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The Curse of the Yellow Book

Finding a yellow book triggers ill fortune for an Intermediate Functionary.

The Library

Book 2, Chapter 3.


(As good a place as any to start).
In which our protagonist trawls through myth, folklore, and other esoterica, to ascribe meaning to the eponymous phenomenon.

View the complete chapter on Flickr (best) or below :

Acknowledgements - all art by GJ but drawing on Aubrey Beardsley, Albrecht Durer, Gustave Moreau, Gustave Doré,  Hieronymus Bosch, Lucas Cranach, William Blake, Henri Mattise, Eric Ravilious, and in particular Kay Nielsen (lantern slides) and Zaidenberg's woodcuts for À rebours.


All original Images copyright Graham Johnstone, or, where applicable, their respective creators. 
  • Landing Page
  • Francis Bacon
  • Uccello
  • Vermeer
  • Tangled Tales
  • The Curse of the Yellow Book
    • Introduction (1912)
    • More Pages
    • A Found Object
    • The Intermediate Functionary
    • The Book and the Curse
    • Synopsis
    • Dead Trees >
      • Dead Trees cover gallery
      • Sample Issue
      • Contributors
      • The Library (complete)
    • New >
      • Chemistry
  • More
    • The Chimera Tree
    • Reviews
    • Reviews - More
    • Dead Trees Lucky Bag
    • The Eyes of the Artists >
      • A Different Story
      • From Dead Trees >
        • Home
        • Contact Me
  • Rare
    • Create / Destroy
    • Seen From Here
    • Dead Trees (from 'The Outsider') >
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    • For Films
    • More For Films
    • Realism
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