ellen_datlow

Here is the TOC and the tentative jacket --please note that the names on the front of the jacket are not final. There will be more/others. Not sure about the back cover, but we may put all the names there. I'm also assuming the snake will show up more than it does here. The book will be out from Tachyon February 2010.

Darkness: 25 Years of Modern Horror

Jacqueline Ess: Her Will And Testament Clive Barker 1984

Dancing Chickens Edward Bryant 1984

The Greater Festival of Masks Thomas Ligotti 1985

The Pear-Shaped Man George R.R. Martin 1987

The Juniper Tree Peter Straub 1988

Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds Dan Simmons 1988

The Power and the Passion Pat Cadigan 1989

The Phone Woman Joe R. Lansdale 1990

Teratisms Kathe Koja 1991

Chattery Teeth Stephen King 1992

A Little Night Music Lucius Shepard 1992

Calcutta, Lord of Nerves Poppy Z. Brite 1992

The Erl King Elizabeth Hand 1993

The Dog Park Dennis Etchison 1993

Rain Falls Michael Marshall Smith 1994

Refrigerator Heaven David J. Schow 1995

---- Joyce Carol Oates 1995

Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) Neil Gaiman 1996

The Specialist’s Hat Kelly Link 1998

The Tree is My Hat Gene Wolfe 1999

Heat Steve Rasnic Tem 1999

No Strings Ramsey Campbell 2000

Stitch Terry Dowling 2002

Dancing Men Glen Hirshberg 2003

My Father’s Mask Joe Hill 2005

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Date: 2009-05-13 09:45 pm (UTC)

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vee-ecks.livejournal.com

Re: Cool!

It came off a Mac and wasn't gamma-corrected for display on other machines. Matt's background at Shocklines has the same problem.

Nice selection of stories, BTW.

Date: 2009-05-13 09:50 pm (UTC)

ellen-datlow.livejournal.com

You can figure that out just from looking at it? Nice work!
Glad you like the selection.

Date: 2009-05-13 10:05 pm (UTC)

It's a pretty common issue, if not as much as it was in the early days of the Web. The problem is that while modern monitors run at 2.2 gamma, including Apple monitors, the Mac UI is still built for 1.8 like back in the day, so if you run your Mac at the settings everybody else is using, the UI looks too dark.

Anyway, this is probably more like what you wanted to show, although since it was already compressed, changing the bright levels around highlights the artifacts. I'm sure the publisher has web graphics ready or can provide them at the proper gamma - any Mac-based web designer knows they have to compensate for all the other machines in the world.