T Ott plunges into the darkness with five new graphic horror novelettes: "The Prophet," "The Wonder Pill," "La Lucha," "The Hotel," and the title story, each executed in his hallucinatory and hyper-detailed scratchboard style and runningbetween 16 to 20 pages The first story in the book introduces оззер the other four: A little girl visits an amusement park She looks fascinated, but finds everything too expensive Finally, behind the rollercoaster she eyeballs a small booth with "CINEMAPANOPTICUM" written on it Inside there are boxes with screens Every box contains a movie; the title of each appears on each screen Each costs only a dime, so the price is right for the little girl She puts her money in the first box: "The Prophet" begins In the film, a vagrant foresees the end of the world and tries to warn people, but nobody believes him They will soon enough In the second film, "The Wonderpill," a short-sighted man initially goes blind from some pills his doctor gave him, butsoon the blindness wears off and he finds they accord quite a view "La Lucha," the third story, introduces a Mexican wrestler who fights against death himself In a typical Ott twist, he wins and loses at the same time The final story, "The Hotel," depicts a traveler who goes to sleep in what seems to be an otherwise empty hotel His awakening is the stuff of nightmares Ott's O Henry-esque plot twists will delight fans of classic horror like The Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt, or modern efforts like M Night Shamalayan's films; his artwork will haunt you long after you've put the book down Автор Томас Отт Thomas Ott.  Размеры:Издательство: Fantagraphics Books, 2005 г Твердый переплет, 104 стр ISBN 1560976497.