S.H. Sime's Hanged Wraith & Masked Figures, 'The Sword of Welleran' 1908

A gaunt, skeletal figure hangs suspended by chains from the darkness above while two masked conspirators crouch at a ladder below, transfixed by a shaft of supernatural light piercing the gloom. Mushrooms dot the shadowy earth, gnarled trees frame the scene, and an atmosphere of dread ritual pervades every inch. This is S.H. Sime at his most macabre — a perfect fusion of fairy-tale menace and occult fantasy that defined Lord Dunsany's dreamlike prose.