Image is foot tracks and teeth marks allegedly made by Gef.
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THE MAN WHOM THE TREES LOVED ~ W. Graham Robertson's illustration for the story in Pan's Garden: A Volume of Nature Stories, 1912. Depicts man in communion with trees in forest.
‘Mrs. Bittarcy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables.’ ~ The Man Whom The Trees Loved, Algernon Blackwood.
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"By some curious trick of the imagination the whole scene came to life before him... the ancient streets were filled with shadowy figures."
— Algernon Blackwood, Ancient Sorceries (1908)
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"It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils... that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet."
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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Woman in blue gown and nightcap as ghostly figure stood between tree and bench with fence and foliage behind, painting.
‘Oh whence do you come, my dear friend, to me
With your golden hair all fallen below your knee
And your face as white as snowdrops on the lea
And your voice as hollow as the hollow sea?’ The Poor Ghost, Christina Rossetti. #BookWormSat
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🖼️ Aksel Johannessen, c.1920.
“The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings.”
-Algernon Blackwood
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Painting of ghostly figure in musty, murky forest scene.
‘The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.’ ~ Peter Straub
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a very supernatural #BookWormSat #GothicSpring
🖼️ Forest Ghost, Ladislav Mednyánszky, 1890.
Elizabeth of Bourbon-France going to the gallows, May 10, 1794, Paris, France, illustration from Teatro universale, Raccolta enciclopedica e scenografica, No 635, September 12, 1846. via Getty Images... Pen and ink illustration of a woman in 18th century dress, looking to heaven, climbing the stairs to the gallows where a hooded hangman waits. A crowd is gathered below.
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“Farewell, sweet lady, dearest Elizabeth, my beloved and only friend; may Heaven, in its bounty, bless and preserve you; may this be the last misfortune that you will ever suffer! Live, and be happy, and make others so.” - Justine, "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley
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“My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.”
- Algernon Blackwood
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Close up of the anguished / poignant face of Michelangelo's "David" white, marble sculpture.
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The vampire was utterly white & smooth, as if he were sculpted from bleached bone, & his face was as seemingly inanimate as a statue, except for two brilliant green eyes that looked down at the boy intently like flames in a skull.
-- Anne Rice, Interview With The Vampire
Phouka, the 326 Phouka (pooka), the. The Irish word "Phouka' is sometimes used, as 'Pouk", or PUCK, was in Middle English, for the Devil. More usually he is a kind of BOGY OR BOGEY-BEAST, something like the Picktree BRAG of the North of England, who takes various forms, most usually a horse, but also an eagle or a bat, and is responsible for people falling as well. Many a wild ride has been suffered on the Phouka's back. It is he who spoils the blackberries after Michaelmas. This is Crofton CROKER's view of him. According to Lady WILDE, however, he was nearer to the BROWNIE OF HOBGOBLIN. There is a charming story, "Fairy Help', in her Ancient Legends of Ireland in which a young boy, a miller's son, makes friends with Phouka and throws his coat over it as it rushes like a mad bull towards him. Afterwards he sees the Phouka directing six younger ones to thrash his father's corn while the miller's men are asleep. In this form the Phouka is like an old withered man dressed in rags. The boy tells his father and together they watch the phoukas at work through the crack of the door. After this the miller dismisses his men, and all the work of the mill is done by the phoukas. The mill became very prosperous. The boy Phadrig became very fond of the Phouka and night after night he watched him through the keyhole of an empty chest. He became more and more sorry for the Phouka, so old and frail and ragged, and working so hard to keep the idle little phoukas up to their york. At length, out of pure love and gratitude, he bought stuff and had a beautiful coat and breeches made for the Phouka, and laid them out for him to find. The Phouka was delighted with them, but decided that he was too fine to work any more. When he left all the little phoukas ran away, but the mill kept its prosperity, and when Phadrig married a beautiful bride he found a gold cup full of wine on the bridal table. He was sure it came from the Phouka and drank it without fear, and made his bride drink too.
A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, Katharine Mary Briggs, 1976. For #BookWormSat #GothicSpring
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'You are unattached, I believe? You are alone?' the priest enquired, moving a little in front of his friend, as though to keep him in the background. 'Yes,' replied Limasson. I am quite alone.' -- Algernon Blackwood, The Sacrifice, 1914
🖼️Serafino Macchiati, 1908
After her father loses her to Milord in a game of cards, the heroine transforms into a tigress, and Milord (the Beast) need no longer disguise himself as a human.
🖊️ Based on Beauty and the Beast, Angela Carter's The Tiger's Bride
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DRACULA
The creepy Count resided in the hills of the Carpathian mountains, in Romania..his castle being a rabbit warren of rooms and passageways..visitors? Well some left alive and some did not..nicknamed Vlad the Impaler..
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Book cover for The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Green cover with illustration of house with broken windows, to let sign, starry night sky and a ghostly figure.
‘Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil.‘ ~ Algernon Blackwood.
Since it is Algernon Blackwood’s birthday tomorrow, #BookWormSat Inc will take this opportunity to embrace the supernatural in literature. Do you dare to join us? #GothicSpring
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Image is Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
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THE GREAT MOON HOAX was published in a New York newspaper, August 25, 1835, it claimed the discovery of life & civilization on the Moon and featured an illustration of lunar bat people #baturday #GothicSpring
SNAPDRAGON SKULLS Did you know snapdragon seed heads resemble tiny skulls? Just found the ones I saved in the autumn. Perfect for #gothicspring #botanicalgothic
