faustus crossover fic that I read at some point last year or the year before (and then immediately read The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu, which is a sci-fi Hamlet retelling, and boy was it an experience reading the two back to back. 10/10 do recommend.)
the text is printed on 150gsm recycled cotton paper and sewn with dark green linen thread. the illustration on the title page is a German botanical illustration of hemlock, which I cannibalised to create section dividers and to dot little illustrations throughout the text. hemlock isn’t actually mentioned within the fic, but it is in the title, so.
the cover is a fake leather (or possibly bonded leather, idk) in a lovely dark wine red. the title is foiled on with a quill, in silver, gold, and red. could’ve gone with plain gold, but hemlock flowers are white and wine is red and well, here we are.
no endpapers - this is selfended. the recycled cotton paper was already Like That so finding an endpaper to match proved a challenge I wasn’t in the mood for.
