Name: The Elfland Prepositions
SKU: 310900
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Wessells

Henry

The Elfland Prepositions

[ii], 38 pp. Printed on Mohawk superfine white eggshell paper by Trilon Graphics, Hackensack, New Jersey

9-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches

[Upper Montclair, New Jersey]

Temporary Culture

2025

First edition, 326 copies printed, signed by the author

Heavy card wrappers, front cover with a photograph of a border of Elfland. As New

310900

$37.50

Published in Upper Montclair and New York, 27 February 2025.

ISBN13 978-0-9961359-0-0 ISBN 0-9961359-0-1

THE ELFLAND PREPOSITIONS by Henry Wessells

Four original short stories :
Cleaning up Elfland
The Barmaid from Elfland
John Z. Delorean, Dry Cleaner to the Queen of Elfland
A Detective in Elfland

Note: 26 copies of the first issue, lettered A to Z, were reserved for presentation.

There are two Elflands for me, the one that I can walk to, and the other one. I prefer the Elfland that I can walk to*. To paraphrase Wittgenstein and turn him upside down, Elfland is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and no longer know your way about; you approach the same place from another side and you know your way about. That other Elfland is not a nice place, but it’s important to know how it works.

* https://endlessbookshelf.net/2024/08/19/from-elfland-to-private-property/

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“Here is an Elfland as implacable as ever, but now ruthlessly enmeshed in contemporary mortal affairs.” — MARK VALENTINE

“Elegantly done, very clever, beautifully dark in implication. [. . .] Wessells is not prolific at all (in fiction) but what he does is outstanding.” — RICH HORTON

”If you don’t believe in magic, read Henry Wessells and find out how wrong you are.” — GUY DAVENPORT