About Candelabræm

Candelabræm began twenty years ago as a mere idea by a youth with a dream. Since he was thirteen, Mar Qaroll wanted to create a mature community for those interested in the dark, diverse, devious, and beyond. He desired for a community greater than any seen before, and he made the first steps toward this dream through an art site aptly named deviantART. But something was missing.

UnseenARTS. HallowARTS. Enigmatic Arts. DeVerse. Qarollhouse. For over a decade, this dream would take many forms. None lasted long, and none meant as much to him as the desire for a community itself. Frustrated and disheartened, he wouldn't again consider making his dream a reality even after the ten-year anniversary of its conception. It remained a fleeting idea.

Then, in 2023, he was greatly inspired by the creative Emory Glass, editor-in-chief of Inkblood Company, to create his own indie publisher. He named this endeavor Candelabræm Books. Overwhelmed with a rekindled love for his community, and seeing promise in it through Candelabræm Books, he rushed through its development, going so far as to attempt a crowdfunding endeavor just a year later.

It was too soon.

Once he understood his mistake, he took a step back and reevaluated what he wanted to do with this publisher...

Merely two years later, in April of 2025, Candelabræm Books became a subsidiary to Candelabræm, the twenty-year culmination of all the attempts Mar made in the past to make his dream a reality. With patience and care, today, Candelabræm has amassed a small online presence and interest through social media, and Mar has no intentions to stop.

Beginning with creating a steady stream of developmental updates and small events, Mar plans to thoroughly ensure Candelabræm becomes what he has longed for: a safe space for the truly dark and diverse, the freaks and weirdos, the not-so-sane and the daring at heart, from all walks of life.