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

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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 and elemental energies or the more potent and corruptive forces of the Cthulhu Mythos, people who are now slightly less-than-human due to their exposure to, and use of, God-like powers.  Encountering a Road Mage in the remote and isolated areas that now dominate the post-apocalyptic landscape of Yellow Dawn, travellers are never certain to be glad or afraid of what these sometimes damaged and haunted individuals might unleash.

Relevant links:

• Dennis Calvert’s profile on Deviant Art
• Dennis Calvert’s website
• Dennis Calvert’s work showcased on Chicquero

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If the Cthulhu Mythos is your thing, take a peek at the Science Fiction & Dark Fantasy God Seed (an avatar of Nyarlathotep tries to bring about the destruction of all humankind) or EDGE (a new Great Old One to the Mythos begins to re-emerge within our reality after millenia of absence – at a site that is now a snowboard resort in New Zealand: all hell breaks loose). Or DOG EAT DOG the first novel to be set in the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.

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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.

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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 – and it’s the Mythos exposed. There’s a lot of light in the combined overlapping imagery – the sorcerer doesn’t care if he’s spotted because of the insane power he can wield (or thinks he can wield) and the monster itself, something like Shub-Niggurath, or more likely Shudde M’ell, these things don’t care about being revealed.  They don’t consider puny human sentiments.  They are drawn to the surface or through the protective boundary of the Quantisphere by deranged lunatics and then all hell breaks loose.  The only thing standing between the shocking tragedy and cosmic horror that the Mythos brings to humankind is a lone man with a gun; before this encounter he probably viewed reality like most of the rest of us.  But now he’s been tainted by the horrors he’s had to battle with; his character numbed and stunted through confronting the mindless seething chaos that can ooze into our world from Beyond the void.

Enjoy Cthulhu Mythos Fiction?

Take a peek at my collection of novels - available in paperback, Amazon Kindle and iBook formats.  God Seed contains an avatar of Nyarlathotep; EDGE contains a new Great Old One; as does Dog Eat Dog – set in the post-apocalyptic world of “Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur”.

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• Reasons to like Lovecraft: Lloigor – click

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David Rodger (@davidjrodger) August 12, 2011