Every time, almost without fail, when I see an art contest involving something I care about I enter without hesitation. A few months ago Universal Monsters asked artists to come up a new classic monster. Obviously I didn’t win but I had a lot of fun creating my entry.
I picked up a few of my creepy books and did some research for inspiration and I came across the interesting tale of Rosalina Lombardo. She was a little girl born in 1918 and died at the age of 2. Her father was so distraught at her death that he had her immaculately embalmed. Over 100 years after her death and her body is still relatively intact and looks like she’s sleeping. Some locals believe that her eyes open and close during the day, making her an (un)living legend. It made me think “what about a ghost story where she’s sentient?” So I spun a short tale about a little girl who walks amongst the dead, longing for the love and affection of a family in the dusty catacombs. For this story I changed her name to Rosalina Lombardo.
Obviously my entry didn’t win but I had a lot of fun being creative.
Miss Laura Fear 