Skeleton in the Closet Released
I’ve released a Kindle E-book consisting of twenty-three stories and twenty-three images to accompany the narratives. My brother David made the cover and half of the illustrations inside. I wrote the stories and created the other half of the illustrations. David’s illustrations are his unique blend of children friendly illustrations and pure horror with blood and flesh and guts. Several can be seen below. Mine are more inspired by Stephen Gammell. Though no one can compare to the creepiness of Gammell’s illustrations, and my pale in comparison, I did my best to leave things to the imagination and utilize shadows. My illustrations are digital and use public domain images Frankenstein’d together and edited heavily to create eerie pictures. The stories are a mix of short stories and long poems. Below is the Amazon store description.
If you like tales that will chill you to the bone, make your skin crawl, and spoil your appetite, Skeleton in the Closet and Other Scary Stories is the collection of horror stories for you. These twenty-three tales of terror are sure to thrill, as are the eerie illustrations created for each narrative. Find out what happens when you try to keep the skeleton in your closet a secret, when you clown around too much, and when you are too loud in the library. Included here are stories about getting too much sun, finding yourself in the dark surrounded by water, listening too closely to the whispers in the walls, as well as the fate of those who take candy from a stranger when it isn’t Halloween. What happens when you’re buried alive? What if you were to wake up as a giant bat? What if a person were to cross paths with a witch in the woods or a pirate crew of skeletons on the sea? Read about these frightening dilemmas and find out what’s really in that plum jelly. All this and more is here in Skeleton in the Closet and Other Scary Stories. Are you brave enough to read all these horror stories?
Below are a few of David Vincent Dorn’s illustrations for the book, Skeleton in the Closet and Other Scary Stories:
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The bloody skeleton is for the story Money Grubber, about a selfish money hoarder who is buried alive. The woman in the middle is The Librarian from the story, The Library is Awfully Quiet, a tale about what happens to children who break the rule of silence. The clown on the right is from the closing story titled, Clowning Around, about a boy who takes his pranks too far.
The book is $2.99, but we will have periods of it being available for free. It is also available for free trough the Kindle Unlimited program. Eventually, we hope to have a print version as well.
