In the spring of 2015 I created a set of Halloween themed pieces as submissions to a fiction print anthology focusing on Halloween. The anthology was set for a juvenile reading level. I toned down my usual gore and darkness and tried to shift my imagery a little towards the lighter side. You will see as the pieces progress that the darkness began creeping through regardless. Although my submissions were rejected, I ended up with six lovely pieces that I will be sharing between now and All Hallow's Eve. I hope you enjoy them.
This final piece is where my usual darkness finally breaks through. This image almost ended up gritty and blood splattered, but I pulled back. This could easily be a piece from one of my Halloween Outbreaks. It may yet be.
I kept thinking about this piece until I finally decided to do a blood splattered version. Here is your dark treat a day early! Happy Halloween! I only just realized that so many of the pieces in this set feature doorways. hmph. What is so fear filling about doorways? What comes through them? What might come through them? What dread gatekeepers guard them? What have they been enclosing, holding back and is it now loose? Oh Doorways, you open and you close.
By the way, The big day is tomorrow. It's almost time. Don't forget to wear your masks.
{8x5.33, created in Adobe Photoshop}
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