Pickman’s Madonna

"Pickman’s Madonna" is a short story by Caitlin R. Kiernan that first appeared in the October 2013 issue of Sirenia Digest (#93).
==Overview==
The story introduces the characters of Isobel and Isaac Snow, albino, incestuous twins descended from ghouls, who raise an army to conquer the Dreamlands. The characters reappear in Kiernan's "The Peddler's Tale; or, Isobel's Revenge." The Snow family that they belong to is featured in Kiernan works like Low Red Moon and "Pickman's Other Model."
The story's title refers to an idol of a ghoulish goddess, first noted by humans in the 5th century, that was later in the possession of Richard Upton Pickman. It disappeared soon after his own disappearance, and was later rediscovered in a cave in Arabia.
== Publication History ==
The story was reprinted (revised and in part) in Cherry Bomb  (2015, Roc/NAL), a novel Kiernan wrote under the name Kathleen Tierney. It later appeared in Kiernan's collection Houses Under the Sea: Mythos Tales (Centipede Press, 2018).
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Caitlin R. Kiernan works