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Back in January 2008, I posted two stories from the August 1954 issue of Tales of Horror #12: "Welcome to My School" and "The Pallbearers.
"Today's fateful post comes from the same issue, and it's a wonderfully wicked tale of black magic and epic DOOM, superbly visualized by Ellis Eringer.
I have to say, as good as today's story is, it's nothing compared to the fascinating man who illustrated it.