Emily Carroll

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll. Come take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you there...

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her that have never come back, she's made it to the Countess' castle determined to snuff out the horror, but she could never be prepared for what hides within its turrets; what unfurls under its fluttering flags. Emily Carroll has fashioned a rich gothic horror charged with eroticism that doesn't just make your skin crawl, it crawls into it.

Psychological horror.

Horror.

Here once was an old woman who lived alone in the woods. After a night of heavy rain, the woman came across a ditch she had never seen before. In the ditch, laid the dead bodies of several young women. The woman had no idea who would do such a thing. It couldn't have been her mother, father or cousin because they're all dead already.

Ghost story, mystery.

This is an interactive web-comic told over 5 parts. To access each part you must click the corresponding item within Margot's Room.

Fairy tale, Horror.

Murder, decadence, cowardice, guilt, and aristocratic foxes in wigs all combine in this gorgeously poignant poem/folksong from Emily Carroll, about the futility and heartbreak one can run into when dealing with vengeance.

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dark mystery surrounding his former wife’s death. After many lonely years, Abby’s just gotten married. She met her new husband―a recently widowed dentist―when he arrived in town with his young daughter seeking a new start. Although it’s strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband’s first wife, the more things don’t add up, and Abby starts to wonder...was Sheila’s death really by natural causes? As Abby sinks deeper into confusion, Sheila’s memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life.

An online book by Emily Carroll that is about the people that live in a building. You have to click each door to open it to another room, filled with mysteries and surprises.

Horror.

Fairy tale.

Dream journal.

Fairy tale.

Fantasy. For the Wolfen Jump online anthology.

The narrator has always been in the shadow of his older, more successful and well-liked brother. When a mysterious creature begins terrorizing their village and killing its livestock, the two volunteer to venture out into the woods and kill it. The beast is slain, but only the younger brother comes back. A week later the narrator's brother walks out of the woods. But how can it be his brother, when his brother is dead? He should know. He killed his brother. (taken from TVTropes.com)

In this digital comic, Out the Door, a young boy goes on a night-time contemplation. You can read it here: http://emcarroll.com/comics/outthedoor.html

An online book by Emily Carroll exploring a lady's "pretty place." You can click on on each room to explore it, and there's a surprise waiting in each one.