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Sisters of the Darksome Night (Nyarlathotep) by Mike Bukowski    “Words bubble out of you like magma, tuneless snippets of a long-forgotten hymn. Morningstar in darksome night, who the sad earth makest bright... You whisper the phrase in an endless loop, staring out the window, watching the world rush by.”  ~ by Livia Llewellyn (excerpt from Morgenstern der finstern Nacht), written for an Illustro Obscurum Collaboration.    I couldn’t find the Sisters on TumBleyond, but here is the link to the original post on Yog-blogsoth, along with the full text of Llewellyn’s contribution to Nyarlathotep’s mythology. Bukowski’s professional site, LCI, is full of even more wonderfully creepy artwork. Please check it out, as well.     Finally, consider giving one of my favorite Llewellyn stories a listen if you have the time: It Feels Better Biting Down (via Nightmare Magazine/Podcast).

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THIS FRIDAY 11 AM EST GUNSHO’S GOETIA VOL.1 GOES ON SALE AT THE YOG-BLOGSOTH STORE! The Ars Goetia is the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon, containing descriptions of the seventy-two demons that Solomon is said to have evoked and confined in a bronze vessel sealed by magic symbols, and that he obliged to work for him. The Ars Goetia assigns a rank and a title of nobility to each member of the infernal hierarchy, and gives the demons "signs they have to pay allegiance to", or seals. The lists of entities in the Ars Goetia correspond (to high but varying degree, often according to edition) with those in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum an appendix appearing in later editions of his De praestigiis daemonum, of 1563. This will be the first of three Volumes containing Gunsho's demons. The illustrations themselves are disgusting, funny, weird, meticulous and gorgeous. Gunsho's Goetia Volume I LIMITED TO 50 COPIES Illustrated by James Quigley based on the Goetia as translated by Samuel Liddel & MacGregor Mathers

52 pages. Features 25 illustrations. 8.5"x 5.5" format.   Cover hand screen printed neon orange on Canson brand neon green paper. Hand numbered and signed. One full color poster print by Zé Burnay based on the demon Astaroth. One full color poster print by Michael Bukowski based on the demon Orias.

AVAILABLE FRIDAY JULY 3RD 11AM EST

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JACK O'LANTERN (NYARLATHOTEP)

"Jack O'Lantern is a figure from early Irish folklore. Originally, Jack was a mean, drunken man who was forsaken by both heaven and hell and cursed to restlessly wander the earth for all of eternity. He was given a magical coal by the devil which he used to light his way through the night."

"In reality, this forlorn figure is one of the many masks of Nyarlathotep. He may appear either as the misshapen, bug-eyed, wide-mouthed man or as a man with a grinning jack o'lantern for a head. He sometimes is seen in rags and sometimes in elegant dress clothes complete with tuxedo with tails."

"He was known to and feared by Druids, witches and other pagan peoples, but not worshiped. In the modern world his carved pumpkin lantern has become a symbol of Halloween."

Scott David Aniolowski, Malleus Monstrorum

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Ares by Mike Bukowski

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Mike Bukowski's contribution for a Houdini-themed show based on the Lovecraft/Houdini story Under the Pyramids (top); his drawings from the Goetia (bottom)

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My piece for Jenn Woodall's upcoming FIGHT! zine: "FIGHT! is a zine which invites artists to create their own original female fighting character. These characters will square off in the pages of this book. It will be totally fucking awesome!"

I chose to do The Queen In Red, a female avatar of Nyarlathotep, from Scott David Aniolowski's Malleus Monstrorum. All the work I've seen for this project is amazing! Follow the tumblr and keep an eye on it!

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Circe, by Mike Bukowski from Yog-Blogsoth

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GOD OF THE BLOODY TONGUE (NYARLATHOTEP)

"To satisfy the god, the cult abducts villagers and sacrifices them. Then the god appears in all his terrible glory. He is nearly as tall as the mountain itself. He has no face; only a blood-red tongue hangs down from where the top of his head would be. The mere sight of this hideous god can drive men mad." Larry DiTillio & Lynn Willis, Masks Of Nyarlathotep