Illuminations

I'm a sucker for insanely vivid and viscerally detailed descriptions with the most brazen display of writing ability and that is Alan Moore's bread and butter. It's the closest you can get to seeing pictures while still reading words.

I see why the comics medium appealed to him in the first place.

Some of the stories in here are fantastically high concept, others are good old fashioned small town horror, and his takedown of the comics industry will leave you feeling suitably dirty afterwards.