Interesting Images

I’m on Instagram right now, and I just took a photo of my bungalow. My idea was to emulate that liminal aesthetic. I only used a filter since the place already feels pretty liminal on its own, at least at night. There are a lot of strange places around where I live—it’s right in the middle of a forest and everything. My idea is to take this kind of photograph.

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And this is a photo of my bungalow that I took a while ago and sometimes use as my wallpaper:

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R. von Pnaklendorf said:
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You have done a commendable job of improving the condition of this dwelling, and especially with regard to keeping the terrace and other surfaces clear of the carpet of dead and dying insects that is said to accumulate in the moonlight.
 
I found this illustration over 10 years ago with a friend. It’s supposedly an avatar of Nyarlathotep conceived by HPL, though I don’t know its English name. Even so, we have no idea where we originally got the image or whether it explicitly corresponds to that particular avatar.

Still, I’ve always thought it was awesome. I’ve set it as my profile picture, and I think this time I might just keep it forever... I feel it fits this place really well, and it’s also a way for me to show my affinity for the Cthulhu Mythos.

I’m leaving the full image here so it won’t get lost:

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Robin Davies said:
Looks like it was inspired by Lovecraft's dream, later published as The Thing In The Moonlight:

H.P. Lovecraft’s

H.P. Lovecraft’s 'The Thing in the Moonlight'
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You're absolutely right! We used that image for that story; it was intended for an article. That said, I have no idea where it originally came from or who the illustrator is… but I think it's eldritchly fantastic.
 
Horrorshow said:
I could easily be mistaken but wasn't this the front cover artwork for one of the editions of Edward Lee's book "Trolley No. 1852" 🤔
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I just checked, and you’re absolutely right!!! So the illustration itself has no connection whatsoever to Lovecraft’s work. Even so, it’s an iconic image, and at least in the Spanish-speaking world, we’ve come to recognize it as a depiction of Nyarlathotep.
 
Robin Davies said:
Except that Trolley No. 1852 was based on Lovecraft's dream. Unless a dream doesn't count as his "work". Hmmm...
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Here in Spanish-speaking countries, “The Thing on the Moonlight” is included as just another Lovecraft story. We only discover that it was more of a dream or an outline when we Google it. I’m going to look for that work, “Trolley No. 1852”… it has caught my attention.
 
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