“The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and buckas had followed it. The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied.”
Interior illustration for The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King
Additional images from MOHAINE
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I always loved how symbolic and yet so close to reality the description of the desert could be. Perfect illustration. Never thought that the bright palette could be so earie and haunting.