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| Author | Stephen King | 
|---|---|
| Illustrator | f-stop Fitzgerald | 
| Language | English | 
| Subject | Architecture | 
| Published | 1988 (Viking Studio Books) | 
| Publication place | United States | 
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) | 
| Pages | 128 | 
| ISBN | 978-0-670-82307-9 | 
| Preceded by | Danse Macabre (book) | 
| Followed by | On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | 
Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques is a coffee table book about architectural gargoyles and grotesques, photographed by f-stop Fitzgerald (Richard Minissali) with accompanying text by Stephen King, and published in 1988. An excerpt was published in the September 1988 issue of Penthouse . Some of the images in the book were used as textures in the video games Doom and Doom II , [1] as well as Witchaven , ShadowCaster , and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall . [2]
Kirkus Reviews found some King's text took a "teen stance" occasionally, but that it "evokes the weight and brooding presence" of gargoyles, coming to a possibility to their purpose quoting King, "venting the waste material of our own hidden fears". However, it was the stark photographs from f-stop Fitzgerald that truly stood out to the reviewer. [3]