Zagava

Zagava
Founded2002
FounderJonas J. Ploeger
Country of originGermany
Headquarters locationDüsseldorf, Germany
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresWeird fiction, strange tales and novels, supernatural and horror fiction
Official websitezagava.de

Zagava, initially established as Antiquariat Bücherwelten in 2002, is a German imprint from Düsseldorf that publishes genre-defying literature with an emphasis on weird fiction, strange tales and novels, supernatural and horror literature in limited editions. Although based in Germany all of Zagava′s books are in the English language. Most of Zagava's books are issued in standard limited and numbered hardbound versions and frequently in additional special lettered subeditions with special bindings or additional extras. The books are as much about their contents as about the art of fine book-production.[1] Jonas Ploeger is the proprietor of this press.

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The press has published several story collections and novels as first editions by contemporary writers as Reggie Oliver, Mark Valentine and Quentin S. Crisp. Four collections of essays and stories have been published so far. "Transactions by the Flesh" (2013) is homage to Joris-Karl Huysmans with texts by Jonathan Wood, John Howard, Douglas Thompson, Derek John, Berit Ellingsen, Adam Golaski, Peter Holman, Eugene Thacker, Louis Marvick, M.O.N., Mark Valentine, Jeremy Reed, Oliver Smith, Colin Insole, Charles Schneider, D.P.Watt and Adam S. Cantwell.[2] "Infra noir" (2014) collects texts by Mark Valentine, Thomas Stromsholt, John Howard, Damian Murphy and Colin Insole.[3] "Dreams of Ourselves" (2014) collects stories in praise of Fernando Pessoa by Quentin S. Crisp, Jonathan Wood, Colin Insole, Andrew Condous, Mark Valentine, Damian Murphy, John Howard, Adam S. Cantwell, D.P.Watt and Avalon Brantley.[4] It contains illustrations by Richard Skelton.

"Booklore" (2016) with texts by Quentin S. Crisp, Jonathan Wood, Colin Insole, Andrew Condous, Mark Valentine, Damian Murphy, John Howard, D.P. Watt and Avalon Brantley, Carl Abrahamsson, Avalon Brantley, Brian Catling, Brendan Connell, Richard Gavin, Martin Hayes, Timothy J. Jarvis, Andrew Liles, Chris Mikul, Daniel Mills, Reggie Oliver, Thomas Phillips, R. B. Russell, Michael Siefener, Charles Schneider, Thomas Stromsholt, Supervert, Paul Wallfisch, and Ron Weighell. It was illustrated by Erika Seguín Colás.[5][6] In 2018, "Infra-Noir" a literary gazette printed on newspaper paper was introduced.[7] The first issue featured texts by Brian Howell, Thomas Strømsholt, Alcebiades Diniz, Chris Mikul, Avalon Brantley, Jonathan Wood, Luiz Nazario and Nigel Humphreys, the second issue features texts by Louis Marvick, Forrest Aguirre, Reggie Oliver, Timothy Jarvis and many more.

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"The Feathered Bough" by Stephen J. Clark
  • 2013: "Virtue in Danger" by Reggie Oliver (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)
  • 2013: "Transactions by the Flesh" edited by D.P. Watt and Peter Holman (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)[8]
  • 2014: "Letters from Oblivion" by Andrew Condous (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978- 3- 9816093-8-7
  • 2014: "Malingerer" by Thomas Phillips (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978- 3- 9816093-5-6
  • 2014: "Descended Suns Resuscitate" by Avalon Brantley (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-7-0
  • 2014: "The Stream and the Torrent" by Brian Howell (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)[9] ISBN 978-3-9816093-4-9
  • 2014: "Infra Noir" edited by D.T. Ghetu (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-6-3
  • 2014: "A Distillate of Heresy" by Damian Murphy (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)[10] ISBN 978-3-945795-01-9
  • 2014: "Dreams of Ourselves" edited by Adolph Moscow aka Dan Ghetu (Zagava Ex Occidente Press) ISBN 978-3-9816093-1-8
  • 2014: "Wraiths" by Mark Valentine (Zagava Ex Occidente Press)[11]
  • 2015: "Cannibals of West Papua" by Brendan Connell (Zagava)[12] ISBN 978-3-945795-00-2
  • 2015: "Erith" by Quentin S. Crisp (Zagava)[11] ISBN 978-3-945795-02-6
  • 2015: "Wraiths" by Mark Valentine (Zagava) 2nd edition
  • 2016: "Booklore" edited by Alcebiades Diniz (Zagava)[5] ISBN 978-3-945795-04-0
  • 2016: "The Haunting at Tankerton Park" by Reggie Oliver (Zagava)[13] ISBN 978-3-945795-05-7
  • 2017: "Der Orchideengarten", translated by Helen Grant (Zagava)[14] ISBN 978-3-945795-18-7
  • 2017: "The House of Silence" by Avalon Brantley (Zagava) [15][16] ISBN 978-3-945795-07-1
  • 2017: "In This Glasshouse" by Thomas Phillips (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-25-5
  • 2017: "The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius" by Brian Howell (Zagava)[17]
  • 2017: "The Sketchbook of Stanislav Szukalski" by Stanislav Szukalski, edited by Jonas Ploeger (Zagava)[18] ISBN 978-3-945795-09-5
  • 2017: "The Prozess Manifestations" by Mark Samuels (Zagava)[19] ISBN 978-3-945795-26-2
  • 2018: "The Irregular Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" by Ron Weighell (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-13-2
  • 2018: "The Uncertainty of all Earthly Things" by Mark Valentine (Zagava)[20] ISBN 978-3-945795-30-9
  • 2018: "The Feathered Bough" by Stephen J. Clark (Zagava)[21] ISBN 978-3-945795-14-9
  • 2018: "Bandit Poet" by Jeremy Reed (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-27-9
  • 2018: "The Bellboy" by Rebecca Lloyd (Zagava)[22] ISBN 978-3-945795-37-8
  • 2018: "The Suicide Machine" by Douglas Thompson (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-29-3
  • 2018: "And The Darkness Back Again" by Thomas Phillips (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-31-6
  • 2018: "The Friendly Examiner - Episode 1" by Louis Marvick (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-16-3
  • 2018: "Her Friends" by S. Cohen (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-28-6
  • 2019: "The Delicate Shoreline Beckons Us" by Jonathan Wood, introduction by Mark Valentine (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-40-8
  • 2019: "Alraune des Jugendstils - Ilna Ewers Wunderwald" by Sven Brömsel (Zagava)[23] ISBN 978-3-945795-39-2
  • 2019: "Art Noveau Mandrake", translated by James Conway (Zagava)[24] ISBN 978-3-945795-43-9
  • 2019: "The Friendly Examiner - Episode 2" by Louis Marvick (Zagava) ISBN 978-3-945795-15-6
  • 2022: "The Second Mask" by Louis Marvick
  • 2022: "Neo-Decadence Evangelion" edited by Justin Isis

References

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  1. ^ "Horror as the world in crisis we live in now: An interview with Timothy J. Jarvis". Muzzlelandpress.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Transactions of the Flesh, A Homage to Joris-Karl Huysmans, edited by D.P. Watt & Peter Holman, Zagava & Ex-Occidente Press / Onion Songs by Steve Rasnic Tem, Chomu Press". Panreview.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ "End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition)". Weirdfictionreview.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Dreams of Ourselves: An Appreciation of Pessoa". Golgonoozamancy.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b ""Booklore" is now published by Zagava". Carlabrahamsson.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Booklore". Timothyjjarvis.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Infra-Noir". Bibliophagus.weebly.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Zagava Books: Very far from Big Publishing". Teleread.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ^ "The Stream and the Torrent". Bibliophagus.weebly.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ "A Distillate of Heresy". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  11. ^ a b "WRAITHS and ERITH". Dflewisreviews.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  12. ^ "A review of Brendan Connell's Cannibals of West Papua". Risingshadow.net. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  13. ^ "The Hauntings at Tankerton Park". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  14. ^ "An unseasonable bloom". Johncoulthart.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Avalon Brantley and Zagava offer a reading experience like few others with "The House of Silence"". Lovecraftzine.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Stories that are strange, fantastical - and utterly engrossing". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  17. ^ "The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius". Dflewisreviews.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Albertine's Wooers". Panreview.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  19. ^ "The Prozess Manifestations - Review". Suptales.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  20. ^ "The Uncertainty of All Earthly Things". Wyrdbritain.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  21. ^ "The Feathered Bough". Dflewisreviews.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  22. ^ "An interview with Rebecca Lloyd". Darklanebooks.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Wiederentdeckung einer Jugendstil-Künstlerin". Broehan-museum.de. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Author Archives: James J. Conway". Strangeflowers.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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