John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory Lise Barneoud opening day at the community

opening day at the community pool

The interwar period was a golden age for the occult

Full-color pages printed on both sides

she faced the cruel taunts of classmates

John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory Lise Barneoud opening day at the communityGruesome, spindly figures gather outside a house, then spirit away a dreaming youth, bed and all. The stage is set for 32 skin crawling poems imagining various children's nightmares, all with sequential illustrations by Danish horror master Mortensen. His eerie visions fade to black at the edges, like a dreamer unable to shift their focus, and inspire delicious terror all by themselves. Similarly, the short poems each evoke a distinct sense of dread