Although I drew this initial sketch a while ago, I was pulling a lot of influence from the Wicked Library’s most recent episode, “Tunda” by Micheal Landry while touching it up . If you have some time and need an extra boost of inspiratu, definitely give this episode a listen: http://thewickedlibrary.com/806/

To Inspire You:

From the Pages of Doctor Phineas Ainsley

I only caught a
glimpse of the creature as it
fled the scene of its
hideous feeding grounds,
but a glimpse was all it
took to sear its visage
into my memory forever.

~Jeanette Andromeda

Created By You:

Last week you created some beautiful, melancholy, and sometimes hilarious haiku based on my Festering Artwork. Let’s read them, shall we?

We planted a rose
Fed it with our life and blood
But it outgrew us#horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/TP2nJ1B3b0

— SelkieMade (@selkiemade) April 3, 2018

#horrorhaikuesday

The beans that Jack bought
Were a little more deadly
Than he expected pic.twitter.com/PEIMfV2IW5

— Eric Z (@zmudae) April 3, 2018

The horror has grown
From deeply rooted terror
No screams will be heard#HorrorHaikuesday https://t.co/PV6CtPmeyS

— SCREAMWORLD (@screamworld) April 3, 2018

Intoxicating
On the edge about to crack
Hell strengthens it’s roots#HorrorHaikuesday #haiku #MadVerse #vss365 #SockItTueMe #nationalpoetrymonth #napowrimo pic.twitter.com/gMW4XN2Ul4

— P (@epower05) April 3, 2018

Too quickly agreed,
equal parts pain and beauty.
Now Spring dryads bloom.#HorrorHaikuesday pic.twitter.com/o9fRPCj2aC

— Chris Fischer (@SurlyByDefault) April 3, 2018

#horrorhaikuesday

Brought down to his knees
The fungus takes his body
Tearing him apart pic.twitter.com/9TmfM2rFPr

— Eric Z (@zmudae) April 3, 2018

Here’s a little haiku tag between Kylie and Kerry that I loved:

#HorrorHaikuesday

It sprouts from sorrows
Nourished by turmoil and guilt
Tears souls limb from limb https://t.co/HrR68HamsC

— Kerry E.B. Black (@BlackKerryblick) April 3, 2018

she buried the seed
in ground made fertile by fear
and watered by tears#horrorhaikuesday

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) April 3, 2018

captured by the shrike
she twists upon the branches
part of his larder#horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/lufh6J8ieY

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) April 3, 2018

In the dark forest
of night, of death, trees whisper—
feed me, I’m hungry #HorrorHaikuesday pic.twitter.com/LUfjYQI4Qv

— A. F. Stewart (@scribe77) April 3, 2018

#horrorhaikuesday
It grows from inside
Festering disease for you
Nutrients for it pic.twitter.com/d6kBzNyc1F

— Ace 🎂12 Days (@AshVulpine) April 3, 2018

Thank you all for visiting, and I’ll see you again next week! Same bat time(9am EST) Same bat place, (here and on twitter using #HorrorHaikuesday).