Reasons to like Lovecraft: Nyarlathotep (Crawling Chaos)

Nyarlathotep – Outer God If you’re a fan of H.P.Lovecraft you may recognise and hopefully enjoy seeing this. If you’re unaware of H.P.Lovecraft, then peel the rime off your eyeballs and get into this world of ultimate, sanity-blasting cosmic horror… Image:  Used to illustrate Nyarlathotep in human form: Nephren Ka – The Black Pharaoh. Image  by [...]

Encountering the cosmic mystery of the Cthulhu Mythos in an ancient Roman spa town – Bath

An Opening of the Way It was an unlikely place to encounter the Mythos, or perhaps not; the Roman spa town of Bath exudes a particular enigmatic aura that comes from a deeper source than the weathered, pock-marked, centuries-old stone of Georgian parades and colonnaded crescents. Deeper and older than the temple and baths built [...]

Photography ¦ Capturing the essence of Gothic Horror – Carpathian Mountains by Sorin Onisor

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. What a wildly evocative photograph. You could be staring at the literal stage-set for a James Whale / Boris Karloff  & Bela Lugosi movie. Or the sight that grabbed the imagination of [...]

Dark Art ¦ woman in the throes of metaphysical change – photography by Sofia Ajram

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. This was a tough call because if you look at the gallery of images by Montreal based photographer, Sofia Ajram, you’ll find yourself instantly dragged (willingly & seductively) into a universe of [...]

Cthulhu Spawn? Mysterious blue marble-like jelly balls fall to earth in Dorset garden of Steve Hornsby

This is one for fans of the surreal pages of Fortean Times, except it’s being reported in the news feed of the major media portal Guardian.co.uk. A bunch of these weird jelly balls fell into Steve Hornsby’s garden, in Dorset, over the weekend; he’s scooped them up and has them stored in a jar in [...]

Dark Art ¦ Cthulhu Mythos – authentic pages from De Vermis Mysteriis crafted by artist Zarono

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. The artist, Zarono,  has crafted some visually stunning pages that fit perfectly into the binding of the Cthulhu Mythos concept; these particular pages could be authentic fragments of arcane knowledge from the [...]

Dark Art ¦ The King in Yellow – Hastur – Great Old One from H P Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. Torstein Nordstrand has created a stunning rendition of the King in Yellow, one of the most enigmatic, disturbing and hard-to-define aspects of Hastur. Hastur is possibly one of the most written about [...]

Call of Cthulhu – mobile based version being made by Red Wasp Design [Pervasive Media Studio] – join them in Bristol 6th Jan @ 13:00 hrs for open talk

There’s a lunchtime open talk session taking place at the Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio – in Bristol – on 6th Jan @ 13:00 hours.  The clever folks at Red Wasp Design are currently working on a tech project to bring the Mythos Meme to a wider audience.  Undoubtedly they’re insane cultists. I just hope it’s [...]

Photography ¦ light painting by Dennis Calvert conjures up images of Occult or Cthulhu Mythos sorcerers and Road Mages in Yellow Dawn

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. I love this image by Dennis Calvert.  It taps directly into how I visualise the Road Mages within the world of Yellow Dawn  – The Age of Hastur; sorcerers who wield occult [...]

Dark Art ¦ The master of monstrous dreams – Great Cthulhu – by Diego Simone

Dark Art ¦ The master of monstrous dreams – Great Cthulhu – by Diego Simone Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. This is a great conceptual image of the Great Old One, Cthulhu, one of the few earth-bound [...]

Photography ¦ Medieval Fantasy and Coruscations of Cartier Dragons – Peter Lippmann via Chicquero

This is an image I received as one of them many gems of eye-candy sent out to subscribers of the beautiful and often surreal Chicquero site. It’s a piece of work by Peter Lippmann.  I like it because of the blurred blend between fantasy and future. This could be an image from the medieval age [...]

Hunting down H.P.Lovecraft – outside 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, New York, location of the Horror at Red Hook

Hunting down H.P.Lovecraft – outside 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, New York, location of the Horror at Red Hook Not a particularly fantastic photo in its own right, but the context of where it was taken was, for me, utterly thrilling. H.P.Lovecraft was an American horror writer (1890 – 1937) directly responsible for the conception of [...]

Dante’s Fool: demons, hackers and Outer Gods. What differentiates the Cthulhu Mythos from the Occult?

Dante’s Fool: demons, hackers and Outer Gods.  What differentiates the Cthulhu Mythos from the Occult? In the sci-fi & dark fantasy novel, Dante’s Fool,  the lead character Detective Sergeant Louis Cloud is forced to confront the gruesome truth lurking beneath the veneer of modern civilisation: that demons exist and can be responsible for monstrous acts [...]

Digital Art: Paintings & Airbrushing, Macabre & Horror – Genesis of the Cthulhu Mythos

Digital Art: Paintings & Airbrushing, Macabre & Horror – Genesis of the Cthulhu Mythos Somebody recently shared a link containing a list of Cthulhu Mythos images.  Most of them were okay – well executed works of art – but most of them missed the essential quality that makes such images work as “Mythos”.  It’s a [...]

Dark Art: photograph of demon in human form – Evil Mockery, by Danielle Tunstall

Dark Art: photograph of demon in human form – Evil Mockery, by Danielle Tunstall Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. I like this image because it’s brutally simple and conveys a concept that spans the totality of human [...]

The Ninth Gate: occult and tarot-like symbolism in the engravings by Aristide Torchia and Lucifer, plus wider meanings of the movie

The Ninth Gate: occult and tarot-like symbolism in the engravings by Aristide Torchia and Lucifer The Ninth Gate is probably one of my favourite movies of all time, as is the official soundtrack.   A film by Roman Polanski, its stars Johnny Depp as the ambivalent  protagonist, Lucas Corso; and features an incredible performance by Frank [...]

Introducing: C-P Models and a range of Cthulhu Mythos figures 25mm

Introducing: C-P Models and a range of Cthulhu Mythos figures 25mm. I found these folks by random, thought I’d share the find.  Nice selection I reckon.  I’ve presented a few of them here: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You can browse  the full [...]

Dark Art: Cthulhu Mythos sorcerer & 1920s detective with a gun whilst tentacles writhe in burning sky

Dark Art: Cthulhu Mythos sorcerer & 1920s detective with a gun whilst tentacles writhe in burning sky. Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. I like this image because for me, it taps into the heart of Mythos concepts [...]

Reasons to like Lovecraft: Lloigor

If you’re a fan of H.P.Lovecraft you may recognise and hopefully enjoy seeing this. If you’re unaware of H.P.Lovecraft, then peel the rime off your eyeballs and get into this world of ultimate, sanity-blasting cosmic horror… Another incredibly dark and disturbing facet of the Cthulhu Mythos – not one of H P Lovecraft’s creations but [...]

Photography: sci-fi & dark fantasy – cosmic artefacts cthulhu mythos relics and architecture from an alien culture

Photography: sci-fi & dark fantasy – cosmic artefacts cthulhu mythos relics and architecture from an alien culture. So you’re cruising around the open landscape, maybe it’s a post-apocalyptic future, or maybe you’re just somewhere really remote, and then you come across a structure that doesn’t make any sense.  Your brain questions what you’re eyes are [...]