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Auction Name: 2026 January 15 Pulp, Paperback Sci-Fi & Fantasy Showcase Auction

Lot Number: 18146

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/15262*18146

Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950)
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI paperback cover preliminary, 1978
Acrylic on board
8-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches (22.2 x 14.6 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right: © 1978 MW

The Barry Lamka Collection

The final version of the present work is published as the cover of The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI edited by Gerald W. Page (DAW, 1979) with visible differences in the completion of the figure's apparel, hands, and knife as well as the wood grain of the door.


Condition Report*: Wear and markings to margins of board in keeping with illustration and publishing process. Framed under glass.
Framed Dimensions 15.5 X 12.5 Inches
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