Fresh from Satan’s oven. (Cover art for The Bad Samaritan by Robert Barnard)
Tag: Creatures
Worldbuilding Wednesday 4/14/21: The Best of Twittersnips (Animals)
What would you call this little critter that looks to be part tiger, part squirrel, and part pussycat? I’m sure there are similar undiscovered species lurking somewhere on this earth or another. These names are culled from my Twitter feed, from the years 2017 – 2020. Imaginary Animals Mammalian predators Gray-marbled Tigral Bat-Eared Leopard …
Sea Serpent
Arthur Rackham’s version of a sea monster featuring some very wild dentition.
Just Passing Through
Never mind me, just passing through.
Worldbuilding Wednesday 2/17/21: Fairy Tales II
The plasticity of fairy tales is demonstrated by these illustrations of Beauty and the Beast from over the years. In the original fairy tale, the Beast is never explicitly described, so artists had to use their imaginations. From the top left, going clockwise, he’s a spotted hyena, a wolf-boar, a very weird walrus-mole hybrid, and …
Now That’s a Reindeer!
Extinct prehistoric deer Sinomegaloceros, which boastged a triceratops-like frill over its head.
Headless Juggler
Not sure what this is or what it means. But it’s cool nonetheless.
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