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How to Bake a Breadling
"The following book is a reprint of a standalone document
that was discovered in a sidewalk library box
in the small town of REDACTED in early May of 1973."
published by Hollow Press -May 2025- first printing
limited edition:
1500 copies
paper Magno usomano 140gr off-set full color printing
PADDED Hard Cover + UV spot + SILK BOOKMARK
format: A5
that was discovered in a sidewalk library box
in the small town of REDACTED in early May of 1973."
published by Hollow Press -May 2025- first printing
limited edition:
1500 copies
paper Magno usomano 140gr off-set full color printing
PADDED Hard Cover + UV spot + SILK BOOKMARK
format: A5
- GenresFiction
128 pages, Stitched binding
Published May 1, 2025
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February 5, 2026
3.5/5
loved the artwork and photography in this book, and the actual story/world building itself felt like the perfect mix of cozy and unnerving
hollow press seem to be the best publishing house of unfiction books, very glad i picked this one up :]
loved the artwork and photography in this book, and the actual story/world building itself felt like the perfect mix of cozy and unnerving
hollow press seem to be the best publishing house of unfiction books, very glad i picked this one up :]
December 19, 2025
This opened my eyes to the real world.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2025
"May the flour of eternity rest in your hands."
Imagine if the Great British Bake Off had a Satanism Week, and you'll capture the approximate tone of HOW TO BAKE A BREADLING. Framed as a found document detailing how to create "breadlings", sentient constructs made of bread dough, Hock's beautifully designed photography and worldbuilding, which employs just the right degree of ambiguity with how it describes the poorly-understood mystical processes involved in their creation and the myriad things that can go wrong, remind me of Richard Littler's similarly bleak and British universe of Scarfolk, with its hints of relict paganism and surreal dream-logic. The book's plot is perhaps a little discursive towards the end, but that's a small issue considering that its main appeal is conjuring up a weird, distinctive supernatural world.
Imagine if the Great British Bake Off had a Satanism Week, and you'll capture the approximate tone of HOW TO BAKE A BREADLING. Framed as a found document detailing how to create "breadlings", sentient constructs made of bread dough, Hock's beautifully designed photography and worldbuilding, which employs just the right degree of ambiguity with how it describes the poorly-understood mystical processes involved in their creation and the myriad things that can go wrong, remind me of Richard Littler's similarly bleak and British universe of Scarfolk, with its hints of relict paganism and surreal dream-logic. The book's plot is perhaps a little discursive towards the end, but that's a small issue considering that its main appeal is conjuring up a weird, distinctive supernatural world.
March 5, 2026
Awesome concept and intriguing story.
Personally. I found that The middle of the book includes too much description of the ingredients and the process of the baking and it looses the mystery and eerieness of the themes. It’s regained at the end with the writers tale.
Cool art and great presentation.
Happy I own a copy.
Personally. I found that The middle of the book includes too much description of the ingredients and the process of the baking and it looses the mystery and eerieness of the themes. It’s regained at the end with the writers tale.
Cool art and great presentation.
Happy I own a copy.
February 18, 2026
This was such a fun read, and the photos are fantastic. Simultaneously adorable and disturbing. Another banger from Hollow Press.
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