Reed Crandall's mastery of fine line detail and expertly nuanced pen-and-ink texture is a perfect fit for EC Comics. This collection of 21 Crandall favorites, delineated in his classically illustrative style, includes â?oThe Silent Towns,â? a Ray Bradbury story about the last man and woman on Mars; â?oCarrion Death,â? a stark horror story about a man struggling through the desert with a corpse handcuffed to his wrist as the vultures circle closer; â?oSweetie-Pie,â? the grisly story of a ghoul who sets up a roadside hazard to procure, um, fresh meat; â?oThe Kidnapper,â? about a man who decides to kidnap a baby to replace the baby that had been stolen from him and his wife; â?oSpace Suitors,â? a science fiction love triangle that leads to jealously, betrayal, and murder, and â?oThe High Cost of Dying,â? the title story, in which a man must make an awful choice between burying his wife and feeding his children â?¦ | The High Cost Of Dying And Other Stories by Al Feldstein, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters