The Furry Trap (Horror Stories, 2004-2011) #[nn]

Josh Simmons' The Furry Trap collects his unsettling horror stories from 2004–2011 in this 2012 Fantagraphics volume, and the cover sets the mood immediately — a dimly lit interior hallway where a trail of red footprints winds ominously from one shadowy room to another, the spaces bathed in sickly yellows and greens. Every detail Simmons renders, from the cluttered shelves to the quietly smoking kitchen beyond, radiates a creeping domestic dread that feels far more threatening than any monster ever could. It's a striking piece of work that signals exactly the kind of quietly suffocating horror waiting inside.