Horror
The Man in the Picture
2007·145 pages
A Cambridge professor shares the eerie secret of a Venetian carnival painting that can entrap the living within its frame.
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A Cambridge professor shares the eerie secret of a Venetian carnival painting that can entrap the living within its frame.
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An extraordinary ghost story from a modern master. In the apartment of Oliver's old professor at Cambridge, there is a painting on the wall, a mysterious depiction of masked revelers at the Venice carnival. On this cold winter's night, the old professor has decided to reveal the painting's eerie secret. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim...
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Sexual content
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Marriage and honeymoon threads; mild attraction, no explicit scenes
Violence & gore
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Supernatural deaths and entrapment; atmospheric peril, little gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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Brief social drinking in an academic setting
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Cursed painting traps victims; demonic force central to the plot
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Victims suffer curse-driven harm rooted in jealousy and obsession
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