Haunted

2008 Oct 28
Comments 25
Published In Books, Random
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But see, amid the mimic rout
A crawling shape intrude!
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
It writhes!- it writhes!- with mortal pangs
The mimes become its food,
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.

—From “The Conqueror Worm”, Edgar Allan Poe

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Design Tags Black, Franklin Caslon, Orange, Photo, Red
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Permalink for this comment Kari Pätilä says: October 28, 2008

Once upon a midnight dreary, this reminded me of Filth by Irvine Welsh.
Permalink for this comment mikemetcalf says: October 28, 2008

Awesome.
Permalink for this comment Anthony Bruno says: October 28, 2008

Im really enjoying the whole theme. Glad to see someone going the extra mile. Well Done!
Permalink for this comment Martijn says: October 28, 2008

With flash disabled all the text gets cut (in Fx3.0.3 that is). Fired WebKit to see it with flash and rocks!

Now I’m wondering whether it’s just Firefox that cuts the lines when there is no flash or other browsers aswell?
Permalink for this comment Jason Campbell says: October 28, 2008

Mimes is good eats, they go down quiet.
Permalink for this comment Ryan Merrill says: October 28, 2008

Nice work!

It’s great to see someone trying to evolve an online publication like yours with a new theme almost every post.

After being a print designer and trying to migrate to the Web, it’s refreshing to know that individual designs can still be done for individual articles.

Keep up the good work.
Permalink for this comment Jason Santa Maria says: October 28, 2008

@ Martijn : I wrestled with sIFR for a while yesterday and finally just had to stop and accept how far I was able to get. I know that this post will anger people who have trouble viewing sIFR content (like some Linux folks) or some random browser builds. Sorry gang!
Permalink for this comment Steve Killen says: October 28, 2008

Woohoo! I was worried we would not see a Halloween theme this year but here it is in all its glory. Great use of sIFR too!
Permalink for this comment Kurt Cruse says: October 28, 2008

The comment skulls are a nice touch.
Permalink for this comment Jack Osborne says: October 28, 2008

Jason, this is absolutely gorgeous!
Permalink for this comment Steven Southard says: October 28, 2008

It looks nice. I like your treatment of the image. sIFR always works better then I think it should. Maybe some day we’ll have a internet font repository and browsers will just borrow fonts on the fly. I’m probably still dreaming. Keep up the interesting work.
Permalink for this comment Matt Radel says: October 28, 2008

Dude, I love the hell outta Poe – great post.
Permalink for this comment Mike D. says: October 28, 2008

Nice! Love the sIFR. Thank you for help fighting typographical communism on the web. You live in the real America.
Permalink for this comment Max Weir says: October 28, 2008

Another amazing design! The skulls are a perfect touch and a great idea too! Love your work.
Permalink for this comment James DeAngelis says: October 28, 2008

Dude. Awesome!

Really love how the eeriness of the poem is captured in the post (even the small details like the skulls next to the commenters names).

Just perfect!
Permalink for this comment yani says: October 29, 2008

fantastic looking post!
Permalink for this comment Able Parris says: October 29, 2008

This really sets the mood for the coming weekend. I love it! This post also reminds me of your Layer Tennis match for some reason, but maybe I’m mistaken.

Cheers!
Permalink for this comment progressiveOne says: October 29, 2008

Fantastic presentation of awesome Poe’s poem. The mood of this article is so deep. Love the Franklin Caslon’s noise.
Thanks Jason for reinventing the online “blogging culture”.
Permalink for this comment Kyle Weems says: October 29, 2008

Very sexy.

My favorite part is the little skull icons for the comments.
Permalink for this comment Shane says: October 29, 2008

I’m loving the Halloween LOVE! I was beginning to wonder if it was ever gonna make an appearance this year as well.

Halloween is becoming just as exciting as it was when I was a kid, now that I have a kid and once again have an excuse to hit the streets again.
Permalink for this comment Kristy Melgoza says: October 29, 2008

Creepy quote, Jason. We likes it!
Permalink for this comment Josh Stodola says: October 30, 2008

I like the background image and the skulls – very nice touch. Too bad sIFR blows.
Permalink for this comment miss.shellie says: October 31, 2008

…the little skull is definitely an added bonus. ;)
Permalink for this comment Javier Centeno says: November 04, 2008

I played with sIFR for a while and ended up giving up! But maybe I should look into it once again. I’m tired of the same fonts! (I know… who isn’t) :(
Permalink for this comment Kelly DeLay says: November 10, 2008

Amazing work Jason.

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