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Bkeela
10-27-2006, 04:06 AM
When I was in primary school in the early 80s, there was a book in the library that always fascinated me.

It was a collection of short stories. The most striking feature was the eerie illustrations: a man with eyes and mouth stitched closed, a corpse like woman with a floral dress, and other depictions of people in torment and pain.

Unfortunately that is all I have to go by, so short of undergoing hypnosis to retrieve the title and publisher, I wonder if anyone here has any suggestions?

The book is a collection of short stories - probably meant for teenage consumption, and it featured very disturbing art. It was likely published somewhere between 1980 and 1983.

Everytime I read Lovecraft's Pickman's Model, I am reminded of the artwork of this book. Whoever the artist was, he had a genius for depicting horror to rival Pickman himself.

urgeok
10-27-2006, 08:12 AM
When I was in primary school in the early 80s, there was a book in the library that always fascinated me.

It was a collection of short stories. The most striking feature was the eerie illustrations: a man with eyes and mouth stitched closed, a corpse like woman with a floral dress, and other depictions of people in torment and pain.

Unfortunately that is all I have to go by, so short of undergoing hypnosis to retrieve the title and publisher, I wonder if anyone here has any suggestions?

The book is a collection of short stories - probably meant for teenage consumption, and it featured very disturbing art. It was likely published somewhere between 1980 and 1983.

Everytime I read Lovecraft's Pickman's Model, I am reminded of the artwork of this book. Whoever the artist was, he had a genius for depicting horror to rival Pickman himself.


sounds like the illustrations in clive barkers Books of Blood but that wasnt aimed at teens.

i think he does his own artwork

Bkeela
10-27-2006, 08:06 PM
The collection I'm referring to is obviously very obscure. The Books of Blood were published well outside of 1983.

urgeok
10-28-2006, 04:15 AM
The collection I'm referring to is obviously very obscure. The Books of Blood were published well outside of 1983.

Copyright 1984 by Clive Barker

how do you define 'well outside' ?

Bkeela
10-28-2006, 09:48 PM
A million years, give or take a century or two.

1983 would be the very outer limit for the book I am searching for, so 1984 is as good as being a million years outside the bracket.