From our in the studio feature from last summer

A charcoal illustration by Michael Whelan completed for the interior of Dragons of Darkness, an anthology edited by Orson Scott Card.

Fans may recall that Michael’s illustration FILED TEETH was slated for the cover of this book, but the publisher used it for the preceeding volume Dragons of Light.

“Filed Teeth” is the title of a short story by Glenn Cook collected in that second volume. The B&W illustration accompanies that story.

Because of confusion surrounding the cover, I thought this interior was an interesting find. It’s a large drawing, approximately the size of a painting.