"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Nighthawks

Che questo quadro fosse oggetto di una vera e propria mania, lo sapevo. Ma non pensavo fino a questo punto.

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Spooktober 25 – The Phantom Farm House (2)

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Alix Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches

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Spooktober 24 – The Phantom Farm House (1)

“The Phantom Farmhouse” is a short story written by Seabury Quinn, first published in the October 1923 issue of Weird Tales. It is one of Quinn’s most famous standalone works outside of his popular Jules de Grandin detective series. I had been at the new

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5 Comments
  • Damiani
    Posted at 14:10h, 30 May Reply

    la Gioconda è molto risentita di tutto ciò…

  • utente anonimo
    Posted at 15:37h, 30 May Reply

    E Paride Rotulese non c’è, in questo quadro?

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:13h, 30 May Reply

    @ Damiani: eh, mi dispiace… ma portale i miei saluti la prossima volta che la vedi. Dille che io le ho sempre preferito la Vergine delle Rocce. No, magari non dirglielo…

    @ misterioso anonimo: certo che c’è. E’ dietro il bancone. Insieme al gatto.

  • contenebbia
    Posted at 12:53h, 31 May Reply

    C’è la versione alla Bosch?

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 10:03h, 03 June Reply

    Credo di sì, cher Comte. Manca invece una scena che apparve su un Marvel tempo fa (X-Factor #5, su sa il cielo quale X-men Deluxe, mi pare che ne parlai…)

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