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THE STORY: “Hell Screen”

In Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “Hell Screen,” a sociopathic painter creates an all-too-real artwork for his psychopathic Lord. Takes Poe’s “The Oval Portrait," Wilde’s DORIAN GRAY, and Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model” in diabolical new directions.

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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Published on January 28, 2024 07:15 Tags: akutagawa, hell-screen

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Lee Rozelle
In anticipation of my forthcoming horror story collection BACKWATERS: 12 MURKY TALES, I am sharing my thoughts on horror, weird, and bizarro short stories that have influenced, impressed, and stuck wi ...more
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