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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
12th Jan, 2019 03:08:12 PM
the ink-blot titled story from Again, Dangerous Visions by Gahan Wilson?
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DrNoPuma
Since: Mar, 2015
12th Jan, 2019 03:26:53 PM
I don't think "Again, Dangerous Visions" was the anthology I read... but based on this description
, this is definitely the story. Thanks.
In fact, that description also mentions the story appearing in an anthology by Neil Gaiman called "Unnatural Creatures." I'm pretty sure that's the one I read.
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There was this short story I read in some anthology book a few years ago. However, I'm pretty sure the story itself was written much earlier than that, possibly in the 60's or 70's.
The story starts out with a rich man who is annoyed to find a little spot of ink on his tablecloth. A tiny dot is actually shown below the paragraph. The man calls his butler to clean the tablecloth, but he can't get the stain out. And whenever they turn their backs on the dot, it seems to grow (the dot is frequently illustrated below each paragraph where it's said to be growing, and each time, it is drawn slightly bigger.)
Then they notice that the dot also seems to be sprouting some sort of tendrils, and another man enters (I think he's a policeman or something) who the rich man asks for help. The rich man and the new man go to another room, leaving the butler alone with the ink blot, and when they return, the butler is gone, and the ink blot has grown even more.
The rich man and the other man somehow find out that this is some sort of Botanical Abomination from another dimension, and it will keep growing and consuming everything. The story ends with one last picture of the creature, still a solid black ink blot, but with leaves and other growths, and so big that it takes up the whole page.
To make things worse, this story's "title" was something incomprehensible, I think it was just a few smears of ink. If I could just remember who wrote it...