Nightmare Before Christmas, 1929 edition...
It's an illustration from the chapter "What the green tree said" in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Sentient, running Christmas trees are another thing John R. Neill had trouble drawing.
currentlyreading
Currently reading:
- The Plot and the Pendulum by Jenn McKinlay with Allyson Ryan (Narrator)
- On Morrison by Namwali Serpell
- Asteroid Hunters by Carrie Nugent
- Stuntboy #2 (In-Between Time) by Jason Reynolds with Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
- Short Story America Anthology, Volume 1 edited by T.D. Johnston
It's Friday and I'm #currentlyreading
and the last fortnight on AustCrime:
Currently reading:
- Ignore All Previous Instructions - Ada Hoffman (ebook on computer)
- In Between Days - Camryn Garrett (audiobook)
- True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color - Kory Stamper (ebook on phone)
- OverLondon - George Penney (ebook on phone and computer)
- Short Story America Anthology, Volume 1 - edited by T.D. Johnston (via Internet Archive)
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson (via Project Gutenberg)
Of these - OverLondon, True Color, and In Between Days are my main focus.
Read top to bottom, these covers tell an unintentional story...
Read the alt tag for the story.
"What is a monster but a creature of agency?" Hungerstone by Kat Dunn. (2025)