My friend Sheila suggested I have a "gory" birthday today, and I thought that sounded like a splendid idea. Taking it to a more artistic level, I thought I'd share some frontispiece, interior, and cover illustrations by one of my heroes, Sir Edward Gorey from great books of horror and mystery by John Bellairs. Enjoy this eerie sampling of highlights from a half dozen or so titles including: The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull, The Eyes of the Killer Robot, The Dark Secret of Weathered, The Hand of the Necromancer, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and more! (And thanks again to Drazen Kozjan for assistance in helping me further expand both my Gorey and Bellairs collections :)
