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Drawn to supernatural horror, weird fiction, folklore, strange dreams, fantasy & sci-fi. Join us for jovial ‘morbs’, weird musings and cult entanglements - Cthulhu fhtagn! Plus meet the Morblings - our cute resident antidotes for soothing ‘the morbs’.

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Monsters, Morbs and Midnight Terrors @monstermorbs.bsky.social · Jun 15

Would you share a song or two, in the comments below, that you listen to when you’ve got the morbs?

Let’s get the morbs together ☹️🤘

#gotthemorbs #monstermorbs #depression #melancholy #feelingblue #songshare #mentalhealth #grief #loss #sadness #music #darkness

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Iris Compiet @iriscompiet.art · 6d

Little Eggie! A little mushroom painting I did yesterday because I could.

Photo of a watercolour painting of a cute mushroom creature. A big round yellow orange cap with white spots. A big smile on their face and a little snaggletooth

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Iris Compiet @iriscompiet.art · Jan 1

I made this… I had fun making this…

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JaseGROT @jasegrot.bsky.social · Sep 10

Recent gang of weirdos

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Chamber of Goo @chamber-of-goo.bsky.social · Sep 2

Domestic Terrorism on a Spectral Level 🪦🦇💀🦠

#darkart #horrorartist #creepyart #conceptartist #horrorartwork #characterdesigns #darkillustration #gothicart #gothichorror #ectoplasm #ghostart #spookyart #glowinthedark #monochromeart

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever feel like you’ve hit a wall and can’t keep going? You may have run into a #yokai known as nurikabe. Translating as ‘plaster wall,’ this odd phenomenon occurs on roads late at night in the form of a huge invisible wall, blocking the way for travellers. Any attempts to...
#MythologyMonday
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Two women stand looking at a large creature that takes the shape of a wall blocking their way.

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Monsters, Morbs and Midnight Terrors @monstermorbs.bsky.social · Aug 31

Morbiliciously apocalyptic yarns 🖤 🧟‍♂️

feral cats hollerin are @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · Aug 31

zombies on the jukebox
bones unburied out back
ghouls and captivating damsels dance-
who will have this final chance?

old laboratory burned
two certainly people seen fleeing scene,
trail of yearning dreams left by leaking seams,
reaching rotten cottonwood trees
as shadows climb deer blinds

#vss365

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2ghosts @2ghosts.bsky.social · Aug 31

an illustration i've made for the "Dark Fairies" zine! 🦋

A fairy with butterfly wings hangs on a wall among a butterfly collection (and other insects). A girl is standing below with her hand reached towards the fairy.

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Innsmouth Gold https://innsmouthgold.com/ @innsmouthgold.bsky.social · Aug 30

ILF25 has a great lineup of guests joining us for panels, presentations, book launches, and more!
Plus Innsmouth After Dark with Paul Roland, Edwyrdian Tales performing From Beyond, Deadbolt Films screening, and poet CJ Hooper!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-literary-festival-25-tickets-1494615127079

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CarsonDrewIt @carsondrewit.bsky.social · Aug 6

Conclave of the Drowned Sisters

#dailysketch Day 118
#art #illustration #darkart

A digital sketch of a woman reaching into a pool of water. She wears a bone-like crown and decorative jewelry. Approaching her hand are a variety of women, some of them appearing injured in various ways. They approach her hand with reverence.

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FonsCordi Art @fonscordi.bsky.social · Aug 24

Continuing last night sketches with morning coffee ✍️😌☕️

#wip #darksurrealism #darkart #drawing #horrorart #kunst #art #sketchbook #morningcoffee #horror

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yvesbroeckx.bsky.social @yvesbroeckx.bsky.social · Aug 25

I E R O S I O N O F S I L E N C E I

Grief doesn’t speak — it bleeds.
Erosion of Silence — an abstract exploration of loss, where colors fracture into echoes of what once was.

- The Asylum Art -
Art and words by Yves
#AbstractArt #blueskyart #abstract #complexptsd #cptsd #Expressionism

Erosion of Silence is a visceral abstraction of loss — a canvas where colors ache with unspoken emotion. Deep, bruised blues and charred blacks swallow the edges, while a violent burst of crimson at the center suggests a wound that never closes. The blurred textures and bleeding strokes embody the way grief erodes time and identity, leaving only fragments of what once felt whole. This work rejects form, focusing instead on raw emotional resonance — a storm of absence and remembrance made visible.

Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx
This is digitally created art
concept and execution by Yves

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Monsters, Morbs and Midnight Terrors @monstermorbs.bsky.social · Aug 24

Going to take a peek at this later…Varney The Vampire - the proto-Dracula 🦇 🧛🏻‍♀️ 🖤 a Victoria-era ‘Penny Dreadful’ series of pamphlets first appearing in 1845, influencing Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1...

#Dracula #Vampire #WeirdFiction #Gothic #Books #Folklore #BramStoker

Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood

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Liehl - comms open! @liehl.bsky.social · Aug 18

I was really indo sketching fairies and ended up with this idea of a dark fairy that works as an emissary, carrying messages between fairy courts. She uses butterflies to help with her work 😄 #oc #fairy #fae #art

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Eleonora_Iorio_Art @eleonoraiorioart.bsky.social · Oct 30

I've been working on 'dark versions' of 2 old drawings so here it's the first one!🦋🖤
#Portrait #picture #絵 #肖像画 #似顔絵 #illustration #イラスト #イラストレーション #butterfly #蝶 #butterflywings #eyemakeup #makeup #fairy #妖精 #darkfairy #inktober #poetic #dark #longhair #dibujoamano #retrato #dibujorealista #magic

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Chris Guarino @artofchrisguarino.bsky.social · Aug 22

Forest Warlock
Cast Stone & Resin on Marble Base
Forest Spirit series
To keep up with book related events and upcoming gallery shows, join my email list at www.chrisguarino.com

#fantasywriter #forestspirit #woodlandsprite #fantasyauthor #sculpture #impart #fairytaleart #darkart #darkartsculpture

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David Wolf Aronson Art @davidwolfaronson.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dali's Mother. Graphite on paper. #visionaryart #darkart #surrealart #surrealism #symbolistart #psychedelicart #horrorart #weirdart #bizarreart #drawing #fantasyart #illustration #graphite #pencildrawing

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · Aug 13

Strange otherworld of arcane allure
Quite reassuring despite its demure,
I long for, I wish things were not as they seem,
The mundane, the broken, the infallibly obscene.
It’s no wonder the mystical strikes such appeal,
I’d rather the veil covered all that is real.

#vss365 #prompt #mystical #poetry

Altered image of Dozmary Pool, representing the Lake of Hali, from The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers - a mysterious, misty lake situated near the city of Carcosa.

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jan3ep.bsky.social @jan3ep.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hallway Horror
#photography #monochrome #abandoned #hallway #shadows #urbex #decay #darkhistory #hospital #prison #darkness

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Monsters, Morbs and Midnight Terrors @monstermorbs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Image fashioned off a photo I took of Dozmary Pool, where legend has it Excalibur was given to King Arthur by The Lady of the Lake. My mind turned it into Lake Hali, a misty lake found near the city of Hastur.

#Hastur #Eldritch #CosmicHorror #Folklore #KingArthur #FantasyArt

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Monsters, Morbs and Midnight Terrors @monstermorbs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

#theyellowking #carcosa

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Kay|MurmurInkCrow @murmurinkcrow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Final pencil sketch before ink.
The previous sketch is meant to map out the big shapes and composition, and now I add the small details. Basically a guideline for the inking pen.
Stick around if you'd like to see what's next ✒️🖤
#art #traditionalart #pencilsketch #graphitesketch #horror #darkart

What you'll see in the garden in a hot summer day when you're sleep deprived and maybe even dehydrated.

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Taylor Livingston @nightmulch.bsky.social · Aug 7

"It's personal guard was selected from the most vicious. Those born for battle, forged in the crucible of war and tempered in blood and fire."

-journal of Scribe Nine

#art #drawing #illustration #fantasy #darkfantasy #conceptart #knight #armor #sword #sketch

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Taylor Livingston @nightmulch.bsky.social · Aug 9

"In rare cases, dragons slain in battle have simply...denied Death. Rather, they choose (or are chosen for) ascension, attaining a sort of demigod status and joining the ranks of the undying Dragon Saints."

-T.Karthis

#art #drawing #dragon #sword #sketch #fantasy #darkfantasy #medieval

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Fredward Fall @fredwardfall.bsky.social · Aug 7

There once was a crow
with feathers all black.
The crow was alone
and it was quite sad.
All of his crow friends
had left the scene.
So the crow got
stubborn and mean...

#fredwardfall #crow #darkart #darkartist #darkpoetry #poetry #digitalart #oc #skull #raven #death #digitalart #illustration

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Noir @jwdream.bsky.social · Aug 7

Big Brother is Watching You

#traditionalart #drawing #pencil #JohnHurt #book #movie #BigBrotherIsWatching #GeorgeOwell #darkart #dystopian

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