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Death's Garden (A Short Story)The midday sun hung like a single flaming eye in the burning azure sky. My rough-spun robes of coarse hessian trailed lazily in the dusty sands. I had been walking for hours, and even the sap in my gnarled walking staff seemed to boil in this inhospitable terrain. I paused and sat carefully upon an ancient weather-whipped rock. Every bone in my worn-out body ached and throbbed. I reached for a battered old flask, uncorked the stopper and tipped the contents down my parched throat - nothing. It was empty. Sighing, I slowly stood upward again; sinews and joints groaning and creaking noisy protestations. Lately I was beginning to feel the weight
The Seraphim of Cobwebbed HallsSilently I heard her whispering,
pallid ivory lips soft lisping,
Paper drifting slowly shifting,
from the bedroom's mildewed walls.

In these halls stirs vaguest chanting,
whippoorwills their cries decanting;
psycopomps in midnight sighing,
just outside these mildewed walls.

Huddled forms sprawl stealthily creeping,
countless spiders surging sweeping,
toward the bed where she lies sleeping,
the maiden of these mildewed walls.

Trapped within that pall's mass trembling,
writhes the one I stayed here tending,
all those bleak nights never-ending,
within these wretched mildewed walls.

Blasphemous birds fall shrieking mocking,
throu
Four-and-Twenty CultistsSing along everyone - this one's rather jolly! (the rhyming scheme at least).

******

I saw angels dance with devils
under winter's crystal sky.
Old men passed between them,
crying "Dead men never die!"

Then the oceans fell before us,
as the dead began to sing.
Heavens parted wider;
winds prickled at our skin.

Now Satan awakes slowly,
like shadows on the sands.
Together we beg forgiveness,
as he lacerates our hands.

The landscape lies broken,
as stones roll through the hills.
Stars are growing brighter,
fed by blood of untold kills.

Death bends his toxic breath,
exuding nameless streams.
fabricating nightmares
and crimso

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Well this is my second attempt at Cthulhu, and I think it's a lot better than my first. Check the link below to see for yourself! [link]

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~NotenSMSK Dec 22, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Yes... this is quite an improvement to your style and I do hope that you have further improved in the time from this work till present. There is detail now and the color scheme - well I liked it before and I like it now as well :) but there is surely a feel of improvement and maturity in this :nod: Keep striving!
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~Somnolent-Droid Feb 22, 2013
Thank you!
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~NotenSMSK Feb 27, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
You're welcome :meow:
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~gishstudio Nov 29, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
fantastic work.. great 'creepy' smoky style.
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~Somnolent-Droid Nov 30, 2012
Wow. Thanks very much!
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~gishstudio Dec 7, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
welcome :)
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*outsidelogic Nov 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Nice, creepy, atmospheric rendering of a difficult subject. I have just been having a couple of conversations about how hard it is to convey Lovecraftian creatures visually. My personal favorite is this: [link]. If you can't achieve otherwordly horror, then go for cute!
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~Somnolent-Droid Nov 9, 2012
Many thanks, I'm trying to improve a bit with each pic I do. But somehow I don't think I'll ever manage to create something that will send all who view it screaming insanely into the gaping abyss of madness.

As you say, it's a bit of challenge!

I just followed your link and that's amazing! I love that concept, though I suspect the real Lovecraft would shriek and pass out in that situation! :D
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~Barbarela2010 Nov 5, 2012
Beautiful work :)
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~Somnolent-Droid Nov 5, 2012
Many thanks!
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