Ghoulishfright
My only piece of criticism on what you already have finished, and it's profoundly trivial indeed, is that the font on the entry-pages is too dark in relation to the drawings and borders, and consequently it lessens the “faded page” effect. Other than that, this is really awesome.

I did play around with the colour of the font, but unfortunately it just made it harder to read. So thats why it's just black.

Sinister
Cool! Going to publish it? If so, I'm buying one.

Possible leatherbound edition…Perhaps…Maybe…

Fans of this should also be ready to check out the upcoming haunted britain book, which will feature my artwork.

I see you're posting updates on GB:A site. You should probably post updates here as well. Just a suggestion.

Well, you could just bookmark the site and take a look at it directly if you want to check for updates.

I should probably offer you some criticism. Now, I understand that your motivation in all this is primarily art, and the art is all solid so far. However, it wouldn't hurt to write in descriptions of the creatures that extend beyond half a page. Also, this strikes me as a Tobin's Spirit Guide for kids. Where are you getting your information from? It's like every other creature has a note in its description pointing out its preference for eating the flesh of children. I guess kids would be your core audience, should you have this published, but honestly, do you think parents want their spawn to be reading books about a variety of fugly monsters that all want them dead?

Haha, Thanks Adam. While I never really intended this to be a conclusive guide to the paranormal (can there even be a conclusive guide to the paranormal?) I was aiming more for the Zombie Survival Guide, kinda vibe, just lightly touching on some of the core issues and the storys of the monsters, while keeping tounge firmly in cheek.
I'm getting my information from a variety of sources, websites, books, shaking down old people, ect. ect. While I'll never straight up make up a story about a monster, I sometimes have to embellish a little bit, otherwise most of the entrys would be ALOT shorter. Sometimes you get something like Lilith, which could easily fill pages and pages, and sometimes you get a spirit like the banshee who barely fills a paragraph. Thats just the way some folk tales are. Again, I want to keep focused on the actual monsters, and not the fact's behind the fiction. (thats a whole other book!)
I too noticed that a majority of these monsters love to gobble up the kids, I'm guessing it's because a majority of these storys where told as cautionary tales to children. And what scares kids more then a slow and painfull death? Or maybe kids are just yummy? That being said, I never really intended the book for children, but it's the kinda book I would have loved as a child.
Anyway, thanks again for your comments Adam, I appreciate them and have taken them into consideration.

Hey, that can be your next project: Cooking Children by Richard Crypt, prefaced by Robert Englund.

Adam Bestler
Hey, that can be your next project: Cooking Children by Richard Crypt, prefaced by Robert Englund.

And don't forget Side Notes by Adam Bestler.

I smell best nytimes sellers list!!!




…and burnt hair.

I'm afraid I can't help you with that. I prefer to eat children while they're still alive.

Maybe you can concoct Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal into a Cordon Bleu cousine.

Two new updates today, Ghouls and Kappas are now there for your reading pleasure.