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Maker Q&A: Ditch Planet

Maker Q&A: Ditch Planet

  Featured April 2018:  Mental Illness 100% coconut/soy wax candle. Hand-poured in small batches, right in Los Angeles, CA.  (Photo: Ditch Planet) Paper Obscura’s April book pick—Sara Shepard’s, The Elizas—brought us to Burbank, California. Synonymous with pool loungers, iconic film and television studios, and a Southern California lifestyle a pasty AF New Englander like myself could learn to…

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Maker Q&A: Neuer Geist

Maker Q&A: Neuer Geist

Neuer Geist’s, “War is Hell” Bandana. Hand pulled, screen print on cotton linen. March’s book pick, The Hunger, by Alma Katsu, made for an interesting procurement process. The Donner Party began their journey in Springfield, IL and ended it with a pretty gnarly potluck in the Sierras. Sally’s tongue and a bundle of twigs, anyone? Only half of the 89 hopeful pioneers made it to California 172…

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Beginning to finalize summer/fall titles and WOW! A few are lookin’ a LITTLE intense. 😅 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Whatcha got on YOUR wish lists? 👀📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #books #bookish #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bibliophile #igreads #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #bookmail #bookshelf #booklife #bookporn #amreading #mystery #thriller #suspense #subscriptionbox 💀

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💀Sh*t gets real in 1846’s Wicked West! Beyond those greener pastures evil awaits—and it’s hungry! 😱💀 ✖️✖️March’s Box✖️✖️ ✖️New Release Hardcover 📚 ✖️Author Exclusives 🤘 ✖️Super cool finds from our March book pick’s settings! 😲 ✖️Boxes ship next week! 👻 ✖️Grab a box! Link in bio👀 ⠀ #wickedreader #paperobscura #books📚 #bookish #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #bookmail #historical #americanwest #westcoast #mystery #thriller #suspense #subscriptionbox #subscriptionboxes 💀👀

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Paper Obscura isn’t like other book boxes. We’re a collective hybrid! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✖️Not completely bookish. Not completely maker-made. ✖️*sucks in a breath* Every month we’ll send you the noisiest in new release mysteries and thrillers alongside book-related wonders ON TOP OF a killer selection of curated goods straight from our network of unique makers that live and work in each book pick’s real-life settings! 😲📚🙌 ✖️March’s box ships out next week! We’re heading out towards the Wicked West with a thrilling read and meeting some awesome makers in several states. Don’t miss out on this one! 🙌 Tap on the link in our bio and join us! 🤘📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wickedreader #paperobscura #books #bookish #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bibliophile #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #bookmail #amreading #historical #americanwest #westcoast #mystery #thriller #suspense #subscriptionbox 💀

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The Obscurist is now live! 🙌 ✖️@jenabrownwrites & @thepagesinbetween break down @alafairb’s, The Wife, with teasers about what’s to come from them next!! 📚🤘 ✖️Check out their collaborative review and follow for future features, reviews, vendor/author interviews, and more! Link in bio! 📚🙌😎 . . #theobscurist #wickedreadalong #blog #blogsquad #books #bookish #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #mystery #thriller #suspense #thewife 💀

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We’ve had quite the weekend! 😜 👇 . Apologies for being a little quiet! Over the past few days we’ve been working on a MASSIVE overhaul of our website. We think it suits us pretty well! 💀📚(Check us out and let us know what you think!😎) . . We’ve also been gearing up for March, which is coming so FAST! 🙌📚💀 Seriously, wow! . If you haven’t gotten your box, you should! Only a few left and we’re so stoked about this one🔥 . 👇👀 . There’s ONE LAST thing we’re seriously excited to announce: . Later this week you’ll meet THE OBSCURIST—a blog with some bite. . @thepagesinbetween and @jenabrownwrites will be breaking down monthly book picks and joining us in bringing both exclusive and entertaining content straight to you like little thrill pills! Be sure to check them out if you haven’t already! 🙌🔥 . If you have any questions about our changes or your subscriptions, please reach out. We’d love to hear from you! 📚🤓 . . #books📚 #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #bookmail #amreading #mystery #thriller #suspense #subscriptionbox 💀

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Currently me unable to finish Mister Tender’s Girl for the third night in a row. 😢😑 . How’s everyone’s weekends going? Any good reads with insane WTF moments I should know about? 📚😱 . . #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookaholic #booklover #bookgeek #bookworm #booknerd #amreading #mystery #thriller #suspense #books📚

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Hope you’re free for dinner, because you’re invited to one hell of a party! 👀😱 💀March’s box includes an unsettling tale of one of America’s most mysterious and fascinating moments. . 💀”...utterly chilling.” — @sarahpinboroughbooks 💀”An inventive reimagining...” — @kirkus_reviews 💀”...I’m still shuddering.” — #rlstine . With featured makers and small businesses near and west of the Mississippi. 🙌 . March is limited. . Grab yours today, using code OBSCURA10! 👻

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Our February—and FIRST—box was such a huge success and a freakin’ blast to put together!! 📚💀🙌 . Special thanks to our first subscribers, those that pre-ordered, AND those who contributed to the launch of this thing!🙌 . . WHAT WAS INSIDE?👇 . February’s Wicked Read: @alafairb’s, The Wife. . The Setting: New York, NY. . Our Setting-Inspired Makers: . 💀 @dylanballiett and his eerily relatable, 40-page art book, “I’m A Monster.” 💀 @brookpyn and their stabby, original, enamel pin. 💀 @grizzly_bk and their distinctive candle that mirrors as a preferable reminder of that ass you dated in college and emptied your bank account before ghosting you. . . 📚🙌 ABOUT MARCH: March’s wicked read takes us out into the American West with a haunted reimagining of a grizzly American tale. 😱💀 . Boxes are limited. New subscribers, use code OBSCURA10 for 10% off. 😎

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NOT a book to go to sleep with. 😱👻 . . Carter Wilson’s, Mister Tender’s Girl, is finally out and causing nightmares everywhere. 😅

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Last night I lit a candle for all the sociopaths out there on Valentine’s Day. 😂 How the hell does that work, anyway?🤨🔪 . In hand is February’s featured Maker, @grizzly_bk, and their ever so distinct Sociopath candle from their Apathy Collection. . WE’RE OBSESSED. (I’m sure they even make a candle for that too.)😜 . Pay them a visit, browse their heady collection, and let your nose’s freak flag fly! 🙌😍

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This bloody, @brookpyn, found in February’s box is ALMOST multi-functional. 🔪😱💀 . Designed in NYC—BROOKPYN’s arrangement of premium, enamel pins are the quirky results of hand drawn pop culture inspirations. 🙌