“August Heat” by W.F. Harvey – short and creepy. GBSS26/27 

August Heat” by W.F. Harvey

Number 26 of 27 Great British Short Stories 

Premise: An artist draws a man, then meets the man. A distinct lack of hilarity ensues

Review: Creepy, uncanny, unsettling etc. Very nicely done.

Outa ten: 10

Keywords: xx

Quotes: 

“Then with the rare sense of happiness which the knowledge of a good thing well done gives, I left the house”

I tried at first to persuade myself that I had seen him before, that his face, unknown to me, had found a place in some out−of−the−way corner of my memory, but I knew that I was practising little more than a plausible piece of self−deception

Words: nil

Look up: Dore Bible

The illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours are a series of 241 wood-engravings, designed by the French artist, printmaker, and illustrator Gustave Doré (1832–1883) for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours.

SOURCE

Afterlives of the story/connections to other stuff: That short story – not Appointment in Samarra – oh, something else… See also Angel Heart

Is it online? Yes