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Post by erebus on Mar 10, 2013 15:07:59 GMT
You had me doubting myself over the Stickman thing Dem,so I gave it a quick read over. Seems we are both kind of right. The story basically is about four teens driving back on a long country road after a trip to the drive in. They are Dwaynne, Joe his girlfriend Sue and her cousin Jennifer. Jennifer is an outsider, not from those parts so the others try to play a trick on her. The turn off the lights and pullover near a cornfield where a scarecrow is present. They tell her a tale of long ago of Jethro Seer the towns mortician who was caught for the murder of many many young girls. He tortured and abused their corpses. The townsfolk drag him naked and hang him in the square...unsuccessfully. He ends up decapitated. His skull is later used to form a scarecrow in that very field they are beside. And that night just so happens to be stickman night when the undead scarecrow is supposed to come to life. The others bet a disbelieving Jennifer to go into the field and retrieve the burlap sack from the scrarecrows head. She obliges as she is unconvinced. Her screams alert the group moments later, I think you all know where this ones going.
It was a fave of mine when I first read the book back in 2000. This story stood out and struck a chord with me . Now I have it here next to me I'm going to have to read the whole sucker again.
Oh and maximum double points for stunning cover art on this book too.
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Post by droogie on Mar 10, 2013 19:07:41 GMT
I think the Spanish edition of "Out Are The Lights" wins best cover by a narrow margin over the NEL. This is my first attempt at image attaching, so I hope it works.
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Post by droogie on Mar 10, 2013 19:14:51 GMT
I guess not...file is apparently too large....but thanks to the Mrs. it is now done.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 10, 2013 22:08:22 GMT
You had me doubting myself over the Stickman thing Dem,so I gave it a quick read over. Seems we are both kind of right. The story basically is about four teens driving back on a long country road after a trip to the drive in. They are Dwaynne, Joe his girlfriend Sue and her cousin Jennifer. Jennifer is an outsider, not from those parts so the others try to play a trick on her. The turn off the lights and pullover near a cornfield where a scarecrow is present. They tell her a tale of long ago of Jethro Seer the towns mortician who was caught for the murder of many many young girls. He tortured and abused their corpses. The townsfolk drag him naked and hang him in the square...unsuccessfully. He ends up decapitated. His skull is later used to form a scarecrow in that very field they are beside. And that night just so happens to be stickman night when the undead scarecrow is supposed to come to life. The others bet a disbelieving Jennifer to go into the field and retrieve the burlap sack from the scrarecrows head. She obliges as she is unconvinced. Her screams alert the group moments later, I think you all know where this ones going. It was a fave of mine when I first read the book back in 2000. This story stood out and struck a chord with me . Now I have it here next to me I'm going to have to read the whole sucker again. No, erebus. You were entirely right, i was thinking of an entirely different story from the same collection, the very wonderful Wishbone. thanks for uploading that seriously bizarre Spanish cover, droogie.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2013 22:22:31 GMT
I think the Spanish edition of "Out Are The Lights" wins best cover by a narrow margin over the NEL. This is my first attempt at image attaching, so I hope it works. It's amazing. What a print that would make.
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Post by jamesdoig on Mar 11, 2013 7:56:04 GMT
An eyeball on a fork - that must surpass Creeping Evil as the best cover ever.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 11, 2013 10:30:55 GMT
An eyeball on a fork - that must surpass Creeping Evil as the best cover ever. Another great thing, the artwork is entirely in keeping with the content of the book. Stating the bleeding obvious, but what first attracted me to Laymon is that his stories are really anti- E.C. horror comics in that it's usually the innocent get shafted and the guilty rarely receive their just desserts. I always loved that about him.
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