The Weird and the Wonderful CCXVII: The Other Side by Alfred Kubin

Czech born Austrian illustrator Alfred Kubin was once renowned for his bizarre black and white illustrations, giving any stories they accompanied a decidely macabre air. But back in the early 1900s, he attempted a writing career, writting his "The Other Side", a story of what happens when a rich man builds himself his own nation in North India, and forces everyone there to dress in wigs while he creepily stares off into space....and just as you think how quaint this all is, that's when the laws of nature give out and people start dying.
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[@shifterverse]

Hey W@W! Wow someones channel has grown :) I'm glad to see your niche is finally finding the audience it deserves :)

[@WeirdWonderful]

Thanks, I do try, it be a struggle sometimes XD

[@eladiov.5140]

I knew his illustrations and his biography but I didn't even know he had written a novel. I'll try to get it soon.

[@WeirdWonderful]

Sadly, if what I read on his life is true, the casual drugs he used to help with his drawings may have resulted in him being unable to write any more, which is an absolute crying shame.