Been dreaming a lot about these recently.  My own fault for reading cult manga artist, Junji Ito, Uzumaki, before bedtime.  Bedtime reading is wind down time - nothing heavy, no academic reading, and definately no fashion stuff (hem).  But these spirals have been winding me up.  Keep dreaming classic film-set spiral staircases (like the one in The Haunting).  And, yesterday, was around a friend's house, boring her with my fascination for the silver snail she had on her mantle ... with its strangely compelling spiral pattern.

Maybe it's the graphics ... I'm so used to the idea that 'real' books have pictures only on the cover (and if you're a true reader, you'll rip the cover off too, and beat yourself with it, reciting Hail Marys).  Maybe it's a midnight descent into madness (I'm so mad, me).  Or maybe Junji Ito isn't such light reading after all.

By the way, I'm looking out for more of the same (looking out = euphimism for spending money). Here's to spirals!

Junji Ito: Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Viz SF, 1st printing, 2001