Author Archives: James J. Conway
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
Love among the ruins
The sublime Leonor Fini, plus cats. All the cats.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
Secret Satan, 2019
From clean-lined architects to Dirty Helen Cromwell the potty-mouthed barkeep – let us join hands and make contact with the fabulous.
Secret Satan, 2019
From clean-lined architects to Dirty Helen Cromwell the potty-mouthed barkeep – let us join hands and make contact with the fabulous.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 1
… in which we scour the old town for old friends
Places: Hermesvilla
Sissi’s hideaway in the Habsburg hunting grounds outside Vienna
Places: Schloss Zwickledt
The Austrian manor house where illustrator Alfred Kubin died, 60 years ago today.
Places: Schloss Zwickledt
The Austrian manor house where illustrator Alfred Kubin died, 60 years ago today.
The Son of Lîlame
The latest Rixdorf Editions title is out, but you can’t buy it. Ever. But you can get it for free!
The Son of Lîlame
The latest Rixdorf Editions title is out, but you can’t buy it. Ever. But you can get it for free!
The Liberace family tree
Happy hundredth birthday to the artist formerly known as Walter Busterkeys
The sun of God
The strange life of cocovore castaway August Engelhardt, his fictional avatars and his surprising relevance in the present day
The sun of God
The strange life of cocovore castaway August Engelhardt, his fictional avatars and his surprising relevance in the present day
19 books for 2019
Who needs this many books? You do. YOU need this many books.
Dying alone is so boring
Jacques Vaché, Surrealist avant la lettre, checked out 100 years ago today
Secret Satan, 2018
Your essential Christmas book list – it’s naughty, it’s nice. Mostly naughty if we’re honest.
Secret Satan, 2018
Your essential Christmas book list – it’s naughty, it’s nice. Mostly naughty if we’re honest.
An unsettling incident
Johannes Baader and one of the very first art interventions, 100 years ago today in Berlin
An unsettling incident
Johannes Baader and one of the very first art interventions, 100 years ago today in Berlin
Adrift
Ironfoot Jack, Umm Kulthum, Jack Parsons, Harry Crosby… it’s a Strange Flowers Film Festival!
Colette on screen
… along with Mathilde de Morny and Rachilde *squee*
Franziska zu Reventlow (1871-1918)
100 years since the death of the ‘bohemian countess’
Strange Flowers 