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Horror poet and scribbler. Horrorzine. Phantasmagoria. Carmen Theatre. Weasel Press. A verse collection in production. Darkness ignites a dire imagination.

A sleepy hamlet in Lancashire.
Joined December 2012
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A glimpse into the crossing point which has its own altar. A gathering of tall arches, like cousins all slightly different. Milborne Port.
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The goblins are waking up
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The Veil begins to thin as we approach Samhain. It was dark and mysterious on Glastonbury Tor this morning setting the mood nicely.
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A Beautiful Haunting Reginald E. Higgins (English, 1877-1933)
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Vincent Price at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
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VAMPIRE GRAVES Graves that indicate disturbance could suggest that a #VAMPIRE is lying within according to folklore. Vampire hunters must look for deep holes, sunken graves, crooked crosses or tombstones and the presence of an eerie bluish light at night #31DaysofHalloween
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A Visit to the Haunted Chamber, by English painter William Frederick Yeames (1869). In private collection.
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👁🐈‍⬛ Got a black magic woman! Mesmerizing witchy paintings by Polish artist Marzena Ablewska-Lech. More of her amazing art here: instagram.com/marzenaabl?dlr…
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Woman on a path by a cottage #artbots #grimshaw
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Witches Sabbath by Virgil Finlay
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SCOTLAND'S FAIRY COFFINS In 1836 in a rocky crag known as Arthur’s Seat, a little cave was found containing 17 tiny coffins, 4 inches long, inside were miniature wooden figures. They remain mysterious, associated with witchcraft, fairy funerals & mock burials #31daysofhalloween
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🦇🎃🕯Burning the candle at both ends. One of my favorite vintage Halloween postcards, embossed with a fortune telling spell, c. 1910.
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Victorian revenant amongst the headstones
The Ghost (1898) by Josef Mandl
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#WitchWednesday 'Macbeth' was cursed from the beginning, a coven of witches objected to Shakespeare using real incantations, so they put a curse on the play. In Scots lore, the three Witches were Fairies more: "Folklore of Scotland" folkloreofscotland.com/ art: Daniel Gardner
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Found online some time ago.
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Illustration 10/12 for Amber Hathaway’s book series. I hope you like it! ❤️
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Here, it’s almost always raining That is the west Atlantic’s curse A little church in fall down’s march A fortune more than Bishop’s purse Light, from outside’s blue sky, seeps In through the beautifully small Painted windows made for glory Watching ceiling render fall.
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Ernst Ferdinand Oehme - Cathedral in Winter - 1821
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