Unearthly Delights

Hamden, Connecticut Artist at Lovecraft Tattoo Parlor

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Bridget St. John at Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, Vermont

Sunday May 28th, 2023

with David Nagler

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Donn P. Crane illustration for “The Twelve Months” a Czechoslovakian Fairy Tale from the My Book House series. Here Dobrunka meets the twelve immortal beings who govern the months of the year. #folktale #czechfolklore #donnpcrane https://www.instagram.com/p/CNX8h81HZ87/?igshid=l0b6vypr1zee

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Puritans: not so keen on fashion trends (from Yankee magazine 1970) #duckingstool #oldnewengland #curiouspunishmentsofbygonedays https://www.instagram.com/p/CNWZKIXHD0B/?igshid=70no12ccj5ac

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Mary Byfield illustration for 1820s Penny Dreadful “The Midnight Assassination” https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLnZrJHKsm/?igshid=3oxtifdbl2dg

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Historical and folk horrors of colonial America through the lens of Life magazine January 1960. #americanfolklore #fathermarquette #folkhorror #folklore https://www.instagram.com/p/CMH-wB8Hlbf/?igshid=t2fr75xmkol3

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Prolific and beyond underrated author Marjorie Bowen 1885 - 1952 from the #ashtreepress anthology Twilight and Other Supernatural Romances. Also recommended is the collection Kecksies and Other a Twilight Tales published in 1976 by #arkhamhouse • • • #marjoriebowen #kecksiesandothertwilighttales #jessicaamandasalmonson #weirdtales #supernaturalfiction #ghoststories #elizabethgaskell #enesbit #maysinclair #walterdelamare #mrjames #daphnedumaurier https://www.instagram.com/p/CLuIOFpLnVn/?igshid=697pbkez71eg

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#witchcraft #woodcut https://www.instagram.com/p/CLKEvhIHyBs/?igshid=1or3n1byccbnk

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The duality of self, mirrored. #arcaneart #occult #divination #magick #folkart #christianjohndimennaart #groveofashtaroth https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwPH0InZG7/?igshid=1tjop42qkz6v5

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In a Swiss woodcut c.1500, the dissection of a dead “witch” revealing a toad where the heart should be affirms evidence of the diabolic. #haxan #malleusmaleficarum #woodcut #witchhysteria #folklore #sinisterhistory #witchtrials #folkhorror https://www.instagram.com/p/CKogSp-Hfa4/?igshid=116rekkxmwh7n

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Illustration of “The Teeny, Tiny Witches” by Margot Tomes from the children’s book of the same name by Jan Wahl from 1979. #childrensbookillustration #witchillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeRhGcn7t6/?igshid=ndpp7mb6p3u6

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The Gay Goshawk by the amazing Carole Pegg from the 1970 self titled album from Mr. Fox. As the jacket reads: “ mr. fox came out of the Yorkshire dales. Hard bitten farmland cut bare of trees centuries ago Dash a landscape which controls the men who live in it, driving them away to the cities, or forcing them to make a living from the earth, in the wind and the rain... And all the time, everywhere, the landscape: hills bare but for rocks and sheep, rivers waiting to catch you unawares in their deeps, crags waiting to fall and innocent fields which might swallow up a man.” • • #mrfox #ukfolk #acidfolk #bobpegg #carolannepegg #transatlanticrecords #folkpsych #steeleyespan #mellowcandle #fairportconvention #folkrock https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZLaD3HRKk/?igshid=honv5pm5459g

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The past comes to haunt... • #booksofhorror #folkhorror #fengriffen #harvesthome #hildalewis #themysteriesofudolpho #annradcliffe #louisamayalcott #susancooper #thedaylightgate #lammasnight #thewildhuntofhagworthy #penelopelively #thewitchesandthegrinnygog #jeanettewinterson #occult #fantasybooks #witchesofinstagram #thewitchcultinnewengland #thewitchcultinwesterneurope #youngadultfolkhorror https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZCkLpnELT/?igshid=1tysq65vilhpf

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“And soon the shattered years shall rise To my remembered sorcery.” Happy Birthday Clark Ashton Smith, poet and artist and cosmic thaumaturge. #clarkashtonsmith #muthulan #folkhorror #cosmichorror #weirdfiction #weirdtales #lovecraftian https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_enAeH_bC/?igshid=s8wt6i11zrue

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Oak and Laurel leaves on a mausoleum door, late 19th century New England #funerarysymbols #cemeteryiconogoraphy #oakandlaurelleaf https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ4S8ZUH5yh/?igshid=7qpb9e8d2pvq

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A woodcut I did in 1996. #woodcut #anarchopunk #peacepunk #folkpunk #christianjohndimennaart #printmaking #newhavenpunk #theprematureburial https://www.instagram.com/p/CJoQzUXnQCB/?igshid=ozgrqdqvc4yt

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The hunter Actaeon was to turned into a stag (possibly at the ire of the goddess Artemis) and torn apart by his frenzied hunting hounds. #greekmythology #greekmyth #artemis #oldwoodcut #actaeon #woodcut #aristaeus #mythology #paganlore https://www.instagram.com/p/CJoMUZSHw5_/?igshid=1ex8brfs69dkg