Inns / A strange roadside establishment
The Hospice
An imagined sign inspired by Robert Aickman’s The Hospice. Respectable cream enamel and burgundy lettering sit beneath a warmly lit window and an unnervingly deep corridor. Quiet literary horror in a vintage hospitality design.
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Behind the sign.
Every place has a story.
- WHERE TO FIND IT
- A strange roadside establishment
- ON THE BOOKSHELF
- Robert Aickman — The Hospice
The local knowledge
In Robert Aickman’s story The Hospice, a lost traveller named Maybury seeks food and shelter at an unfamiliar establishment. Its hospitality becomes increasingly unsettling. The story turns the reassuring rituals of a meal and a bed for the night into something difficult to explain.
Our interpretation
An imagined sign inspired by Robert Aickman’s The Hospice. Respectable cream enamel and burgundy lettering sit beneath a warmly lit window and an unnervingly deep corridor. Quiet literary horror in a vintage hospitality design.