Gusev by Anton Chekhov

Ready to Ship (December 2025)

Discover the third title in Lasting Echoes, a letterpress series celebrating short stories that endure. Printed on an Original Heidelberg Windmill Press on Cotton Lettra paper and limited to 100 unnumbered copies, each chapbook offers a timeless work chosen for its emotional resonance, moral clarity, and lasting power.

Each title in the collection is 8.5" × 5.5", wrapped in extra-thick German-made Gmund paper, and sewn by hand — a tactile, durable presentation that reflects the care and craft behind every story.

• Gusev by Anton Chekhov — A tender, dreamlike meditation on life and death, capturing Chekhov’s unmatched ability to find meaning in quiet, human moments. 
• 28 pages

Each chapbook features three original illustrations created exclusively for these editions, commissioned from talented recent graduates of Southern Utah University’s BFA program — a collaboration that brings fresh artistic voices into dialogue with these timeless stories. We hope through this series to introduce new artists to the fine press world, giving them an early platform to showcase their work. Each artist will receive a generous percentage of sales, ensuring their creative contributions are meaningfully supported.

• Gusev — Illustrated by Blair Allen, whose bold linocut prints reflect the story’s stark beauty and haunting final imagery.

An optional slipcase is available with the set, specially designed to house any three chapbooks from the Lasting Echoes collection. It will also be offered separately in the future for readers who wish to build or expand their set over time. Slipcases will be made to order.

Upcoming Lasting Echoes titles will feature short works by Herman Melville, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, Henry James, Stephen Crane, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and more. Multiple titles are already in development to be released in 2026.