But the torso and lower parts of the body were teratologically fabulous,
so that only generous clothing could ever have enabled it to walk on
earth unchallenged or uneradicated.
Above the waist it was
semi-anthropomorphic; though its chest, where the dog's rending paws
still rested watchfully, had the leathery, reticulated hide of a
crocodile or alligator. The back was piebald with yellow and black, and
dimly suggested the squamous covering of certain snakes. Below the
waist, though, it was the worst; for here all human resemblance left off
and sheer phantasy began. The skin was thickly covered with coarse
black fur, and from the abdomen a score of long greenish-grey tentacles
with red sucking mouths protruded limply.
H.P. Lovecraft
From The Lonely Scarecrow tumblr.
5 comments:
Not my favorite Lovecraft story, but very weird....
I need to start reading his stuff.
Now if I can just get myself to start reading.
that beautiful nutty mind of his.
that story you wrote & posted on here, where you have dinner with your neighbors, it really Really REALLY reminded me of Lovecraft. like it was told in the same voice or something.
Loved that story!!
(i forget the name or should i say "time").. : D
8:18 : )
Thanks!
maybe, you should post it again.
just sayin.
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