First published 2020
A railway signalman works alone in his signal box, positioned in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on an isolated stretch of track. His job requires him to control train movements and respond to telegraph warnings from fellow workers. But something supernatural begins to intrude on his routine. Three times, his warning bell rings in a way that only he can hear. Each phantom signal precedes the appearance of a ghostly figure. And each spectral visit foretells a catastrophic accident on his section of railway. The signalman finds himself caught between his duty to the trains that pass through his territory and the inexplicable warnings that seem to come from beyond the living world. This graphic adaptation transforms Charles Dickens' Victorian ghost story into a visual narrative, using mixed media techniques that blur the line between illustration and fine art.
Genres: adaptations, 20th-century, horror, ghost-stories, 19th-century, graphic-novels-comics
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: supernatural-elements, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Tunnel
Period: Victorian
46 pages · Paperback · Independently published