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FOREVERHAUS by Kailey Tedesco $16.95

Paperback book, 92 pages

Foreverhaus is a book of haunts, through the archetype of the house in memory, trauma, & its beautiful destruction contained. & within the archetype of the house, we experience the archetype of the mother, heirlooms, the garden, & the very foundation that is home.

Cover art by Cailtin McCormack

“& with my tears come the lattice, come the roses, come the pines

(ritual for entering the haus in daylight from FOREVERHAUS)—“

Doppelgänger Blossom Candle $16

by MARVEL+MOON

“Doppelgänger Blossom is a Victorian parlor heavy with wilting funerary bouquets. It is a “black magic rose casketed in gold.” It is a vine of jasmine creeping over broken headstones under a full moon. The message this indolic scent sends is one of reincarnation—with death comes decay, with decay comes the return…back to dirt, back to earth, to be born again.” -Trista from Marvel + Moon

Scent Notes: Rose. Jasmine. Gardenia. Ylang Ylang. Green Leaves. Powder.

Adornments: Jasmine Bud & Crushed Rose Petal.

Soy Wax Candle by Marvel + Moon in a 4oz. black matte tin.

Bloody Mary Corn Husk Doll $10

Inspired by the legend of Bloody Mary & her symbolic themes present in FOREVERHAUS, this corn husk doll is made with locally acquired corn husks (from Arizona) that are dyed red with gold mica powder & a light pomegranate scent. Each one measures about 6-8“ tall & is adorned with a white lace bow, 24K gold plated hand mirror, & dried baby’s breath.

Black Rose Casketed In Gold Pendant $15

Inspired by the Gothicism of FOREVERHAUS & as Kailey Tedesco’s favorite flower, this pendent is indicative of the “black magic rose casketed in gold”, an image & symbol present in Kailey’s poem “spiral at the center of the haus”.

This is a 24K gold plated black rose on 18“ gold plated chain with a lobster clasp. It comes in a black gift box with black lace ribbon.

FOREVERHAUS Vintage Keychain & Skeleton Key $4

Check into the FOREVERHAUS with this vintage motel keychain. Each one is printed with FOREVERHAUS & a randomly selected room number. They are adorned with a brass skeleton key & a piece of white lace.

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What others are saying about Tedesco’s FOREVERHAUS:

“FOREVERHAUS, Kailey Tedesco’s timely examination of domesticity made macabre, conjures the architecture of a dwelling whose vestibules ail, its floorboards imbued with an intimacy matched by such exquisite details as “jadeite bowls” and “a suit of tooth-plaque.” Tedesco grants as much reign to Bloody Mary as she does to language steeped in beadwork of the afterlife. I marveled at ghostlore, cakerot, and “peppermint christ,” while connecting with a narrator who wants “so badly to look like i come from a place / of costumes.” Reading FOREVERHAUS is like attending a Halloween party thrown by Anne Sexton and grimoire’s best clairvoyant. A beautiful eeriness promenades the collection—from Bela Lugosi to Theda Bara, these poems are nostalgically embroidered. There’s even room for Zelda Rubinstein on the guestlist. “Gothic in stature,” Tedesco’s aesthetic makes a home.”

-Jon Riccio, Poetry Editor of Fairy Tale Review

“Kailey Tedesco’s FOREVERHAUS transforms the body into house, each poem/spell a baroque door between our very human world and the otherworldly haunts of personal memory, familial understanding, and the faith and lore in all that lies between. Tedesco writes, “Once I was inside the / dark, I could experience everything fully”: FOREVERHAUS is a lyric, compassionate haunting that, with every sharp line, will spellbind you toward the glitter and wonderment found in horror.”

-Carly Joy Miller, author of Ceremonial 

“FOREVERHAUS is an immaculate cauldron—here a poet conjures and nests simultaneously, an expectant mother hurriedly preparing for her brood of ghosts. A stir-crazy seance, a haunting with cabin fever, this collection is Tedesco's most accomplished so far. Each word rings out like a dare on an autumn night: ring the doorbell to the haunted house—but take care, or you'll drown.”

-Victoria Mier

“From the moment I opened Kailey Tedesco’s latest collection, FOREVERHAUS, I knew I was entering an otherworldly place: the “candyhaus,” the “witchhaus,” the “forevereverhaus.” Weaving mystical language with pop-culture from the Jersey Shore, Tedesco creates and explores haunted spaces where she palps the edges of these “witch-shacks.” We ask who is alive, who is the ghost, who is the house? Tedesco tells us, “a ghost is the absence of something/that was once there,/sometimes i think i was born as the absence/of the absence.” The structures of the hauntings become possessed by the human occupant, “a house…gone humanoid.” It is this humanity that Tedesco conjures, “i’d like for my grave to be a dollhouse/replica of this memoryhaus i’m building….” Is it a house without a god? Is it a hated, adored, and temporal body, where “i can be the rest of the house, too…the house where the mother can rest?” Bravo, Kailey Tedesco, for leading us on this haunted journey!“ 

-Jennifer Martelli, author of My Tarantella and The Uncanny Valley

“If there is a ghost only half as beautiful as FOREVERHAUS, I want to know her and let her stay.”

-Arielle Tipa, author of Daughter-Seed (Empty Set Press, 2019) 

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KAILEY TEDESCO

Kailey Tedesco lives in Allentown, PA with her husband and many sweet animals. She is the author of She Used to be on a Milk Carton (April Gloaming Publishing) and Lizzie, Speak (winner of White Stag Publishing’s 2018 MS Contest). She is also a senior editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Currently, she teaches literature and writing, including a course on the archetype of the witch in literature, at Moravian College and Northampton Community College.  You can find her work featured in Electric Literature, Black Warrior Review, Gigantic Sequins, Fairy Tale Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, and more. For more information, visit kaileytedesco.com.