John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory Lise Barneoud she became the first Black

she became the first Black child to integrate the all-white William Frantz Elementary in Louisiana

she faced the cruel taunts of classmates

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me

opening day at the community pool

John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory Lise Barneoud she became the first BlackGruesome, spindly figures gather outside a house, then spirit away a dreaming youth, bed and all. The stage is set for 32 skin crawling poems imagining various children's nightmares, all with sequential illustrations by Danish horror master Mortensen. His eerie visions fade to black at the edges, like a dreamer unable to shift their focus, and inspire delicious terror all by themselves. Similarly, the short poems each evoke a distinct sense of dread