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Was there a story about a girl and a ribbon in the book you read, and when the ribbon was removed her head fell off?
If so it might have been “In a Dark, Dark Room” but that was published in the 80s
edit: I’d also look at Ed Gorey as well, his art style is in that same vein. Also i can’t read
No clue if that's what OP was referring to, but for the longest time I thought that story about the ribbon was just a fever dream. I could only vaguely recall it, could never find the story when I searched what I could remember, but what you replied is definitely it.
The story is such a core memory to me for some reason. I know what you mean about it being a fever dream, i remember reading it in a library book as a small child then never being able to find it again until i was an adult, so Im glad someone else has been in that situation
This has unlocked some vague memory for me. I only (but very specifically) remember her head falling off after untying the ribbon
In a Dark, Dark Room seems to be from something a little later and slimmer. My book was also a good inch and a half thick, maybe pushing 200 pages depending on paper weight.
Ed Gorey specifically got me thinking about this book again, but his style is also not quite right. Thanks for the suggestions, though!
Oh I had that book, and Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark, so I just assumed that story was in the latter. Funny what you misremember! I definitely remember that one clearly. Now I want to go look at the list of stories…
Damn. It had the drowned prison ghost and the casket bobbing up while the two guys were fishing. I need to get a copy of this. Forgot all about it until just now. It was genuinely frightening in an eerie way.