From the grimmest of the Greek tragedies to contemporary death
metal horror has held a fascination with artists of all
disciplines. From Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and
Edith Nesbit’s “Man Made in Marble” to the recent works like Secret
Window and Skin the muses of creativity and the furies of terror
have been closely linked. In this anthology, award-winning editor
John Pelan invites his colleagues in the Horror Writers Association
to contribute their darkest thoughts on the creative processes.
Step into the gallery and view twenty-two of the most disturbing
visions that can be conjured by these dark artists…

Contents:

• The Disease Artist by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Shape of the Empty Heart by Gerard Houarner
• For Art’s Sake by John Pelan
• With Acknowledgements to Sun Tzu by Brian Hodge
• Hurdy Gurdy by Peadar Ó Guilín
• The Art of Madness by Edo van Belkom
• The Power of Preserving Pictures by Leah Cutter
• The Death Technique by John B. Rosenman
• Body by Tim Lebbon
• The Final Staging of Ascent by Tom Piccirilli
• I Hear You Quietly Singing by Lucy Taylor
• Learning to Leave the Flesh by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Hoplite by Paul Finch
• Chained Melody by Patricia Macomber
• Works of Art by J.F.Gonzalez
• The Disinterment of Ophelia by Michelle Scalise
• If You Were Glass… by David Niall Wilson
• A Splash of Color by Michael Oliveri
• The Mist Machine by Charlee Jacob
• Scratching the Surface by Michael Kelly
• Kodachrome by Lorelei Shannon
• Nightmares, Imported And Domestic by Mark McLaughlin and Matt Cardin

Edited by John Pelan

Copyright 2006 by Cemetery Dance Publications