Dark Arts

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