The Dreams of Mana Yood-Sushai, by Sidney Sime, for “Of Skarl the Drummer,” from Lord Dunsany’s The Gods of Pegana (1905). New colorization by Aladdin Collar, 2025.
The Dreams of Mana Yood-Sushai, by Sidney Sime, for “Of Skarl the Drummer,” from Lord Dunsany’s The Gods of Pegana (1905). New colorization by Aladdin Collar, 2025.
Illustration by Sidney Sime for “The Fall of Babbulkund,” from Lord Dunsany’s The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908).
Colorization by Aladdin Collar for “Contes de Pegana,” available now from Callidor Press.
Sidney Herbert Sime Hish (from Lord Dunsany’s Gods of Pegana) 1911
colorist Aladdin Collar
Classifieds and back-pages for American Eldritch 02: Deus ex Gothica.
I am 110% behind calling Shub-Niggurath “Sheol Nugganoth”. Harkens back to Dunsany and lets you get the weird fertility god in your eldritch horror without the horrible racism.
(via demi-shoggoth)
The American Eldritch Press is excited to announce the cover reveal for “Abominable You,” by Aladdin Collar!
It’s 28 pages, fully illustrated by the author, in color, featuring inspirational cosmic-horror dating advice for the modern woman.
We’re going to run our first kickstarter for this one, so, get ready for some noise over the course of the next few weeks.
If you’d like to be a beta reader for the book, that would be neat! Send an email to americaneldritchsubmissions@gmail.com. If we’re still looking for feedback by the time we receive your email, we’ll shoot you a PDF of the manuscript.
A few sample pages from Abominable You: How to Drive Your Man to the Brink of Madness by Embracing the Void Within
“Oops, All Towers,” a selection of Tarot cards from Aladdin Collar (with apologies to Pamela Colman Smith)
Carrousel, the Barber of Meridian Street, by Aubrey Beardsley, originally published in The Savoy (1896). Digital color by Aladdin Collar (2022).
The King of Queens in Yellow, by Aladdin Collar
Another short from the Misktatonic Community College lecture series, “Lurker at the Threshold: It’s Literary Hoaxes All the Way Down”
Pamela Colman Smith: Before the Tarot, an Adventure in Symbolism
Check out the complete Green Sheaf, available on Archive.org
Mistkatonic Community College: Lovecraft’s Other Prejudice (the Man Who Hated Dogs)
A mini video essay by Aladdin Collar
Interstitial Moth illustrated by C. Rickets, for The Dial no. 1, 1889.
Arkham Community College: Pugilism 101: William Blake and the Fine Art of Laying Hands
In the second episode of Arkham Community College, we explore the life and crimes of William Blake, in some of his own words, and a whole bunch of mine.
Subjects of discussion include the Gordon Riots, that one poem about the Tyger, some illuminated prophecies, the X-Men, and advice on how to remove impertinent Dragoons from one’s garden.