Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950). The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI paperback cover preliminary, 1978. Acrylic ...

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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.


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