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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