Shock SuspenStories #8
In "Piecemeal," a chilling tale from EC’s Shock SuspenStories #8 (1953), a man’s routine is haunted by a relentless, impossible bloodstain that spreads across his ceiling each morning—despite his efforts to hide it. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by George Evans and coloring by Marie Severin, the story unfolds with a quiet dread, building tension through the man’s growing unease and the detectives’ baffling denial of the evidence before them. The cover, penciled and inked by Al Feldstein, captures the unsettling mood of a mind unraveling.
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Every morning, after a man stabs a woman to death and stashes her body in the attic, he sees a huge bloodstain spreading across his ceiling. He tries to cover it up with paint, but every morning it's there. He even puts a bucket on the floor to collect the blood, and it appears half full to him when the suspicious detectives listen to his confession and tell him there is no stain and no blood in the bucket.
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