A brief note to the intrepid visitor on who we are and what we’re doing here:

On July 4th, 2021, I received a cryptic email from an unknown source claiming to possess a “vast reservoir of designs related to the literary arts” that, the source said, “ought to be shown to the world so that its people may grow in wisdom and enjoyment.” Doubting the veracity of these claims, I made no reply and relegated the message to that realm of the brain—located in the rear right quadrant, scientists believe—tasked with storing odd and inexplicable online experiences.

Despite my reticence, two weeks later I received at my doorstep a letter, carried by a postal delivery service I had never seen before, again explaining that the correspondent had a collection of designs, artworks, and “creations o’erstepping all current categories of sellables.” The author once more asked me to start a business-store making these creations available to discerning readers, and I tumbled headlong into a realm of confusion.

“What designs are these? Why me? Why now?” As these queries swirled circular-like in my head, I wrote a return letter, the overarching tone of which was doubtful, hesitant, and fascinated.

What transpires on these pages is the result of this correspondence, carried out in secret and without the knowledge of any authorities, for, as I suspected, my correspondent desired complete anonymity, and to this day I know nothing of this person’s—or group of people’s—identity.

My mission has become a simple yet dangerous one: share these designs with the world and, over time, discern the identity of my correspondent.

You are welcome to proceed with the same caution—and fascination—that I myself proceeded with those many months ago, yet know that, while these designs have been impressed upon me by unknown sources, I can personally attest to the quality, durability, and wondrous amazement of the items located herein.

-Respectable Books MGMT