The Madness of Love and Death

“The Madness of Love and Death” — a chilling anthology of texts and drawings devoted to everyone in love with the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Eight of the most famous works by the unrivaled American master of horror join in a strange rhythm with illustrations by David G. Forese, immersing readers and viewers in a world where life and death are so close that all it takes is a blink—and only dust remains of the body.

In E. Poe’s stories, an intangible plague stalks people, the artist bleaches a living bride by drawing her, a raven speaks to a hopeless widower, a dwarf and a dancer expose lying sages, a heart torn from the chest calls on the murderer to repent, a swift corpse begs for awakening—or an eternal sleep—and inseparable lovers lie down in a sarcophagus so they won’t be separated forever. In his illustrations, Forese tried to capture the essence of the writer’s work: they are mysterious, beautiful, and incredibly terrifying—you can’t take your eyes off them, and goosebumps run across your skin. And fear, fear, so much fear and love!..