What would you do if a meteorite landed in your own front yard?
And not just any meteorite, but one that turns out to be some kind of mysterious force that will drain the life out of you and your surroundings?
Illustrator Sara Barkat lends her vision to H.P. Lovecraft’s timeless science fiction tale to bring you an entrancing read about a family that faces exactly this chilling tragedy. Barkat’s interest in the intricacies of our natural and built world rises to the surface in beautifully-detailed illustrations that will send you deeper into the story—gripping both your heart and mind.
Barkat is also the illustrator of the classic story The Yellow Wallpaper and is the writer/illustrator for the existential comic strip The Sadbook Collections. (Subscribe at sadbook.substack.com). Her debut science fiction collection The Shivering Ground & Other Stories was an Indie Excellence Awards finalist.
Sara Barkat is the author of the National Indie Excellence Awards finalist The Shivering Ground & Other Stories. She is also the illustrator of two graphic novels: The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Colour out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft. Sara adores art, sailing, random coding projects, and quantum physics. You can find her at sarabarkat.com or drawing mostly daily at sadbook.substack.com