The late Brian Catling, a renowned sculptor and writer, released his final novel, , in 2021. It is a work of "weird fiction" or "Gothic fantasy" that draws heavily from the nightmarish, surreal imagery of painter Hieronymus Bosch .
: A YA dark fantasy novel by Krystal Sutherland, focusing on the three mysterious Hollow sisters and their sinister childhood disappearance.
: Reviewers from Strange Horizons describe the book as capturing a "melancholic, world-shattering tone" reminiscent of Elden Ring . Catling uses his background in fine arts to weave a world where the monsters of Bosch’s paintings aren't just symbols but physical, prowling threats.
: The novel explores themes of "occluded forms of knowledge," religious sacrality, and the "ineffable gaps" in a rational world. The Hollow (Animated Feature Film)
The late Brian Catling, a renowned sculptor and writer, released his final novel, , in 2021. It is a work of "weird fiction" or "Gothic fantasy" that draws heavily from the nightmarish, surreal imagery of painter Hieronymus Bosch .
: A YA dark fantasy novel by Krystal Sutherland, focusing on the three mysterious Hollow sisters and their sinister childhood disappearance.
: Reviewers from Strange Horizons describe the book as capturing a "melancholic, world-shattering tone" reminiscent of Elden Ring . Catling uses his background in fine arts to weave a world where the monsters of Bosch’s paintings aren't just symbols but physical, prowling threats.
: The novel explores themes of "occluded forms of knowledge," religious sacrality, and the "ineffable gaps" in a rational world. The Hollow (Animated Feature Film)
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