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Pulp writer. Arkham Horror and Zombicide Invader tie-ins. Supernatural adventure novels! Monster mash-ups. Talking demon dogs, psychic possums, disembodied alien heads... the usual stuff. "Master of the unsettling!" - PW
A rodent hand, with four short fingers with curved claws. The short thumb has a dirty, awkwardly human-looking nail.
Reminder: most rodents have thumb nails rather than claws.
In fact the ancestor of all rodents probably had nails.
They probably evolved independently from our nails but for similar reasons: nails are good for dexterous food handling.
📸Missagia et al 2025
The Mills of the Gods by Tim Powers: Review by Gary K. Wolfe locusmag.com/review/...
Photo of a Cladonia podetium that is comprised of a thick stalk that’s grey in colour and covered in green scales/squamules plus apothecia at the top that are brown in colour with a bubbly/lumpy surface.
Cladonia sp lichen. NWT, Canada.
Lichen is about 3cm high. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Near perfect cubes of Pyrite from a mine in Spain. These natural crystals have not been carved, cut, or polished and are shown just as they came from the earth.
This 1.8kilo specimen has 3 amazing cubes that sit attached to their original limestone matrix.
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The British Museum photo shows a six-sided, cube-shaped die carved from rock crystal on a grey surface. The six sides are numbered one to six. The numbers are represented by circular incised markings, which comprise of a dark outer ring with a dark dot at the centre. Length: 9 - 13 millimetres, width: 9 - 13 millimetres. Display lighting casts a shadow beneath the die.
Timeless design!
Roman rock crystal gaming die marked one to six like modern dice 🎲 1st-2nd century AD.
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#Archaeology
A paperback book: THE THING -- THE NEW CLASSIC OF ALIEN TERROR -- A NOVEL BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER -- BASED ON A SCREENPLAY BY BILL LANCASTER (1982). The turquoise cover art shows insectile legs and a glowing red eye submerged in an icy waste that reaches to a diffuse horizon.
Writing something about the new edition of The Thing Artbook, and I've finally traced the uncredited artist for the cover of the Bantam novelisation. It's Jim Burns. Rather vague where the film is concerned but it's still the best of the novelisation covers.
The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.
Statue of a monstrous creature say the basic body template is a dog but the mouth has big fangs and is opened almost as big as a frogs I think the statue is made of bronze but the eyes appear to be a different material in red glass maybe I don't know and this creature also appears to have spikes or spines or something coming out of its back
Spirit guardian, Henan or Hebei China, ca. 500-534
Close up of a section of a brown lichen with one big, round apothecium…looking a bit like an alien creature with one big eye. Blue sky (no pun intended) in the background.
Cetraria islandica, an edible #lichen, often called Iceland Moss…even though it isn’t a moss. Looks very Star Trek. Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends
Close-up of a hedgehog figurine. It is glazed in a bright blue, its eyes are black. The glaze is chipped in many places but remains mostly intact
A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt.
The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin
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See, this is what the internet is really about: a lovely older gentleman showing off the massive purple cabbage he grew whilst wearing a purple cabbage print hat and coat.
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Happy Noirvember to all who celebrate! On the Criterion Channel, enjoy a wide array of private eyes, femmes fatales, toughs, and fall guys in our British Noir, Blackout Noir and Japanese Noir collections, plus so much more! 🖤
Ciruelo Cabral, Black Cat
Ciruelo Cabral, Black Cat
Selfie of a man with curly brown hair, a full beard, and glasses. He is smiling and wearing a plaid shirt.
The happiness of flannel shirt season...
Black cat staring over the edge of a couch covered with blankets.
I am the prey
Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
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Latest read (audio), Swords and Ice Magic (1973-77); the earliest Fafhrd & Gray Mouser stories are generally the most fondly remembered (and they are great) but Leiber, in his sixties, when he wrote these short stories (and a novel) is really wonderful here as well.
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It takes a lot of really talented people to make movies great.
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Since FALLEN STAR came out last week, I've been bombarded with messages from scammers pretending to be famous authors, just wanting to be my pal. I was curious what Fake Dan Brown wanted from me. Here is our exchange. leegoldberg.com/my-conversat...
Polished off a lobster roll, nursing my second cold pint, and waiting for the theremin music to kick in...
Types of bouncers and liens and stuff you get but basic pinball layout sweet little illustration in blue red and yellow a woman with yellow skin and a blue dress with blue hair sort of looks like Marge Simpson's great-grandmother watering a yellow flower from a can with a red background
Ramón Manchón, 1926
In addition to A FISTUL OF DOLLARS, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY... We have: THE DEVIL'S DOLLAR SIGN, A COFFIN FULL OF DOLLARS, BLOOD FOR A DIRTY DOLLAR, THE MILLION DOLLAR BLOODHUNT and A DOLLAR TO DIE FOR.
So today I learned that there were tie-in novels for THE DOLLARS TRILOGY that went beyond the movies and boy do they have some amazing titles.
very ornate bundle of snakes.
‘Serpents’ corsage ornament by René Lalique, 1889-1900
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The writhing mass of a Shoggoth, a monstrous amalgam of horrific parts, occupies an icy corridor—and much of the frame of view. Ectoplasmic flesh bubbles with eyeballs floating to the surface. Some eyeballs are white with human irises while others are green with vertical slashes or blood red with monstrous black slits. Toothy maws groan to the surface while tentacles probe upward to the ceiling. Tendrils slither and curl while the occasional protruding claw snaps.
VIRIDIAN HORROR (2024)
Acrylic - 14 ¾” x 12 ½”
Shoggoth study for AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft
I don't know what possessed me to spend time on this hideous thing, but...it insisted on crawling out of my imagination.
Visions & Nightmares, our new #ArkhamHorror omnibus is on sale now! Get 3 action-packed tales of horror & the silver screen by @rosemaryjones.bsky.social, plus two new short stories featuring fan-favorite Betsy Baxter. Read the 1st short story, Old Terrors, now.
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Nicolau Raurich, Catalan, Spanish (1871-1945), Barcelona, 1909, oil on panel, 115.5 x 95.5 cm, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Was very lucky to do a cover for a reprint of GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Arcadia Books 💚
The Foundation is back and this time Professor Dyer's expedition to Terra Antarctica has their attention.
Written by Sam Gregor-Stewart, read The Foundation Files: Expedition Appraisal.
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