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DARK ARTS Edited by John Pelan Published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2006 Signed by Micheal Kelly, Patricia Lee Macomber, Mark McLaughlin, Mike Oliveri, John Pelan, Tom Piccirilli, John B. Rosenman, Michelle Scalise, Lorelei Shannon, Lucy Taylor, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jeff VanderMeer, David Niall Wilson, Edo van Belkom, Matt Cardin, Leah R. Cutter, Paul Finch, J. F. Gonzalez, Pedar O Guilin, Brian Hodge, Gerard Houarner, Charles Jacob, and Tim Lebbon. The inscription page reads " This deluxe edition of DARK ARTS is limited to 26 copies. This is letter PC ." PC stands for Publisher's Copy and only a few are made for contributors and friends . This TRAYCASED L ettered First Edition is long SOLD OUT and OUT OF PRINT . The traycase, dustjacket and book are in Mint condition . Smoke and pet free house. This edition is bound in leather with a satin ribbon page marker and extra full-color artwork. Issued without a dust jacket. The only other edition is a Trade Edition also Sold Out and Out of Print .Description: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 artistes... Stay as long as you dare.... Table of 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 Reviews: "Artists of various stripes give the uncanny shape and dangerous substance in this pleasing horror anthology from Pelan ( Lost on the Darkside ). Steve Rasnic Tem leads off with "The Disease Artist," a Kafkaesque account of a performance artist in an antiseptic future who simulates disease symptoms to reacquaint people with their mortality. Matt Cardin and Mark McLaughlin close the book with "Nightmares, Imported and Domestic," a cleverly inverted story about an artist whose dreams of an alternate life in a depressingly bleak and ordinary world begin to overwhelm his waking hours. These two fine tales serve as bookends for 20 stories that tend to feature gruesome works of art that prove to have a basis in real life or artists whose dark visions expose the grim reality of existence, notably Brian Hodge's "With Acknowledgments to Sun Tzu" and Lucy Taylor's "I Hear You Quietly Singing." Other contributors include Gerard Houarner, Tim Lebbon, Jeff VanderMeer and David Niall Wilson." — Publishers Weekly Editor Biography: Born is Seattle in 1957, John Pelan was inspired to become a writer at age thirteen when he discovered that Arkham House had published a book submitted by Ramsey Campbell at age sixteen. Not as precocious as Mr. Campbell, it was another two decades before he w... 
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