While the MOTHER anthology is cast and the stories are in (and amazing), the artwork has just started being slow-released ahead of the worldwide publication date of Mother’s Day, 2023. The artists on board are phenomenal, and have been creating some of the most provocative illustrations to be featured in horror today. With the art of Sinan Kutlu Kuytuoglu and Bilge Demir gracing the pages of this more than 90k-word anthology, this will be a fantastic addition to any real horror short fiction fan’s library.
Sinan Kutlu KuytuĞlu is an artistic director and illustrator from Istanbul, Turkey. With a penchant for horror and several national commercial design projects under his belt, he marries a phenomenal artistic vision with an understanding of how to use images to invoke dread. For the MOTHER anthology, Sinan has been commissioned to create 10 new pieces of artwork to bring select stories to life. This includes “The Sire,” from Steve Rasnic Tem, a disturbing story about a woman who unwittingly becomes a mother to a strange group of children.
Additional artwork is being provided by Bilge Demir. A concept artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, Bilge is a student of art at Anadolu University in Eskişehir, Turkey. A highly-rated freelancer, she has also been able to work with the T.C. Ministry of National Education helping to develop the Anatolian Fairy Tales Project which was published in 2018. Bilge was just one of the artists that were nationally recognized with art in the 15-volume set.
Bilge is contributing three new illustrations for the MOTHER anthology, including this unusual image pulled from Hailey Piper’s disturbing story, “The Last Leaf of an Ursine Tree.” In a world where girl-children become women via a strange connection with animals, this story highlights the savagery of the process of growing up.
You can learn more about Sinan and Bilge by visiting their online work spaces. You can also see more of their art by preordering Mother: Tales of Love and Terror. All preorders made before Sept. 15th come with a free ebook: The Monster Manifesto!
*Featured Image is from “720ª” by Steve Toase, art by Sinan Kutlu KuytuĞlu
The Weird Team is comprised of several unhinged individuals that have a love of life and a lust for adventure. They scour the world to find the strangest, scariest, and most wonderful news in the universe.
