The Dark Places

EDWARD V AND THE DUKE OF YORK IN THE TOWER (1831)

By PAUL DELAROCHE (1797-1856)

Oil on Canvas, copy of larger canvas in the Louvre

The Wallace Collection, London

It is 1483. Two boys huddle together on a bed, reading a book of prayers. To the left, at the foot of the door, a shadow falls. The dog goes to see who is coming, but the children seem to sense they are in danger. The boy with auburn hair looks in fear towards the door, but his fair sickly brother gazes out of the canvas uncomprehendingly. The dog by the door is listening. Perhaps their killers are already approaching. The mood is ominous

A RIVER SCENE BY MOONLIGHT

Manner of Aert van der NEER (1603/4-1677)

Oil on canvas

Jane was aware of a great swaying of flowers, of cowled figures—and she was one of them—moving between giant blossoms toward the pale and helpless victim

Illustration for Call Him Demon by Henry Kuttner (as Keith Hammond) (1914-1958)

Weird Tales, 1946

... moving slowly, like figures in some monstrous and appalling dance ... 1923

Illustration by Jean de Bosschère (1878-1953)

from Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair