Category: Horror

Our Trash Will Eat Us

…eventually. All things take time.   (artwork by Phil McDermott)

Sea Monster

The last thing the oceanographer saw.   (Concept art from the Syfy movie Dinoshark)

Laughter

laughing mannequins full of evil

They are laughing at you always. And they never stop.

Black Queen III

The Black Queen’s personal life was full of misery, which was odd for such a powerful figure. Sad to say, she wasn’t above taking it out on her slaves.   (Misery by FrankT on DeviantArt)

Seeming Perfection

A crazed artist vented her rage at the mannequin’s seeming perfection. Shortly she moved on to human subjects.

Black Queen II

Her visage was so terrible she always kept it masked…. until the day a handsome man was able to pierce it. But that’s another story.

Worldbuilding Wednesday, 7/12/17: Organizations Clearly Up to No Good

Fantasy fiction (and science fiction, for that matter) is full of secret societies, thieves’ guilds, Hellfire clubs, and other associations for like-minded individuals. Often these are major drivers of the plot. Frank Herbert’s Dune would not be the same without the Bene Gesserit, or The Wheel of Time seriesĀ  the Aes Sedai. H.P. Lovecraft had …

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Tea Party

Crumpets and finger sandwiches, anyone?   (Ceramic art by Ronit Baranga)