† It is a northern country; they have cold weather, they have cold hearts. Angela Carter, "The Werewolf" †

On this tumblelog you are most likely to find an assortment of spooks, personal demons, some muses and a pick'n'mix of subversive facts and myths. I try to credit wherever possible.

[Encyclopaedia Vantitatum † my personal blog, where you will generally find a wide range of the uncanny and the curious, from reviews of German Expressionist and Surrealist films, to reviews of marginally obscure but not less delightful books, to random thoughts and some creative writing]

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♥ Apr 9th, 2012
♥ Apr 9th, 2012
art by Vania Zouravliov
♥ Apr 9th, 2012
art by Vania Zouravliov
♥ Apr 9th, 2012
art by Vania Zouravliov
♥ Apr 9th, 2012
Columbina by Vania Zouravliov
♥ Apr 9th, 2012
How come I wasn’t really aware of Vania Zouravliov’s art before?
♥ Mar 27th, 2012
♥ Mar 14th, 2012
♥ Mar 14th, 2012
actegratuit:

Portal by Skalabrin
♥ Feb 3rd, 2012
fer1972:

Claude Verlinde 1
♥ Jan 9th, 2012
♥ Jan 7th, 2012
Addams Family illustration by Charles Addams (via The Invisible Agent)
♥ Jan 5th, 2012
3wings:

Tropo Editores - Album de radiografias secretas Ramon J. Sender 2006Oscar Sanmartín
♥ Jan 4th, 2012
Succubus by Santiago Caruso
♥ Dec 27th, 2011
areoccuringnightmare:

“19th century coal miners would traditionally take canaries in cages down into the mine with them. The birds would act as an early warning system for carbon monoxide gas. When the canary stopped singing the miner would know that he had to escape the chamber he was in.”
“This particular yellow canary was obviously a favoured pet as well as a working bird. Inscribed with the legend : ‘In Memory of Little Joe. Died November 3rd 1875. Aged 3 Years’”