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“STRIXA: The Black Egg”—Premier Issue—Consecrated Print Edition
With great zeal, on this blessed Dark Moon in Aries and the day of its total eclipse of the sun, The Altar(ed) Slate hereby opens pre-orders for the Consecrated Edition of the anticipated journal project and its premiering issue: STRIXA: The Black Egg. 
 
STRIXA
The Black Egg
 
Featuring Writing & Original Artwork
by Robert Fitzgerald & Heatherlie Allison 
 
STRIXA is a journal of the atavistic occult, exploring currents of the oneiric, the imaginal, and the surreal. Alternating between thematic constraint and chaotic freedom, STRIXA publishes work that is simultaneously transgressive and sacralized.
 
The Black Egg is STRIXA’s premier issue, dedicated to Our Mother of Darkness—Lilith. This debut, a long-envisioned collaboration between authors Robert Fitzgerald and Heatherlie Allison, holds five distinct works of fiction, ranging in length from flash to novelette. Seeded with historical lore and creaturely correspondences, each tale breathes life into the next, propelling readers into the unforgiving realms of glass vessels, tunnels of flesh, and apocalyptic wastelands reborn. Together in one book, these works convey both the beauty of demise, the bane of devotion: all told with great love for Our Lady. Paired with each tale is an illustration born from blood and dust.
 
 
ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
 
I. THE BLACK EGG
by Robert Fitzgerald
Cornered and outcast, the Lilitua weave a new creation story in the form of an egg, marking the trajectory of humankind.
 
II. HOLLOWS CRACKED
by Heatherlie Allison
Seemingly abandoned by her husband, a woman nurtures a mysterious egg found in an orchard grove.
 
III. THE POWDERS OF LILITU
by Robert Fitzgerald
An indulgent sorcerer, possessed by the lust for immortality, conjures an envesseled fate long sealed.
 
IV. MOTHS IN THE BLOOD JAR
by Heatherlie Allison
Desiring a position in a red-light district, a prostitute petitions a sphinx-like Madame and discovers what lies true behind the glass.
 
V. DIALOGUES IN BLOOD
by Robert Fitzgerald
As Lilith plots revenge against the Obscene-God and his children, so too does a menagerie-as-retinue unveil its many faces.
 
 

“STRIXA: The Black Egg”—Premier Issue—Consecrated Print Edition

$33.00Price

  • BOOK SPECIFICATIONS:

    STRIXA: The Black Egg

    Published by THE ALTAR(ED) SLATE 

    for the Black Moon Lilith Collection

    MMXXIV

     

    This edition is a consecrated & collectible work of book-art, numbered in a limited edition of 111 copies, & hand-bound by the authors.

     

    —Cover stock: 100% recycled binders board, art-quality matte-luxe photo paper, & pH neutral adhesive glue

    —Inner stock: 100% recycled 70lb text, flecked in appearance, color throughout

    —Binding Materials: Eyeletted in matte-black brass & bound with a red waxed binder's linen in a Japanese stab-stitch style

    —Consecration Materials: Waking Vein and Blood-Lace from the Materia Magica line of our Black Moon Lilith Collection 

    —For Archival Purposes: all materials acid-free

     

    6” x 7”

    100+ pages

  • PRE-ORDER PURCHASE GIFTS:

    ALL pre-orders of STRIXA: The Black Egg include complimentary, our gifts to you:

     

    —an inscription by both authors, personalized, if desired

    —a generous 5-gram sample-sized Grave Nest incense, from the Materia Magica line kin to this collection, envesseled in a black glass jar, & housed in a black box. A $22 retail value.

    —a 50/50 Artemisia Vulgaris & Artemisia Absinthium blend, grown in Heatherlie Allison’s personal garden, ground to a fluffy, fragrant mass, & envesseled in a black tin. Not intended for internal consumption & not otherwise for sale.

  • PRE-ORDER SHIPPING NOTES:

    —Combining pre-order items with items that are in stock will result in all items shipping together with the pre-order fulfillment. 

    —All orders containing pre-order items placed during the pre-order period will ship on 07 May 2024.

    —We suggest ordering pre-order and in-stock items separately if immediate fulfillment of in-stock items is your preference.

  • DONATION INFORMATION - THE BRIGID ALLIANCE:

    As with all offerings specific to our Black Moon Lilith Collection, a portion of the proceeds for STRIXA: The Black Egg will be donated to The Brigid Alliance, a travel fund for those who do not have access to abortion healthcare in the US. https://brigidalliance.org

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