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What's New at Arcadia

Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

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  Link   City Morgue Gift Shop
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  Link   Surrealism Artwork by Artist Josh Neuman
Surrealism by Josh Neuman. Oil And Acrylic Paintings of Symbolic and Surreal Art. Several paintings of devils and angels. Mostly Dark Artwork.
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Purchase or make your own corpse!!
  Link   The synthetic dream foundation - dark fantasy art
Dark and experimental fantasy art
  Link   Arcane Nonesuch
"Arcane Nonesuch was founded by Rebecca and Josh deVries with the intention of making eclectic hand-crafted jewelry of the dark-nature available to the public. Our ideas have since expanded and we are proud to offer new collections and products
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Art by Edward Gorey * Charles Addams * Tim Burton * Joel-Peter Witkin Mark Ryden * Roman Dirge * Michael Sowa * Madame TalbotGothic Decor ~ Haunted Portraits Posters Gargoyles Skulls DragonsEmily the Strange * Alice in Wonderland * Pirat
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  Link   The Gravestone Girls
Artwork made from Gravestone castings
  Link   Gravestone Artwear T-Shirts
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  Link   Madame Talbot's Victorian Lowbrow
Madame Talbots Victorian Lowbrow features the intense hand-drawn pen-and-ink artwork of Ashleigh Talbot. Her posters feature skeletons ghosts folk legends circus sideshow delta blues crossroads graveyards vampires Lady Luck & good fortune! She al
  Link   That Which Remains
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  Link   Bluelips Video Books Collectibles
For the do it yourself embalmer videos books and collectibles of the dismal trade. A macabre shop for the darker side of life.
  Link   Dapper Cadaver
Haunted House supplies horror props halloween costumes gothic fashion and the finest collection of corpses ever assembled.
  Link   Pushin Daisies: a mortuary novelty shop
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  Link   Oriental Trading Company
all kinds of creepy candies toys cauldrens at wholesale prices!
  Link   Postmortem Productions
Browse a unique line of merchandise from "terrorific" T-shirts to Morbideus dark art prints!
  Link   Horror and Halloween Props
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  Link   Saga Shirts - the Celtic Art your mother warned you about
Did you think that Celtic Art was all about flower faeries sweetness and light? Youve forgotten who invented Halloween. Embrace your inner pirate with our knotwork skull and crossbones t-shirt; brand yourself with a Celtic art treatment of the Biohaz
  Link   Gothic Creations
We have postcards dark links an art gallery a message board pics of "The Realm Haunted House" or just surf our on-line store that has all your halloween and gothic needs masks costumes props jewelry dragons skulls fairies medieval weapons &
  Link   Halloween and Horror Prop Rentals
Stock corpse headstone and horror rentals. Custom Prop Fabrication. Gallery of behind the scenes photos from horror flix.
  Link   Coffin It Up
This website features coffin furniture jewelry and storage boxes handmade coffins for burial and saw blades painted with coffin and grave-related scenes.
  Link   Grave Images
Skulls death imagery and other dark art you can wear