I hope you had a fun Halloween weekend! For those of you who are a little disappointed that the week of monsters and ghouls are over, I have something that will make you happy – a book that celebrates all things dark!

Dreams Are The Genus is a new collaborative book project edited by alternative photographer and illustrator Tigz Rice, and features 7 dark artists and one truly terrifying writer that will make your skin crawl! The book is due to be released on the 27th of November, but you can preorder your copy right here. The artists featured in the book are: Audrey Newhouse, Matt Grundy, Peter Tinkler, Tigz Rice, Kirsty Greenwood, Natsuki Otani and Nelson Evergreen.

How’s that for prolonging the festive fun of the dark arts?

Following the first part of our illustrated calendars feature, here’s part two of the round-up!

Adventures calendar from Sally Harless — (her Etsy shop is named Sadly Harmless, which I think is a riot!) {Thanks Melanie!}

Beautiful Totel Animals at Play 2011 letterpress calendar by Tara Hogan of Ink and Wit.

Pretty 2011 tea-towel calendar by Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cicada Studio.

Camilla’s yearly calendar never disappoints, and you can pick up her 2011 calendar over here. {Thanks Charlotte!}

Gingiber’s owl calendars are a hoot!

Wolfie and the Sneak’s 2011 calendar — you can see the rest of her illos over here in her Flickr stream.

If you like big calendars, then this Big Calendar Print by Judy Kaufmann would be perfect for you!

And here’s a calendar that stands on its own — Cloudery’s 2011 Constellation Calendar, which is a calendar that is made in collaboration with Plywerk.

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Speaking of round-ups, this week’s been a fantastic one — PikaBooks was featured on Booooooom, Poppytalk and also Creative Boom, so I’m extending the offer of 10% off with the code YAYPIKA until Monday! Also, there’s a fun giveaway from our sponsor Eszter Schall to keep you entertained (be sure to read the comments!)

Have a great weekend everyone and I’ll catch you all again next week!

Loving the work of Germany-based illustrator and designer Marieke Engelke. She channels Picasso in an entirely modern and fun style – and I really like that her illustrations are playful with a raw quality to them. I think they would be fantastic for editorial spreads!

{Sent in by the fab Jealous Curator — thanks D!}