If you’re anything like me, the years of your adolescence were spent nervously flipping through Sears catalogs the pages of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark anthologies. While the words were frightening on their own, it was the surreal illustrations of Stephen Gammell that solidified the series as a rite of passage for young horror fans. From living scarecrows to whatever this awfulness is, Gammell’s twisted, dripping forms have a way of hiding away in the mind’s attic, descending at random throughout the years to coat everyday occurrences (pimples, for example) with dread. You know what else fills me … Continue reading The Stealing Art (Or, The Straw That Broke the Gammell’s Back)