Edited by Thomas Fisher and Kiyoshi Stelzner

Into the morning mist…

From the editors: Wanderweg is a zine about hiking. A mystic meditation on walking in nature; part diary, part field notebook, part folk tale. Wanderweg is completely bilingual, everything is told in both English and German depending on which side you read from. Inside you’ll find accounts of our walks, stories of folk horror, our own illustrations and photographs, Romanticism and the odd foray into imagination and dreams.

Inspired by old walking guides, mystical maps, and a shared love of zines, the idea for Wanderweg slowly took shape. Our words delved deeper into the places we'd been, our experiences mixing with their histories and folk tales. At times, out there, it can feel difficult to tell the two apart. This is something we wanted to try and convey on the page. Our small contribution to honouring the Sublime, may it resonate with all your own experiences amongst the trees!

We favoured traditional techniques in the making of this zine, we wrote all the words, took all the photographs. Pen and ink sketches are by Thomas, illustrations by Kiyo and archive images from the Old Masters. Our hope is that what we have created feels like a welcoming place for all to celebrate our shared love of walking, nature, folklore, art and community.

In the English half of this first issue, readers will find…

• Adrift Amidst A Mist (Dartmoor, UK): Searching for Wistman’s Wood

• The Drowned Spire (The Black Forest, DE): Meditations on Mummelsee

• The Bright River (Briese, DE): …and Other Stories from the Darkness

• A Door in the Rock (Saxon Switzerland, DE): Setting out on the Malerweg

• The Wanderer's Journey (Cloke, Celestio): Where the Wild Stars Wheel

• The Snake Queen (Bled, SI): Abyssal Visions

…and in German…

• Im Nebel (Dartmoor, UK): Auf der Suche nach Wistman’s Wood

• Der versunkene Turm (Schwarzwald, DE): Am Mummelsee

• Der helle Fluss (Briese, DE): …und andere Geschichten der Finsternis

• Das Tor im Felsen (Sächsische Schweiz, DE): Die ersten Schritte auf dem Malerweg

• Die Reise des Wanderers (Cloke, Celestio): Im Reigen der Wilden Sterne

• Die Schlangenkönigen (Bled, SI): Flüstern des Abgrunds

Published by Wanderweg (Autumn 2025). New and in perfect condition, with a trim size of 7.9 x 4.8 inches.

141-page perfectbound magazine (66 pages in English, 75 pages in German), with black-and-white illustration and photography throughout.