Welcome!

if you've found your way here, chances are you share a love for the kind of art and literature that lives just beneath the surface which can  take you on unexpected and thrilling journeys.

The novel Station 23 is such a piece of literature.

Currently only In Dutch, Station 23 is one of the best and most exciting novels of the 21st Century that deserves to be available to an English speaking readership.

I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring make that happen.

Through my company, Secret City Salon Ltd., we are publishing the definitive, first-ever English translation of Louis V.'s novel.

Because this is a completely independent project, I am bypassing the traditional publishing machinery. I want to do this right, with high-spec printing, beautiful design, and the care that a limited first edition deserves.

To make that happen, we need a community.

I am running a crowdfunding campaign to fund the translation, production, and distribution of a strictly limited physical run. 1000 copies only will be printed and 950 of those will be available to backers of the campaign.

Link to Kickstarter page here (text read - click here to read go to the 23 KIckstarter pages.

If you want to see independent, uncompromising literature thrive, we would love to have you on board.

To give you a  flavour of Station 23 here you will find 3 brief extracts

Here you will find some promo videos created by Louis V. for Station 23

A short biography of Louis V. in his own words is here

Here a you will find some of my attempts at visualising Station 23, using lovart