#kuttner

Art: Bob Blanchard

"Men knew him as the Dweller in Darkness, that brother of the Old Ones called Nyogtha, the Thing that should not be. He can be summoned to Earth's surface through certain secret caverns and fissures, and sorcerers have seen him in Syria and below the black tower of Leng; from the Thang Grotto of Tartary he has come ravening to bring terror and destruction among the pavilions of the great Khan. Only by the looped cross, by the Vach-Viraj incantation and by the Tikkoun elixir may he be driven back to the nighted caverns of hidden foulness where he dwelleth. " - Henry Kuttner, "The Salem Horror" Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook from my Great Old Ones & Their Kin series Criterium sur Carnet A6, extrait de la série Grands Anciens et leurs séides Commissionnned by Ko-fi - Click here to order your own encounter with your favorite Great Old One

'Leigh strode to the center of the room, staring at the chair that stood on the black circle of stone. "You work here?" he asked slowly. "Yes. It's quiet—I found I couldn't work upstairs. Too noisy. But this is ideal—somehow I find it very easy to write here. My mind feels"—he hesitated—"free; that is, disassociated with other things. It's quite an unusual feeling." Leigh nodded as though Carson's words had confirmed some idea in his own mind. He turned toward the alcove and the metal disk in the floor. Carson followed him. The occultist moved close to the wall, tracing out the faded symbols with a long forefinger. He muttered something under his breath—words that sounded like gibberish to Carson. "Nyogtha . . . k'yarnak ..." He swung about, his face grim and pale. "I've seen enough," he said softly. "Shall we go?" Surprised, Carson nodded and led the way back into the cellar. Upstairs Leigh hesitated, as though finding it difficult to broach his subject. At length he asked, "Mr. Carson—would you mind telling me if you have had any peculiar dreams lately."' - Henry Kuttner, "The Salem Horror" Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook from my Great Old Ones & Their Kin series Criterium sur Carnet A6, extrait de la série Grands Anciens et leurs séides Commissionnned by Ko-fi - Click here to order your own encounter with your favorite Great Old One

Sarah Kuttner: "Mängelexemplar", S.215

Sarah Kuttner: "Mängelexemplar", S.165

Berlin 2010