The Romanti-Goth A to Z Coloring Book, is an alphabetical trip through the aesthetic world of our favorite
Victorian house dwelling, Eyeliner applying, Hearse driving, Night worshipping
friends of the Goth pantheon - the Romanti-Goth!
Here, honored in full glory, are twenty six specifically chosen images of a
Lace and Corset wearing world which is populated by those who find a
Graveyard to be the perfect place for a picnic, Thirteen cats to be the perfect pets,
and everyday to be Halloween.
However, the illustrations (crafted, by Heather Stanley, from experience and the
friends around her) are not dour. Instead, the style of the imagery is jovial,
celebrating the joy of playing dress up - which is, to Seraphemera Books, at the
heart of the Romanti-Goth culture. Of course, going from costume to costume is
also a common activity of childhood. Thus, a coloring book seems like an obvious endeavor.
Turn these pages and find images that are playful enough for children (although some
pictures might require some explanation), but are endearing to those who haven’t thought
of picking up a crayon, oil pastel, or magic marker, in years. Yet, you still have the
inclination to draw, paint, sing, dance, write...and although you have lost track of
some of the time and space for art, the desire has never been left behind.
Thus, when the Yellow Hurty Thing in the sky smiles down upon the world, yet
you are trying to keep your pale delicate complexion from seeing the light of day,
the Romanti-Goth A to Z Coloring Book is the perfect way to while away the hours
until the clouds and rain rescue the weekend adventures, or nightfall comes and
the moon says, “Come out and play!â€
So, if you remember painting on backstage walls while others played sports...or you were
creating stories with stuffed animal Bats, Spider hats and Masquerade ballrooms while
siblings played video games...this book is for you, whether you are a Fishnet covered,
Jack-O-Lantern carving, Absinthe drinking, card-carrying Goth, or not.
Seraphemera Books:
A gothique boutique publisher of handmade books, handmade journals, gothic novelties, new writer chapbooks, comic books and more...
As a parliament of rooks or an exaltation of larks before them, Seraphemera Books is a decay of artists who are, amidst this darkened age of memoir culture (as the alchemists of old who sought to turn lead into gold), seek the method and means to bring diamonds to dust.
We create hand-bound books that are not just journals or aesthetic pleasures, but have stories entwined throughout the textures and turnstiles of printed pages.
We create hand-made paper from all of the scrap that is used in the progress of process.
We create that which is sought through process - to summon up the oomph to carry on, to bring forth imagination in a world that bombards with due dates and electric bills and responsibilities.
We know of only one responsibility, thus: to tell the tale. If this leaves us too far to the wing of the innocent dreamer for our age and experience, for this an age of seemingly pending oblivion...then so be it.
Our work is the continuation of the pursuit of wings and fire and the flight that comes from the synthesis of these concepts.
Constantly changing, daring to evolve, attempting to be wrong with the root of experience over academia in sight.
In relentless search for endless possibility to see us through this age of infinite choice.