They are the things that make children wake screaming, blind with fear, in the middle of the night. They are the things that slip through the cracks under bedroom windows, the things that turn the knobs of bedroom closets and push them open with agonizing slowness, while the children cower under their blankets and pray …
Out of Death, something beautiful. (18th century carved horse skull)
Cruelty was actually one of her better qualities. (commission__dark_priestess_by_skyzocat-d935u3r.jpg)
Many people, myself included, have thought that the book of Middle Eastern fantasy tales, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, is a unified work of one author or compiler from the 16th century, ala The Brothers Grimm. But it isn’t. It’s a far older collection of folk tales and poetry from a far wider range …
What Galadriel became after she was seduced by the power of the One Ring.
Turn on your heartlight Let it shine wherever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see… Venus, by ceramic artist Kate MacDowell
I thought I felt something in my eye!
The Dracolich, or undead dragon, is the most terrifying and powerful of all dragonkin. Fortunately they are few and far between. (Rotten Meat, by Edward DeLandre)
This is one treat you don’t want to eat. Gummy Anatomy Toy, by Jason Freeny
The last thing the oceanographer saw. (Concept art from the Syfy movie Dinoshark)