A Pickman Original

"A Pickman Original" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Logan Noble. It was published in the Matthew Carpenter-edited anthology Pickman's Gallery by Ulthar Press in 2018.
==Synopsis==
Wealthy art lover Walter, a man with an obsessional interest in the vanished artist Richard Upton Pickman, learns that a previously-unseen collection of Pickman's works has come up for sale. He quickly contacts the seller and buys the works, one of which is wrapped in protective paper and accompanied by a note warning of dire consequences should anyone look upon it.
When Walter gets the piece home, he peels off the covering and admires at the work, titled The Witch of Copp's Hill, which shows a picture of a pack of ghouls cavorting in a cemetery no more than a mile from Walter's home. As he looks on, the picture begins to change, with the ghouls tearing a victim to pieces and prostrating themselves in front of a mysterious woman, before turning to stare directly at him.
Determined to prove to himself that what he had just witnessed was a hallucination, Walter makes his way to the cemetery. However, upon his arrival he discovers to his horror that what he witnessed was no mere hallucination, but a vision of his fate.
Category:Logan Noble works
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