Duncan Long has released his Christmas gift for his fans - a newly illustrated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s Masque of the Red Death (in PDF format)."A Poe story may seem an odd choice for Christmas," he notes, "but in fact it’s in keeping with English tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireplace on Christmas (yes, an arguably odd tradition – as are most).
British readers will confirm this - the BBC has recently revived A Ghost Story for Christmas, screenings of ghost stories, most by MR James, an idea the broadcaster first came up with in the 1970s. (There's a fan site about them here: www.ghoststoryforchristmas.co.uk)
If you missed them, Duncan has previously released illustrated versions of Poe’s Eleonora and The Raven.
When not creating his own editions of Poe’s stories and poems, Duncan works as a freelance magazine and book illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, ISFiC Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors.
• Check out his book illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
