Grave Markings
by Michael A. Arnzen 
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Grave Markings follows the tortured mental breakdown of Mark Michael Kilpatrickan artist driven to purge visions of hell from his tainted mind by permanently working his ink into the skins of unwilling victimsthe flesh of both the living and freshly dead.News reporter Roy Roberts finds himself drawn into an obsession with tattoo culture, at the same time as Kilpatricks own compulsions produce sicker and sicker masterpieces that attract media attention, twisting in a spiral that inevitably show more brings Roberts and his loved ones into Kilpatricks morbidly perverse universe, and the artists deadly inkgun turns toward themAnd the ink keeps spreading Now, for the first time in trade paperback, readers can find out why this novel won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Critics Guild Award, and such widespread acclaim across the horror genre. Included in this special Twentieth Anniversary edition are 50 pages of insightful BONUS material by Arnzen: a new preface, five literary essays, and four short stories (two never before published) involving bikers, tattoo and terror. show lessTags
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One of the smartest stories I've ever read! This book takes you deep into the world of tattoos and holds you there--in suspense--througout. I felt that the characters were well defined, and the story rich in depth. Hell, I actually wanted to get a tattoo after reading it! I didn't, but it was tempting. The inside world of that craft is amazing and Mike really brings it to the front.
I am a big fan of his horror shorts and poetry, but I hope Mike graces us with another meaty novel like this one (and Play Dead).
I am a big fan of his horror shorts and poetry, but I hope Mike graces us with another meaty novel like this one (and Play Dead).
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- Original publication date
- 1994-11
- Important places
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- Publisher's editor
- Cavelos, Jeanne
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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