The Elfland Prepositions is a collection of four previously unpublished short stories :
Cleaning up Elfland
The Barmaid from Elfland
John Z. Delorean, Dry Cleaner to the Queen of Elfland
A Detective in Elfland
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Elfland is not a nice place, but it’s important to know how it works.
— Henry Wessells. The Elfland Prepositions. Temporary Culture, 2025.
Printed on Mohawk superfine white eggshell.
First edition, 326 copies printed, signed by the author. (26 copies, lettered A to Z, were reserved for presentation ; there were also 100 copies numbered 1 to 100). Heavy card wrappers, front cover with a photograph of a border of Elfland.
ISBN13 978-0-9961359-0-0 ISBN 0-9961359-0-1
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through 31 December 2025
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“elegant” — MICHAEL DIRDA, in the Washington Post
“Here is an Elfland as implacable as ever, but now ruthlessly enmeshed in contemporary mortal affairs.” — MARK VALENTINE
“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