Mountains of madness

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an artist's rendering of a plane flying over mountains

"As we drew near the forbidding peaks, dark and sinister above the line of crevasse-riven snow and interstitial glaciers, we noticed more and more the curiously regular formations clinging to the slopes" - HP Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness' Prints etc are available from Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/pmoodie/works/45910266-mountains-of-madness?asc=u&fbclid=IwAR2q4tesDThuRNO8K5JRiZwVdtS-HtCu_76GBk87glS7B4ZXnD81xcFVJzI

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an alien attacking another creature in a dark room with lights on and water around it

For the species referred to as "Shoggoths" in Willie Osborne's notebook see Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath. Shoggoths are an amorphous species of shapeshifters biologically engineered by the Elder Things to act as multi- purpose beasts of burden on many planets, including Earth (which was colonized by them for most of pre-history). Shoggoths are described as large "multicellular protoplasmic masses" or amorphous blobs, faintly luminescent and filled with gelatinous bubbles; with several eyes…

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a drawing of an insect with its wings open

H.P. Lovecraft's monsters, whether they be immense gods from the deepest fathoms of primordial space or something scurrying within the walls, have filled, perhaps even cursed, our imaginations ever since his first works were published. Lovecraft had a gift for implanting clear images of his lumbering, skittering, gibbering, creeping, lurking, flapping horrors within the minds of his readers with just the vaguest of descriptions. I believe that he described the Byakhee by listing just what it…

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a man standing on top of a snow covered mountain next to a giant rock formation

Dreadful secrets lie beneath the ice, waiting to be discovered. Prepare to descend into madness. Free League Publishing and Design Studio Press have revealed an illustrated edition of H.P. Lovecraft's iconic story At the Mountains of Madness by acclaimed artist François Baranger.

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