{"product_id":"seance-in-the-asylum-paperback","title":"Seance in the Asylum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClay McLeod Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Marcello Grassi\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClay McLeod Chapman (\u003ci\u003eGhost Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e) and Leonardo Marcello Grassi (\u003ci\u003eUndiscovered Country\u003c\/i\u003e) team up for a horrific and creepy comics series! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSéance in the Asylum \u003c\/i\u003ewill have you questioning what is real, and what's not...or in this case, who's mad, who's sane, or who's actually possessed? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1865. The Civil War finally reaches its grueling end. Soldiers returning from the frontline come home broken, their minds shattered. An influx of patients overwhelms The Ashcroft Hospital, an asylum in upstate New York. Dr. John James Templeton is busy developing a radical new theory: spiritualism--the act of communicating with the dead--is its own form of therapy. What better way to draw out these mental maladies then with a little assistance from the other side? Templeton enlists Alicia Wilkinson, a medium who as a young girl established herself as a sought-after conduit capable of contacting the dead...but her own past continues to haunt her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese séance sessions become a cutting-edge form of \"spectral therapy,\" where patients are permitted to converse with, perhaps expunge, their own maladies. By reaching out beyond the veil of our own world, these spirits aid in drawing out the illness of the patient. But something is changing in the patients. They are acting different...possessed, perhaps. Templeton's experiment is a success. Too successful. It is up to Alicia to understand what is happening to the patients of Ashcroft...before it's too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eSéance in the Asylum \u003c\/i\u003eissues #1-#4.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClay McLeod Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels \u003ci\u003eThe Remaking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhisper Down the Lane\u003c\/i\u003e. In the world of comics, his is the author of creator-owned series \u003ci\u003eLazaretto\u003c\/i\u003e (BOOM! Studios) and \u003ci\u003eSelf Storage\u003c\/i\u003e (451 Media Group). Recently, he wrote the sci-fi series \u003ci\u003eOrigins\u003c\/i\u003e for BOOM! Studios. He's also written for Vertigo Comics (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVertigo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e), and Z2 comics. At Marvel Comics, he was the writer for the ongoing series \u003ci\u003eScream: Curse of Carnage\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as for \u003ci\u003eDevil's Reign: Villains for Hire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExtreme Carnage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing In Black: Scream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeb of Venom: Empyre's End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIron Fist: Phantom Limb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTyphoid Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdge of Venomverse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdge of SpiderVerse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Spider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 10.1 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437860143325,"sku":"9781506743219","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/jQarXE3plw9781506743219.webp?v=1771410439","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/seance-in-the-asylum-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}