2 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim,
Where they roll in their horror unheeded,
Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Nemesis

3 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;
We find delight in the most loathsome things;
Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,
And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.”
― Charles Baudelaire

4 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer–both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

5 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”
― André Gide, Prometheus Illbound

6 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.”

— H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

The Fantastic Covers of Famous Fantastic Mysteries!

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

Famous Fantastic Mysteries was published from 1939 to 1953. The covers, which were done by some of the best illustrators of the day, are highly valued by collectors and, from the examples below, it’s easy to see why. Check out these exciting covers from Famous Fantastic Mysteries!

by Virgil Finlay

by Norman Saunders

by Lawrence Sterne Stevens

by Frank R. Paul

Another Halloween Has Come And Gone

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

Another Halloween has come and gone! Those of us at the Shattered Lens hope that all of our readers and writers have had a happy and safe holiday and that everyone got plenty of treats and not too many tricks! We also hope that all of you have enjoyed this year’s horrorthon at the Shattered Lens!