I decided that today’s prompt, “flowing” meant flowing water (or running). At that point, it was a choice between the River Styx or Tam Lin. I have the slightest feeling I may be plagiarizing Gustave Doré‘s Divine Comedy but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a way, today’s prompt, “cruel”, was easy. Thinking about it I could easily imagine dungeons, racks, iron maidens… needle nose pliers. The problem I had with this simplicity is I didn’t want to do sadism. So instead I did a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a terrible time thinking of a Halloween twist to today’s prompt, “Whale”. All I could think of was Moby-Dick. Well, I guess it’s kind of Gothic, so it counts. Whatever I think of John Huston’s version. The climax where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t have much to say about today’s prompt, guarded, except that it pretty much said dungeon to me. I threw in some redcaps to keep things interesting. The only problem with this image is it’s another example where I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For me, when I saw today’s prompt, clock, The Masque of the Red Death was the only way to go. The Masque of the Red Death remains my favorite Poe story in it’s an unrelenting study of human decadence. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Weak” was another prompt that had me stumped. I briefly thought of emaciated prisoners in oubliettes. I nixed the idea, however, because for one thing I had already done prisoners, and two, I really wasn’t crazy about doing anything sadistic.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The second thing that occurred to me with today’s prompt, Angular… (the first thing that occurred to me was the non-euclidean architecture of the sunken city of R’lyeh but I’d done my Lovecraft quota for this challenge.) Was german expresionism[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was completely stumped about today’s prompt, “swollen”, and technically I’m still stumped. So I just did Violet Beauregarde turning into a blueberry from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
When I first saw today’s prompt, bottle, I immediately thought of homunculi. Specifically, the collection of them owned by Dr. Septimus Pretoriusin Bride of Frankenstein. I remember reading how Alchemists allegedly made them. There were just enough details that trying to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do not know why “roasted” and “scorched” were on the same prompt list! But I make due with a mob with torches and pitchforks go after the monster. It’s a bit rushed and sloppy but I like how the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
