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2023/06/03

June 3, 2023
A tall, very narrow, white building of approximately two or three stories that looks a little like a church. There's a regular door at the base of the building—more like a closet door than what you'd expect the doorway of a church to be—and a fancy arched window at the top. It's a clear, starry night. The building has a crosslike ornament at the pinnacle of the roof, and three abstract figures carved into the front of it. The door has the same crosslike symbol. Fastened to the right side of the building, in the most haphazard way possible, is an extremely crudely-constructed shack: an irregular concoction of boards and scraps with a rope ladder dangling from it. A television aerial sticks out of the roof of the shack. The window is illuminated, suggesting that someone is home, but no one is seen.

2023/06/02

June 2, 2023
A small, grassy hill, far out in the middle of a forest. It's early evening on a damp, foggy night. The sky is a deep blue, not black. There is a full moon wrapped in fog, with a blurry tree line in the background. On top of the hill stands a pink, glowing vending machine (the soda kind, not the food kind). On top of the vending machine sits a cat.

2023/05/30

May 30, 2023
On the left of the drawing, a stark, perfectly vertical cliff wall, interrupted only by a doorway set in the wall, a small deck with a railing jutting out from it. It's night; stars on a slate gray sky. Above the doorway is a glowing spherical lamp, similar to a streetlamp. Next to the doorway is a red train signal. Pulled up to the deck is what looks like a subway car, except it is floating in space and doesn't have wheels.

2023/05/26

May 26, 2023
An old-style telephone booth stands on a small hillock at night, overlooking the ocean. The full moon is high in the sky. The sky is clear, filled with stars. No one is in the booth. Perhaps no one has been for quite some time.

2023/05/22

May 22, 2023
An imposing figure sits in a high chair on trusses, similar to a lifeguard's chair. The figure is wearing a suit and has a long-necked desk lamp for a head. Below the figure sits a person in a normal-sized chair, reading a book. The scene is at night; the desk lamp person casts a light over the person sitting in a chair reading a book.

2023/05/16

May 16, 2023
An evening scene out in the woods. A giant telescope is mounted on a conical cement base planted on a small grassy promontory. The telescope seems to be in a clearing, with shadowy trees in the background. Above the telescope is a blazing, four-pointed star. However, the telescope is not pointed towards the star, but towards the ground behind it, and light streams from the end of the telescope, as though it's a spotlight. A person is caught in the spotlight beam.

2023/05/15

May 15, 2023
A huge object of rock and soil floating in oblivion, as though someone ripped an asteroid-sized chunk from the earth. On top of the object, which has a flat surface, sits a gas station. A truck is in one of the bays; a figure walks casually from the store to the truck. Above is a full moon in a cloudy sky.

2023/05/10

May 10, 2023
A person stands on a barren hilltop on a gray, cloudy night. Next to the figure is a phosphor-green bonfire, pouring smoke; the smoke forms an enormous figure looming overhead, wearing a formal hat. The person is holding a phone and seems to be looking up in surprise at the figure. This is not what DoorDash deliveries typically look like.

2023/05/02

May 2, 2023
A large, conical hill made of soil. The hill is topped by an orange road cone and surrounded by orange tape, as though it's a construction zone; an orange warning sign indicating a bump is affixed to the hill. Under other circumstances, this might look like a particularly egregious construction project, but the perceptive observer will notice a door and chimney stuck in the hill, indicating a resident. It is evening. A full moon illuminates the scene. Drive carefully.

2023/04/24

April 24, 2023
A fellow wearing a top hat rides in an odd conveyance with only one truck wheel on either side. It's a dismal night: no stars, no moon. The only light comes from the phosphor-green lantern held by the rider, whose face is eerily lit. There is also a red taillight. There's a suggestion of clouds overhead, but the general environment is barren and featureless.

2023/04/20

April 20, 2023
A grassy hillside in the moonlight. On the hillside are two boulders, one stacked on top of the other. The lower one looks vaguely like a body; the upper one definitely has a face carved into it, looking at the viewer. One side of the figure is eerily lit by the full moon. The boulders are balanced precariously, propped up with rickety supports. A forest tree line is visible in the background.

2023/04/16

April 16, 2023
An eerie figure that seems to be carved from stone stands in the light of a moon that looks like the Facebook "haha" reaction. The figure has no ears, a strange smile, and wears a suit and fedora. One side of the figure's face is hidden in shadow; on the side that isn't, there's a smiley face instead of an eye.

2023/04/14

April 14, 2023
A house with a clock cupola stands on two legs. The feet of the legs are wearing yellow Chuck Taylor All-Stars. The setting appears to be evening; there is moonlight, but no moon. The house has three windows: two small, on either side of it, and one large. One small window is lit, one is dark. The largest window, in the center, is brightly lit. The silhouette of a human figure with antlers stands looking out.

2023/04/09

April 9, 2023
A woods at night. The sky is the clear blue of a summer evening; the full moon is high in the sky. A wall of dark trees rises in the background. In the foreground, in a small clearing illuminated by moonlight, stands a tall, mushroom-shaped structure: it looks like a birdhouse made from a tall, slender mushroom. A circular opening is carved into the side of it, revealing a warm, yellow interior light. Right outside the structure, as if it's just exited the opening, is a glowing white ball that's giving of sparks. Up in the sky is another creature; a white winged thing that could be a fairy with birdlike wings and, yes, antlers. You might have imagined forest spirits as looking like pagan nymphs, but we can't all be pagan nymphs I'm afraid.

2023/04/08

April 8, 2023
Two people sit before a campfire at night, facing each other. The person on the left has an arm raised, as though they're telling a story. Looming behind them like a huge shadow is a great black cloud with the radioactive trefoil on it, warped and distorted, like the face of a monster formed by smoke. Part of the cloud rises up from the head of the person on the right, as though it's a speech balloon; something they're describing. There are dark things out there on the desert—and under it.

2023/04/04

April 4, 2023
A phosphorescent-green cat sits on a rocky promontory under a clear starry night, face turned towards the sky. The object the cat is sitting on has a metal plate with a symbol indicating a radioactive hazard, and an arrow pointing down.

2023/03/23

March 23, 2023
A well-lit room with a window, showing a dark night outside with a full moon and stars. But it looks like the night is leaking through the window into the room; dripping down the wall in a thick, rolling stream like paint.

2023/03/19

March 19, 2023
A sinister figure in a trench coat and hat stands alone on a dark night, the suggestion of an aurora in the sky behind it. On the figure's coat is a set of glowing buttons and dials. Where the figure's face would be is an arched lit window, eerie green, with a cat sitting in it.

2023/03/15

March 15, 2023
A night scene, with a starry sky. A van, seen from the front, sits in an open area, not moving, lights out. On top of the van is a giant satellite dish, pointed skyward towards a full moon. No one is visible in the van, but there is a lit window at the rear of the van, suggesting someone is home and maybe controlling the dish.

2023/03/13

March 13, 2023
A lone figure walks on a moonlit night, pulling a small tenement building seemingly placed in a two-wheeled cart. Most of the windows in the building are lit. A cat is visible in one; a plant is in the other.

2023/03/05

March 5, 2023
An old-style, monochrome television—you know, the kind with knobs and a cathode ray tube—stands on furry, spindly legs. It is standing on a grassy hill at night: behind it is the suggestion of a city seen from a great height, the streets defined by lights. There's a moon partially hidden behind fog. It is, altogether, a distinctly eerie scene; one made all the more unsettling by the fact that the television screen is on and glowing, displaying a monstrous staring face.

2023/03/01

March 1, 2023
A set of books on a small shelf in a darkened room. The books are arranged horizontally, as they usually are. The spines, facing the viewer, have brightly lit windows in them, making the books look like those narrow row houses you see in Baltimore.

2023/02/26

February 26, 2023
A large chess knight with legs walks along the ground under a full moon, a fortress dimly visible in the distance

2023/02/23

February 23, 2023
A robotic humanoid contraption comprised of a boxy head, with a round window where the face would be, and a boxy torso with a tall window in the middle. A cat sits in the top window; a person with a top hat is silhouetted in the lower one. The robot has multiple arms, one of which holds a lantern and another of which holds a coffee cup and hiking stick.

2023/02/22

February 22, 2023
A large furry creature with two large, yellow-lit windows for eyes. Two people stand in the windows; a full moon is above.

2023/02/14

February 14, 2023
A person stands on a hilltop at night, blowing an enormous red fireball out of a bubble wand. (You have to look closely but yes, that is a bubble wand, and an absolute hell of one.)

2023/02/13

February 13, 2023
A yellow, furry creature with horns wears a silvery jumpsuit while listening to an iPod

2023/02/11

February 11, 2023
A large face with one eye and a mouth like the opening of a tunnel, framed by two legs. The eye appears to be a window, with a person looking out of it. It's night.

2023/02/06

February 6, 2023
A giant, furry, horned creature stands on top of a bell tower at night, while below, in the bell chamber, visible via the arched opening, a person sits. Both figures stare at a full moon.

2023/02/03

February 3, 2023
A vast stone obelisk with a face. The mouth is an open cave with a fire burning inside. It is night. The obelisk is illuminated by a moon; an eerie, pale-green scene.

2023/01/25

January 25, 2023
A giant crimson something sits in the ruins of a tiny house, tail extending through a mouthlike opening at the base of the house. It's night. The scene looks as though it were lit by a moon, but there is no moon. There never is on nights like this.

2023/01/23

January 23, 2023
A huge face with one half of it crumbled away, set in the ground as though it's an abandoned building. Both eyes are round, empty windows. A person stands in one. It is night. The stillness is deafening.

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