What audience is GULA for, age-wise?
Definitely an adult audience. While GULA is at no point particularly smutty, it is at times explicit about both sex and violence (as well as their intersections) to a degree inappropriate for readers under 18.
Last updated: October 12, 2025 17:00
I want both prints. Can I get both?
Absolutely! If you’re getting a tier with a print included, just add whichever one you aren’t already receiving through the add-ons page. If you’re pledging to a lower tier and still want one (or both) you can also use the add-ons page to order them that way.
Last updated: October 12, 2025 16:58
What kind of poetry is GULA?
GULA is long enough that it has multiple forms of poetry included! Portions are in free verse; others are structured forms like sestina and haiku. Some sections rhyme, others don’t. If you’re a true structured poetry hater, don’t worry, there isn’t too much of that, but I encourage you to have an open mind.
Last updated: October 12, 2025 16:59
My package got lost in shipping. Can I get a refund?
Unfortunately due to the nature of shipping, I can’t guarantee refunds for anything lost in the mail. Opening a dispute with Canada Post or your local mail carrier is the best route in these situations, although please do let me know as well in case of oversight on my end.
Last updated: November 10, 2025 12:24
My package arrived damaged. Can I get a refund or replacement?
If your book(s)/print arrived as a misprint or in some other way damaged prior to shipping, then yes! Please send me pictures of the product in your request.
If your book(s)/print are damaged during shipping, however, there isn’t much I can do and I cannot guarantee any refunds or replacements.
Last updated: November 10, 2025 12:25
Where can I find trigger warnings or content warnings for your books?
Many of my books contain trigger warnings within them, but I’ve also provided a quick guide below to help you with understanding the content in each book.
Please note that most of my books are appropriate for 18+ only;
GULA – Broad topics: genocide, transphobia/queerphobia, suicide, sexual assault and fascism. Grief, hate crime, environmental and nuclear anxiety, and mass death are also frequent themes, and there are mentions of things like euthanasia, ableism, and body horror.
Post-Traumatic Anatomy: PTSD and other mental illness themes are a big part of this book, as well as sexual assault, suicide, self-harm, involuntary hospitalization and emotional and physical partner abuse.
The Shining Wire: Trauma recovery, PTSD, BPD, suicide, gun violence, domestic abuse, miscarriage, neurodivergence trauma, and codependence are all fairly prominent themes.
Revenant’s Hymn: death/grief, dissociation, domestic violence, drug use, dubious consent, graphic depictions of violence, mental illness, Nazism/Holocaust references (offscreen largely), necrophilia, psychosis, sexual assault/abuse and suicide.
Home is Where The Ghosts Are: implied partner abuse, grief, suicide, and mental illness/unreality.
Deep in the Bone: Death/grief is the only major trigger warning for this one.
Carrion City: Sexual assault (fairly explicit), explicit sexual content, cannibalism, starvation, homelessness/housing instability, misgendering/transphobia, codependency, and suicide.
The Singularity: Environmental anxiety, industrial/urban disasters (apartment collapses, etc.), religious themes, and moral stress.
Last updated: December 29, 2025 15:58
Who designed [X book cover/jewellery/etc]?
Post-Traumatic Anatomy’s cover is by Linda Mota, who is on Instagram at @Rubbbernecking.
The covers for Shining Wire, Home is Where The Ghosts Are, Deep in the Bone, The Singularity, Carrion City, GULA, and Revenant’s Hymn are all by me, Elliott Dunstan, using public domain/Creative Commons photography or, in some cases, photos I took myself. (The covers of The Singularity and Home Is Where The Ghosts Are are, respectively, the warehouse of my old workplace, and the stairs up to the old apartment the zine is about.)
The art inside of Revenant’s Hymn is a mix of art by me, Viktor Love (https://tapas.io/SpeedyDoggo), and VioVayo. (https://www.tumblr.com/viovayo).
The alchemy keychains are designed and created by Lyrical Crafts (lyricalcrafts.bsky.social).
The art prints and all other jewellery are designed and made by me, using primarily recycled/upcycled materials.
Last updated: December 29, 2025 16:04
Are your earrings hypoallergenic?
Due to how I create my jewellery, unfortunately, I can’t guarantee anything concerning allergies or materials.
Last updated: December 29, 2025 16:04
Why are your earrings one-of-a-kind?
I create my jewellery and artwork by upcycling/recycling scrap items – old SQL textbooks, broken jewellery, pop tabs and torn magazines, spare rhinestones, even straightened-out paperclips. As you can imagine, this results in earrings that can rarely be precisely duplicated. The one exception is my chandelier earrings, and even then, I usually have special touches on each of them so they’re still listed as one-of-a-kind. (But if you really like them, send me a message, just in case.) I work with what’s available.
Last updated: December 29, 2025 16:07
Does your packaging reveal anything about the contents?
Absolutely not. The package will read as being shipped from Elliott Dunstan, and while someone can look me up, it won’t display as being any particular book. If you’re concerned about privacy, the packages should be fairly nondescript.
Last updated: December 29, 2025 16:08
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