Authors: Ransom Riggs
And it occurred to me, standing there, just breathing with her, quiet settling around us, that those might be the three most beautiful words in the English language.
We have time
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The images that appear in this book are authentic, vintage found photographs, and with the exception of a handful that have undergone digital processing, they are unaltered. They were painstakingly collected over the course of several years: discovered at flea markets, vintage paper shows, and in the archives of photo collectors more accomplished than I, who were kind enough to part with some of their most peculiar treasures to help create this book.
The following photos were graciously lent for use by their owners:
PAGE Â Â Â | TITLE | FROM THE COLLECTION OF |
This page | Wights testing gas | Erin Waters |
This page | Man with pirates | John Van Noate |
This page | Floating girl | Jack Mord/The Thanatos Archive |
This page | Taxidermied girl | Adriana Müller |
This page | Myron Bentham | John Van Noate |
This page | Ymbrynes and their grim | Jack Mord/The Thanatos Archive |
This page | Boy with wings | John Van Noate |
This page | Bloody hallway | Jack Mord/The Thanatos Archive |
This page | Bowels of the machine | John Van Noate |
This page | Parrot in cage | John Van Noate |
This page | Inside the tower | Peter J. Cohen |
This page | Drainage pipe | John Van Noate |
This page | Doctor and nurses | John Van Noate |
This page | Man with thinning hair | John Van Noate |
This page | Man in dark glasses | John Van Noate |
This page | Boy and girl | John Van Noate |
R
ansom Riggs grew up in Florida but now makes his home in the land of peculiar childrenâLos Angeles. He was raised on a steady diet of ghost stories and British comedy, which probably explains the novels he writes. There's a nonzero chance he's in your house right now, watching you from underneath the bed. (Go ahead and check. We'll wait.) If not, you can always find him on Twitter
@ransomriggs
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