Illustrated tales for the darker hours
Some stories
refuse to
stay buried.
The classics you remember.
The shadows you may have missed.
Enter a collection of richly illustrated Gothic tales, personally presented by the enigmatic Mr. Blackmere.
Blackmere’s Dark Classics
Great literature.
Beautifully unsettling.
Perhaps a little too close.
A graphic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale
Now published
The Tell-Tale
Heart
“He insists he is sane.
Listen closely.”
A watchful eye. Seven nights of patience. A sound that will not be silenced. Poe’s descent into obsession and guilt unfolds in an atmospheric graphic adaptation, where every shadow has something to hide.
- 80 pages of illustrated storytelling
- An invitation from Mr. Blackmere
- Poe’s complete original story included
A full-bleed cover for the collector’s shelf.
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“Our guest places great faith in his own self-control.
I suggest you watch his hands.”
Mr. Blackmere · On The Tell-Tale Heart
Now Available
Carmilla
Beauty is the invitation.
Horror is the intrusion.
A secluded estate. An unexpected guest. A friendship that deepens as the nights grow stranger. Le Fanu’s haunting vampire tale unfolds in candlelight, velvet, and the uneasy space between devotion and dread.
Now part of the Blackmere’s Dark Classics collection
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An illustrated adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s tale
“She says she cannot live without you.
I would take her at her word.”
Mr. Blackmere · On Carmilla
In Production
The Yellow
Wallpaper
Some patterns are
best left unfollowed.
Behind the curtain
A room of her own.
A nightmare in the walls.
Confined to a room for her supposed recovery, a woman begins to see something moving behind the wallpaper’s pattern. An intimate nightmare of isolation, control, and a mind determined to be heard.
Gilman’s unsettling tale is now in production as the next graphic adaptation in Blackmere’s Dark Classics.
“Such a restful room.
Or so she is told.”Mr. Blackmere
In production · Release date to be announced
More tales waiting in the wingsA word from your host
Courtesy, with a curious edge.
The impresario
Mr. Blackmere
Come in.
There is a chair waiting for you.
I keep this little theatre of unpleasant possibilities. You will find familiar names here. Poe. Le Fanu. Others whose work has endured long after the candles were put out.
I merely draw the curtain. What you make of the company is, of course, entirely your affair.
Make yourself comfortable.
You may reserve your judgment.
Every collection needs a keeper.
Mr. Blackmere is the series’ fictional host: an elegant curator of disturbing stories, with impeccable manners and motives best left unexamined. He invites you to notice the obsession, the guilt, and the unreliable voice behind the tale.
The collection to come
The curtain
has not fallen.
There are other rooms.
Other voices.
Other reasons to leave the light on.
Select a title for a brief introduction.
Coming soonThe Fall of the House of Usher
A visitor arrives at a decaying mansion to find an old friend consumed by dread. Within the House of Usher, the boundary between a family and its home begins to collapse.
“Some houses are rather attached to their inhabitants.”
Coming soonThe Willows
Two travellers camp among the willows on a remote stretch of the Danube. The landscape seems to shift around them, and the wilderness begins to feel occupied by something beyond human understanding.
“You wished to get away from everyone. How fortunate.”
Coming soonThe Signal-Man
At a lonely railway cutting, a signalman is troubled by a figure whose appearances precede disaster. A warning is only useful if someone can understand it in time.
“He has seen the signal. That is part of the trouble.”
Coming soonThe Great God Pan
An experiment promises to reveal the world behind ordinary perception. Its consequences emerge through scattered accounts and disturbing connections, suggesting some veils were never meant to be lifted.
“There is seeing. And then there is seeing too much.”
Coming soonThe Turn of the Screw
A governess takes charge of two children at an isolated country house. As she becomes convinced they face a hidden threat, certainty itself grows increasingly difficult to trust.
“She is quite certain she is protecting them.”
Coming soonThe Picture of Dorian Gray
A young man remains untouched by age while his portrait bears the evidence of his life. Beauty becomes an alibi, and a locked room holds a more honest account.
“A most flattering portrait. At first.”
Forthcoming graphic adaptations. Publication dates will be announced.