The High Cost Of Dying And Other Stories: 15

Reed Crandall’s mastery of fine line detail and expertly nuanced pen-and-ink texture is a perfect fit for EC Comics. This collection of 21 Crandall favorites, delineated in his classically illustrative style, includes “”The Silent Towns,”” a Ray Bradbury story about the last man and woman on Mars; “”Carrion Death,”” a stark horror story about a man struggling through the desert with a corpse handcuffed to his wrist as the vultures circle closer; “”Sweetie-Pie,”” the grisly story of a ghoul who sets up a roadside hazard to procure, um, fresh meat; “”The Kidnapper,”” about a man who decides to kidnap a baby to replace the baby that had been stolen from him and his wife; “”Space Suitors,”” a science fiction love triangle that leads to jealously, betrayal, and murder, and “”The High Cost of Dying,”” the title story, in which a man must make an awful choice between burying his wife and feeding his children … —- ISBN: 9781606999080