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Happy Halloween 😈

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i only bring him back for halloween, i'm sorry

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Day 31 - Viscera

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list by @whitejawz

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Sometimes i feel like half of a person.

My soul atrophied over the years, stuck in the past, just hurting and hurting and hurting.

It cant be amputated. I dont know if it can be healed.

Do i even understand the shape of it?

The dark pit that is those few years, mud still clinging to my skin, throat clogged.

I pray. Sometimes. For help. Im desperate. Cant the pain just stop? Cant anyone see that im dying?

Mud. Stained. Choking. Hurting.

What can i do? What can anyone do? Nothing, i suppose, you cant rewrite the past. You just grow around it, till the stains fade, still there but faint like an old memory.

I feel small, then. Atrophied soul, small soul, still that small boy trapped and scared.

I think things will get better.

I hope they will.

I just hope it wont take long, i hope it wouldnt hurt so much in the meantime.

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On the topic of horror/Lovecraft writing: the best example of "maddening knowledge" I've seen was in a Delta Green game my friend ran

Long story short my agent is holed up in a sweaty motel, and has learned basic initiate ritual magic which allows the practitioner to see concealed/"hypergeometric" effects. Upon casting my agent sees that all of the sharp corners and angles in the room are actually yawning gateways from which an extradimensional predator (hound of tindalos n all that) that had been stalking us could jump out from.

So she takes about an hour and duct tapes all the hard angle corners she can find to make them smooth. She wasn't able to sleep without that safety, it was a perfectly logical and smart move to make. To the housekeeping, she looked like either an asshole or a freak. The GM had perfectly coaxed me into doing something that made me look totally unhinged to the rest of the players and the characters around me; it's still my favorite example of how "maddening" knowledge doesn't actually make anyone mad, it's just fundamentally shattering your worldview and assumptions

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On the topic of horror/Lovecraft writing: the best example of "maddening knowledge" I've seen was in a Delta Green game my friend ran

Long story short my agent is holed up in a sweaty motel, and has learned basic initiate ritual magic which allows the practitioner to see concealed/"hypergeometric" effects. Upon casting my agent sees that all of the sharp corners and angles in the room are actually yawning gateways from which an extradimensional predator (hound of tindalos n all that) that had been stalking us could jump out from.

So she takes about an hour and duct tapes all the hard angle corners she can find to make them smooth. She wasn't able to sleep without that safety, it was a perfectly logical and smart move to make. To the housekeeping, she looked like either an asshole or a freak. The GM had perfectly coaxed me into doing something that made me look totally unhinged to the rest of the players and the characters around me; it's still my favorite example of how "maddening" knowledge doesn't actually make anyone mad, it's just fundamentally shattering your worldview and assumptions

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Reblog this if it’s okay to DM you and shoot the friendship shot.

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Dragan Bibin - Until the Cows Come Home (2015)

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CoC Idea/Prompt #18 : Late Night Drive

After a long day, all you want is to get back home.

Its dark, and raining, a perfectly miserable night.

There are others at the bus stop. Others hoping for a short commute and a warm bed.

You drag yourself aboard the last bus of the night. Rain falls heavier, a chill creeps in.

But.. where are all the lights? There's not a single light in any window, or in any passing car, not even the glow of the moon. Just the light of the bus, driving down lonely, black streets.

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Art by Emil Melmoth

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Finished my werewolf sketch-dump on Halloween, just getting around to posting. Point was to loosen up a bit and also push the body horror aspect. Kinda got a little addicted to the fur though. Didn't quite reach what I was aiming for so I may revisit this.

Shout out to @nataliehall, I did draw inspiration from your work. Just to say this is a sketch dump, I'm trying to push my limits in terms of design.

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CoC Idea/Prompt #17 : The End

The universe is ending.

There is nothing to be done.

Make your peace.

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alma negrot photographed by fe nogueira

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CoC Idea/Prompt #16 : Fog of War

Reinforcements are being sent to the frontlines of the war, to hold back the enemy's advance.

Your battalion sets out to bolster the front, only to be mired in a thick, unnatural fog.

But orders are orders. So you march, through mud and rain, unable to see even 10 feet ahead of you.

The fog shrouds your senses, and your sanity. Are the figures lurking in the mist real, or have you already lost your mind?

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Horror Short :

I wander through strange streets, places half-remembered.

There, a schoolhouse. A hospice. A nightclub.

All gone now, though I still see them. Flashes in the corner of my vision.

Cars and people passing along in their busy lives.

Do they stop to look? Do they see? Ghosts all around us, white and shimmering, knocked down or refurbished. Nobody stops to look or comment on it, and I wonder if anyone but me remembers.

I wander through strange streets and find myself lost. This road used to lead somewhere, a warm and happy place.

Now there is glass and marble. Reflections staring back. I close my eyes and try to think clearly.

But the ghosts only become clearer. Cobblestone streets quiet enough for children to play games upon, a milkvan makes music with its clinking glass bottles.

A mother calls for her child.

My throat burns as I tell her, 'Five more minutes'.

I open my eyes. Ghosts walk by, going to places that don't exist anymore.

They wander through strange streets, but where else is there to go?

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CoC Idea/Prompt #15 : Flesh and Steel

Amid the strife and advancement of the Industrial Revolution, a horrific death sparks riots and fear.

The body of a young factory worker is found mutilated, torn apart by metallic growths, tumours of steel and iron.

Whatever caused the worker's demise is beyond the ability of an industrial machine. Regardless, tensions rise between overseers and workers, each shifting blame onto the other.

All the while, the metal plague festers and spreads.