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Black and white illustration of the headless horseman riding over a bridge with lightning

ILLUSTRATIONS
by
M. GRANT KELLERMEYER

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS

Our hallmark chiaroscuro illustrations are pencil sketches done on 6 x 9 paper. The pictures are drawn in negative, and after being scanned, the color is digitally inverted, leaving a composition largely composed of deep shadows (the white paper) interspersed with glowing swathes of light (pencil smudges), and gleaming highlights (pencil marks).

Here's a side-by-side "before and after" of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's haunting masterpiece, "Schalken the Painter". On the left is the pencil drawing I made; on the right it has been inverted and touched up with Pixlr editor.

GALLERIES

Below you will find curated galleries of the illustrations

in each of our publications.

Ambrose Bierce
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE
BIERCE

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens

Doyle: "The Hound of the Baskervilles," & the Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
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The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of Sherlock Holmes

William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
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William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
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William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson

E. T. A. Hoffmann
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN
HOFFMANN

M. R. James
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
JAMES
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JAMES
JAMES

Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
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Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Leroux: "The Phantom of the Opera"
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales
Guy de Maupassant's Weird Tales

Edgar Allan Poe
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction
Poe's Best Horror and Weird Fiction

Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Stoker

Bram Stoker: "Dracula"
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula
Dracula

Oscar Wilde

Original pencil sketch drawn in negative on white paper

Result after being scanned, inverted, & touched up

BLACKWOOD

BIERCE

CHAMBERS

CRAWFORD

DICKENS

DOYLE: Short Stories

DOYLE: Hound of the Baskervilles

HODGSON

HOFFMANN

IRVING

JACOBS

M. R. JAMES

HENRY JAMES

LEROUX

LE FANU

LOVECRAFT

MACHEN

DE MAUPASSANT

NESBIT

POE

O'BRIEN

STEVENSON

SHELLEY

STOKER: Dracula

STOKER: Short Stories

WELLS

WELLS: THE INVISIBLE MAN

WILDE

Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood

Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING
IRVING

J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu
Le Fanu

Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit
Nesbit

W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs

H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
LOVECRAFT
LOVECRAFT
LOVECRAFT
LOVECRAFT
LOVECRAFT
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft

F. Marion Crawford
F. Marion Crawford
F. Marion Crawford
F. Marion Crawford
F. Marion Crawford

Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen

Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James
Henry James

Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien
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Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. ChambersRS
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
DOYLE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"
H. G. Wells: "The Invisible Man"