Literature and Graphic Novels
- The story "Death And Venice" (From Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman : Endless Nights") parallels many aspects of "The Masque Of The Red Death" : Death of the Endless chooses a specific time to visit Italian aristocrats during a Carnival-esque ball and puts an end to it.
- The final lines of "The Masque Of The Red Death" are quoted in the short horror-western comic story "120 Days Of Djustine", written by Enrico Teodorani and drawn by Antonio Conversano.
- Stephen King makes frequent reference to "The Masque Of The Red Death" in his 1977 novel The Shining.
- Wendy Pini wrote and illustrated "Masque of the Red Death", an erotic version set in the future. It was originally published online in webcomic format between 2007 and 2010, and can now be found in print.
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