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How to Bake a Cockatrice, by Brendan Connell

Written by Chomu Press Admin on March 6, 2015 - 0 Comments
Categories: Essays

Today, we bring you the second in a series of guest essays by Chômu authors. This time, ‘How to Bake a Cockatrice, and Other Gastronomic Oddities’, an essay on Renaissance cuisine by Brendan Connell. If you enjoy the essay below, you might also like Lives of Notorious Cooks by the same author.
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Hardback Crandolin and April issue of Schlock

Written by Chomu Press Admin on May 1, 2014 - 0 Comments
Categories: News

Today marks the occasion of the release of the first Chômu hardback.
Crandolin, by Anna Tambour, shortlisted for the 2013 World Fantasy Award in the novel category, has been described by Paul Di Filippo thus:
Tambour deftly deploys a variety of tones and strategies in this book, which she manages to unite gracefully into an organic wholeness [...]

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End of 2012: Chômu Press at Weird Fiction Review, yuugen and prize draw photos

Written by Chomu Press Admin on December 18, 2012 - 2 Comments
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After much preparation, this week, at Weird Fiction Review, is Chômu Press week. Chômu spokesperson Quentin S. Crisp provides an editorial at the WFR site, under the title ‘Yuugen Goes Without Saying’, outlining a little of the history, the aesthetic background and the aspirations of Chômu Press. Available elsewhere on the site are some selections [...]

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For the adwentoursomme…

Written by Chomu Press Admin on November 14, 2012 - 0 Comments
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Today we are happy to announce the release of our twentieth title, Crandolin, by Anna Tambour, a book which very much deserves the distinction. Set in Literaturnaya typeface, with a matte laminate jacket and back and front cover art from Christopher Conn Askew, Crandolin is a dizzyingly tall tale of mediaeval cookbooks, heraldic beasts, time [...]

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