J.N. WILLIAM

SON’SILLUSTRATED MASQUES

Edited by Castle & Campiti

"Scare me!" Editor J.N. Williamsonprovided this simple guideline forMasques, All New Works of Horror andthe Supernatural. From 1984 through2006, such writers as Stephen King,Robert R. McCammon, Robert Bloch,Charles Beaumont, Ray Russell, F. Paul Wilson, Richard Matheson,and Ray Bradburry did just that infive volumes of Masques, creatingclassics for the darkest nights of the darkest souls.

Now, Editors Mort Castle and DavidCampiti bring Masques’ tales tohaunting and memorable life ingraphic story format in J.N.Williamson’s Illustrated MASQUES.

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J.N. WILLIAMSON’S ILLUSTRATED MASQUES. JUNE 2012. FIRST PRINTING. Illustrated Masques © 2012 Mort Castle and David Campiti. Masques™ estate of J.N. Williamson. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. IDWPublishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead arepurely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishingdoes not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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Mort Castle and David Campiti, EditorsCover by Fabio Listrani

Foreword © 2012 Estate of J.N. WilliamsonFrontispiece, design, and spot illustrations © 2012 Andy B. ClarksonApple Crone and Marie Antoinette art © 2012 Cristina de Lara StocklerSkull collage © 2012 Daniel Indro"Rail Rider" © 1992, 2012 Wayne Allen Sallie"Nightcrawlers" © 1992, 2012 Robert R. McCammon"A Billion Monstrosities" © 1992, 2012 Mort Castle, art © 1992, 2012 Tom Vigil"The Crushing Death" © 1992, 2012 Robert E. Weinberg"Better Than One" © 1992, 2012 Paul Dale Anderson"If You Take My Hand, My Son" ©1992, 2012 Mort Castle"Popsy" © 1992, 2012 Stephen King"Soft" © 2012, Paul Dale Anderson and Apriyadi KusbiantoroOther story adaptations and art © 2012 Glass House GraphicsAfterword essay © 2012 John MaclayNew editorial package © 2012 Mort Castle and David CampitiMASQUES ™ estate of J.N. Williamson

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Licensing and story adaptations arranged by Mort CastleBook design by David CampitiDesign elements by Andy B. ClarksonProduction and color enhancement by Michael Kelleher

Additional design by Neil UyetakeEdits by Justin Eisinger and Alonzo Simon

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