After Death... A New Illustrated Anthology

It's been a while - I've been busy working on illustrations for "After Death..." an anthology edited by Eric Guignard and published by Dark Moon Books and due out in Spring of 2013! 

I wanted to put a few images here to tease you a bit. It's going to be freaking awesome! Authors from all over the globe have contributed stories to this book about what could possibly happen after death! The editor, Eric writes "Death. Who has not considered their own mortality and wondered at what awaits, once our frail human shell expires? What occurs after the heart stops beating, after the last breath is drawn, after life as we know it terminates?

Each person has their own beliefs, whether based on science, a traditional religion, or perhaps dark, personal experimentation. Do we transcend to another dimension or celestial world? Does our spirit remain while the body rots? Are we given another opportunity to do it all over again? Can we die again in the afterlife? Do we find ways to cheat death and maintain a semblance of living after the mortician declares, D.O.A.? Do we all just end up in a cosmic purée, drunk by an Elvis Presley overlord?"

Here's the illustration for ""With Max Barry in the Nearer Precincts"

Story by John Langan

"John Langan’s most recent collection is The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus 2013). He is the author of a previous collection, Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime 2008), and a novel, House of Windows (Night Shade 2009). With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime 2011). He lives in upstate New York with his wife and son."

Another amazing writer Lisa Morton has contributed with her story "The Resurrection Policy"

"Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, horror author, four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, and Halloween expert. Recent short fiction appearances include Blood Lite III, Danse Macabre, and Dark Discoveries Magazine, and books include Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (with Rocky Wood, illustrated by Greg Chapman), Trick or Treat?: A History of Halloween, and the novella Hell Manor. She lives in North Hollywood, California, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com."

These are just a couple of the 35 images for the book. If you would like to see the rest please visit my Facebook Gallery: "After Death... Illustrations".