By Joe Harris, Colleen Doran
"A fractured brain is frequently the way in which right into a international now not suspected via these of an blameless normality."
Enter the universe of well known horror grasp Thomas Ligotti—a universe the place clowns participate in a sinister iciness pageant, a scheming female friend makes fact itself come unraveled, a crumbling asylum's destruction unleashes a better horror, and a mysterious Teatro comes and is going, leaving simply shattered goals in its wake.
In the culture of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, Ligotti's subtle stories of terror take us to locations few might suspect exist, the place insanity is simply a proposal away. The Nightmare Factory adapts 4 of Ligotti's so much chilling stories into tremendous photo literature through famed writers and artists Stuart Moore, Joe Harris, Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), Ted McKeever (Batman), and Michael Gaydos (Alias). that includes all-new introductions to every tale by means of Thomas Ligotti.
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