Dark Lane Volume 5 illustrations

Every year I do some artwork for Tim Jeffries, who edits the Dark Lane Anthology - we are on volume 5 now. I always enjoy doing this kind of artwork, as I don't get a chance to do much gothic art these days.
Here are the illustrations for Volume 5:

'Death of a superhero' by Christopher Fielden

'Onryo' by David Rose

'I am called Mystery' by Robert Pope

'Holly's Web' by Bill Davidson

Scraping away the lino ink

The scraping stage: I'll concentrate on the owl first ....
I use a tool that you buy to scrape away scraperboard (or scratch board). It's better if it's not too sharp, or you can tear the paper, so use a tool that is quite worn down.