1934 letterpress

The Night Post

Poems left on leftover proofs, mailed from a night-shift shop.

The year

A compositor works the graveyard stone in a small-city shop. Twice a month a packet arrives: a poem set on scrap proofs, a note from the floor, and one object from the case. The year follows the shop through winter rush, a broken chase, and the quiet weeks when the presses rest. Placeholder copy. No full letters live here yet.

Who it is for

Readers who want craft, night quiet, and a year that moves at mail speed.

Tone: Spare, ink-stained, warm without sweetness.

Sample of the packet

Photos later. This is the object list.

  • A poem on a used galley proof
  • A shop note from the night floor
  • A rubbing from a worn slug
  • A scrap of wrapping from the type foundry

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