{"product_id":"the-resurrectionist-isbn-9781594746161","title":"The Resurrectionist","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon’s lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature.”—Erin Morgenstern, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Night Circus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist \u003c\/i\u003eoffers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black’s magnum opus: \u003ci\u003eThe Codex Extinct Animalia\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eGray’s Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.\u003cb\u003eNamed as Part of Bustle's Scariest Book in Your State for Pennsylvania.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Disturbingly lovely . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Deliciously macabre and beautifully grotesque.”—Erin Morgenstern, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Color us captivated. This collection seems a treat for anatomy enthusiasts and creaturephiles alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“E.B. Hudspeth’s \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e is PFA (that’s pretty freaking amazing).”—\u003ci\u003eComicsBeat.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “These detailed and fantastical drawings will intrigue any reader curious about the hypothetical anatomy of mythical creatures such as mermaids, minotaurs, and harpies. In the context of the story that precedes them, they prompt disquieting thoughts about the extreme lengths to which the fictional Dr. Black may have been willing to go to prove his assumptions, and what—or who—may have served as his models.”—\u003ci\u003eForeWord Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A bit of Charles Darwin and a bit of P.T. Barnum.”—\u003ci\u003eInked Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Doctors Moreau and Frankenstein should make room for a new member of their league of extraordinarily grotesque gentlemen, for there is a new mad scientist in pop culture.”—Aaron Sagers, \u003ci\u003eMTV Geek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The vivid imagery unveiled becomes the dark fantasy response to \u003ci\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eFilter Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is a welcome addition to any library of dark fantasy, with its beautiful portraiture and gripping description of a man’s descent into perversity.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, “Pick of the Week”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A masterful mash-up of Edgar Allan Poe and Jorge Luis Borges, with the added allure of gorgeous, demonically detailed drawings.  I’ve never seen anything quite like \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e, and I doubt that I will ever forget it.”—Chase Novak, author of \u003ci\u003eBreed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fans of Neil Gaiman, Hieronymus Bosch, and the Mütter Museum are sure to love [\u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black\u003c\/i\u003e] and the rest will certainly be both astounded and intrigued by what you find inside!”—\u003ci\u003eThe Garden Island \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. B. Hudspeth \u003c\/b\u003eis an artist and author living in New Jersey. This is his first book.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e1878\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fawn-Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlphonse is growing so wonderfully, like a plant in the spring. What a miracle, what a machine; I am increasingly grateful for his healthy deliverance into the world. —Dr. Spencer Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Spencer Black’s career and aspirations changed after he paid a visit to a local carnival (the exact name of which remains unknown). Featured among the giants, acrobats, and other “marvels of nature” roaming the sideshows was an anatomy museum—an exhibit of strange medical artifacts and bizarre biological specimens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe anatomy museums, along with cabinets of curiosities, had been popular scientific novelty collections for hundreds of years; many of these grand accumulations are still available for public view. It was this show that eclipsed Black’s previous work and inspired him to study what would become one of the most bizarre and unique pursuits of any scientist, least of all one with his talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese sideshows, of which I have seen many, are typically decrepit affairs leaving one with a great thirst for civility, men, and manners. The performers are often subjects of ridicule and humiliation, and they usually become patients of mine in the Ward—seeking a better life or, at the least, humanity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe show was primarily a showcase of well-known abnormalities with a few less common defects of the human form. The collection included a skeleton of conjoined twins, fused at the skull; the monster-baby (a pig fetus in a jar); and the south pacific mermaid (a monkey and trout sewn together). all the displays were easily identified by anyone familiar with science and medicine. The exception was the fawn-child, a deceased young boy displaying an orthopedic condition that had caused his knees to bend the wrong way. The bones were misshapen, and excessive hair was present over the entire surface of the skin; there were bone or calcium growths at the top of his skull, which gave the appearance of juvenile horns. The dead child was preserved in a large alcohol-filled glass jar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack was convinced that the specimen held a secret to his research. He believed that the mutations were manifestations of the ancient past he had written about—evidence of a genetic code that was not completely eradicated. Some have argued that Black found answers in places where there was no need for questions. Whatever the case, the encounter with the fawn-child fueled his obsession for finding a cure for the deformation that was paramount in his work. 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