The Art of Darkness

A Little Night Link Dump

May 31st, 2019 by Cobwebs

Abecedarian: Halloween – This site has tons of cool vintage artwork and photos. You can also find things tagged Grim Reaper, Bats, Witches, and lots more.

Modern Witch Tarot – Limited edition tarot deck with lovely artwork.

Lady Crafthole’s Cabinet of Crochet Curiosities – Crochet patterns for things like the Willendorf Venus and the Uffington White Horse.

Necromancer that doesn’t know they’re a necromancer and thinks they’re just a really good emt – Somebody wrote a short story in response to this and it’s pretty great. (Hat tip to pdq)

Ooze, Giant Shark Bowl – This D&D thread with a custom character is delightful.

Hammerhead Mermaid – The #MerMay hashtag on Twitter has tons of great art, but I especially like this creepy shark-maid.

How to Pattern a Plush Beetle – Video tutorial, including pattern, for a big huggable stag beetle.

Live-Tweeting The Toll – I may have to pick up Cherie Priest’s new horror novel entirely on the strength of this thread.

Hand X-Ray Cross-Stitch Pattern – Good-looking pattern for a bony hand. I like their I’m so hip, I’m an acetabulum pattern too.

Norse Goddesses – The artist who gave us pinup posters of Norse gods (Dat Ás) and Greek gods (Oh My Gods) gives us some extremely-badass-and-not-even-faintly-sexualized Norse goddesses.

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Seen Online

May 28th, 2019 by Cobwebs

let me be clear, when you roll a 20 to seduce the monster, that is not you being so sexy that the monster becomes into you. that is you being so lucky that the monster’s first boyfriend looked a lot like you and they still have a lot of stuff to work out.
ARDMOOD

breast augmentation just means they make them bigger or smaller, it’s never anything cool like a robot eye or a poison dart launcher installed right in the boob
eedrk

Baba Yaga
Scary Yaga
Sporty Yaga
Ginger Yaga
Posh Yaga
GoFrankGo

Kids putting their teeth under their pillows is the most occultist shit in the world. Yes, child, put the discarded bone under your pillow. if you are lucky the tiny demon will come and make her purchase. Sell your bones for riches, my child, your youth will be spent soon.
DanaSchwartzzz

Supervillains announcing their plans is actually a union thing so they can’t be sued for damages someone else may commit at the same time
e-seal

Spiders are goth sewing machines.
stevevsninjas

son: daddy, do you believe in the Boogie Man?
me: I used to, but not anymore
[from under the bed]: I forgot to pick you up from the airport ONE TIME!
HenpeckedHal

There’s a Wikipedia article of “list of body parts named after people” and it’s great. Awards:
* Most Likely to be a Death Metal Band: Crypts of Lieberkühn
* Most Unfortunate Naming Choice: Sphincter of Oddi
* What Is This, Some Kind Of D&D Thing: Zonule of Zinn
* Hottest Medical Eponym: Apley grind test
* Most Likely To Be What Some Frat Bro Calls His Genitals: Bodansky unit
* Probably Secretly Some Gross Traditional British Food: Clutton’s joints
farbandish

me criticizing fantasy settings in 2007: lmao none of this geography makes sense. and look at these names. this one has four apostrophes in it

me criticizing fantasy settings in 2017: has no one…has no one considered the matter of fishing rights

skeletoncrimes

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Life is Just a Bowl of Link Dumps

May 24th, 2019 by Cobwebs

Glamourie – Book of knitting patterns for fanciful clothing. You can see photos of some of the patterns here.

Genderswapped Lord of the Rings – I love these speculative casting choices.

The Other Arachnids – A very cool roundup of non-spider arachnids.

Good Boy Stats – This Twitter thread of D&D monsters and whether or not they’re “good boys” is awesome, but @bryancamp’s comment “They’re all good boys, Mordenkainen.” is what really sent me over the edge.

Hen Wives, Spinsters, and Lolly Willowes – A look at the more domestic Wise Women.

Chicken Scratch – Custom drawings and calligraphy, including props for LARPing.

Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank – A short but amusing Twitter thread.

Mermaid Horror Stories – I can definitely see mermaids gathered around whatever the undersea equivalent of a campfire is, scaring each other with these.

Ashes to Art – Artist Bea Haines paints with human ashes.

Cute Creature – Great response to the writing prompt, “A creature designed to be ‘cute’, created by a god that does not fully understand what ‘cute’ looks like to humans.”

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Mary Had a Little Link Dump

May 17th, 2019 by Cobwebs

Calavera Flatware – Silverware with a lovely skull design. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)

Any Thoughts on Elf Sexuality – The answer to this Tumblr Ask is now absolutely my headcanon.

Wingspan – Super cool knitting pattern for a shawl that looks like wings.

House Sitting for Ghosts – A small RPG with a cute premise.

Little Fears – This thread about an RPG campaign sounds really intriguing.

No Spoons Left – I don’t know the original source for this embroidery pattern, but the lines are simple enough that it’d be possible to reproduce it just from the photo.

Lisa Frankenstein – A pleasantly punny T-shirt.

Stress Tardigrade – Like a stress ball, but tardigrade-ier.

Drklght Clothing – Gothy T-shirts and accessories, including a small Disney section that gives no indication of being licensed so get it before the Mouse drops the hammer. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)

The Enduring Legacy of Bunnicula – How the book came to be written, and why its legacy endures.

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Sing a Song of Link Dumps

May 10th, 2019 by Cobwebs

Haunted Dollhouse – This eBay find is super cute. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)

Nice Prophecies – A tie-in Twitter account for the upcoming Good Omens miniseries.

Clown Monster Hunters – I would watch this series.

If you are reading this, aliens are not real – Neat little bit of microfiction.

Heavy Metal Kitties – Drawings of cats in T-shirts for metal bands like “Rage Against the Meowchine” and “Black Tabby.”

The Snake Artist – Artist Bill Flowers reinterprets famous paintings with snakes like The Birth of Venus and The Last Supper and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. He’s also a “venomous snake wrangler.” And he’s Australian, which I feel like explains a lot.

Preserving a Loved One’s Tattoos After Death – Profile of a company which will remove and preserve tattooed skin so it can be framed or otherwise displayed.

Macabre Mansion – Lovingly detailed Poe-themed jigsaw puzzle.

Things from Paxton Gate – Cool photos and commentary from a shop that specializes in “natural curios” and “scientific novelties.”

The Addams Family Are Good People – I love this Tumblr thread.

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Seen Online

May 7th, 2019 by Cobwebs

[an awkward minute passes as Death struggles to pick up change from the countertop]
Death: (embarrassed) ha ha slippery coins
Drugstore Clerk: nah man it’s cuz you got them bone hands
Ygrene

Your skeleton is just a gift that time slowly unwraps.
dorsalstream

My son has reached an age where he’s becoming curious about the human body, so I think I’m gonna have to drag it out of the crawlspace and bury it behind the shed.
thechrisschmidt

The worst part about insomnia is having to eat spiders while conscious
Prof_Hinkley

My outgoing message on my voicemail is 40 seconds of my dog licking himself. If you want to leave me a voicemail you’re gonna work for it.
jessokfine

[getting ready for plans I shouldn’t have made]
ME: *standing in shower opening and closing shower curtain* here, killer killer killer
PleaseBeGneiss

“I see my assassins failed.”
-how I’m going to greet people from now on
Buffalojill

if a ghost picks a fight with you keep your elbows tucked in aim for the soft spots and remember someone already killed that motherfucker once
minkpinkustink

i don’t go in bouncy castles because i’m afraid of bouncy dracula
blainecapatch

When God closes a door, he opens a window, and that’s how all the angel squirrels got in here.
dorsalstream

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Valley of the Link Dumps

May 3rd, 2019 by Cobwebs

Rootin’, tootin’, toil n’ shootin’ – This response to “cowboys are witches” is pretty great.

Nightmare Fuel – A newsletter about scary books.

Fashion History – An entertaining Twitter thread.

Bargain – A sweet, demonic short story by Sarah Gailey. There’s also a sequel, Rescue.

A haunted doll mistaking a creepy android to be a bigger, stronger, haunted doll… – I would watch this movie.

How to Be a Grave Digger – A look at the old-fashioned way to dig graves. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)

Simon Pegg to Adapt Rivers of London – Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s production company Stolen Picture is adapting Ben Aaronovitch’s “epic fantasy drama” for TV.

Boris Groh – Artist who draws scenes full of wonderfully creepy monsters who are mostly…sort of sheepish and sweet. They can’t help that they look horrifying; they’re just awkward and want to be friends.

Wizards have the same trust in magic that software designers have in software – This post and the accompanying comments are my new headcanon.

DIY Bat Bow Tie – Instructions for making a bat-shaped bow tie.

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