This Halloween Season, the staff and students of Miskatonic University have put together a wonderful weird Haunted House Art Installation. Some folks are dying to visit, others can not get enough of the interactive display, while others are having trouble pulling themselves from the paranormal dark arts installation.
As the 14th of February approaches, it seems a good time for Virgil Finlay’s illustrations for ‘The Lovers’ by Philip José Farmer, a novella published in the 8/1952 issue of 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 after rejections from 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 and 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒚. Later expanded, it received an honorable mention at the 1962 Hugo Awards for Best Novel. #FinlayFriday
Pass me another S'more, and I'll tell you the tale, 'Dig me no Grave'. You know the weird guy, Roberty-Howard, in the Faxing Department? He says this tale is based on a real incident from way back when.
Miskatonic University Photo Gallery ~ Spirit Photography
The Miskatonic University is noted for its many special studies of the Antiquities and Eldritch knowledge. The University has in its archives a vast collection of photographs of their staff and students. Included in the archive are photos of student clubs and a range of funded research activities. The Andy Warhol ~ Spirit Photography Club was established after Warhol’s death, and he has remained the Guiding Spirit of the club ever since.
Virgil Finlay illustrating Fletcher Pratt's "The Conditioned Captain" from Startling Stories, May 1953. The original page ran vertically but I feel it looks better horizontally.
It's a mid-week special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein with "Deeper Cut: Weird Tales, Birth Control, and the Mysterious Dr. Fouts" - a deep dive into advertising, Comstock laws, and the grim consequences of mail-order sex education.
#MisterCarcosa, much like the #SlenderMan, is an emergent folklore phantasm. Supposed encounters and rumours play a part in building up the narrative structure that supports and forms the creature. Initially, the sinister figure, had no name/identification. Depending on the accounts, his appearance varies from the typical #MenInBlack to Tall-man ~ Slender Man physique and garments. A few accounts, report Mister Carcosa struggling to hold on to his form, and hurrying off. Sightings of large owl like creatures (similar to #TheMothman) flying near where Carcosa had appeared were reported.
Virgil Finlay illustrating ‘And Not In Peace’ by A. Bertram Chandler writing as George Whitley from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1946. #FinlayFriday
Gums by Poe:
The Masque of the Red Death - great for parties, it will spread like a plague
The Cask of Amontillado - well aged, packaged to look like small bricks in a wall
Nevermore - the last gum you will need
Taking lines from H. P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth sequence, I put them through The Interactive Haiku Generator. I then took the mangled results, and macheted them into a variety of haiku forms (See 65 Haiku Rules).
Beneath blackened boughs reeking quays – the peals gathered
great wailing branches
Seriously, who thought live bees and honey lollipops in a museum was a good idea?
"Museums are reflections of everything we’ve created and accomplished up until now on this planet. These are really giant selfies. While researching museums, I heard literally hundreds of stories from museum lovers, museum curators, and tourists. Here are my top 10 weirdest and most fascinating museum stories..."