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Published: 2007-10-11 05:10:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 3153; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 35
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Description Drawing inspired by the short story "The Rats in the Walls," by H.P. Lovecraft. The story begins with the narrator moving into his ancestral home in a wild region of England. Disturbed by the constant sound of rats in the walls, he follows the rats down to a vault deep in the cellar. Summoning some friends to help him open the vault, the group is astonished to find a vast subterranean world of limitless mystery and horrible suggestion.".

As they explore the underground city, an awful discovery is made. One of Lovecraft's best stories.
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Comments: 16

CapnDeek373 [2020-07-04 23:36:58 +0000 UTC]

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brandon-bowling [2014-06-28 03:18:33 +0000 UTC]

It's a nice piece of art you've got here. Sounds like I really need to check out that story, too!

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athas In reply to brandon-bowling [2014-07-04 03:50:23 +0000 UTC]

You should definitely check out Lovecraft's works, he's written some fatastically weird stuff.

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brandon-bowling In reply to athas [2014-07-05 01:04:36 +0000 UTC]

I've read a few of his works before, mainly The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness. Obviously, there's still a lot of ground for me to cover. For anyone interested, Tim Curran wrote a great book called Hive, which is a kind of sequel to At the Mountains of Madness and adds in some elements of John Carpenter's The Thing to boot! It was right up my alley. You might enjoy it as well.

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Raskolnikov2007 [2010-05-30 11:57:09 +0000 UTC]

One of Lovecraft's more disturbing stories, and his best.

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MisterCheeselover [2008-05-27 06:23:33 +0000 UTC]

I really like the sketchy shading on the inking job. It\'s really nice! I really love your stuff!

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athas In reply to MisterCheeselover [2008-05-28 05:37:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you; likewise.

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tomthelemming [2008-02-17 00:29:39 +0000 UTC]

this is a great depiction. im actually reading this story right now. i think you really captured the mood and atmosphere of the underground ruins.

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athas In reply to tomthelemming [2008-02-18 02:16:02 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks. Always good to meet a fellow Lovecraft fan.

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tomthelemming In reply to athas [2008-02-18 03:46:52 +0000 UTC]

no problem, i'll see you when the old ones return.

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IMAGINeye [2007-10-11 17:46:16 +0000 UTC]

Nice work Athas! I love how you make it feel grim and gritty!

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athas In reply to IMAGINeye [2007-10-13 06:00:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the !

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twiggy-trace [2007-10-11 12:35:52 +0000 UTC]

I haven't read it, but I would wager that you've captured the feeling quite well. My main crit would be that a rat's butt isn't so pointy, but that's about it. Nice job!

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athas In reply to twiggy-trace [2007-10-13 05:54:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for giving a rat's ass about this picture!

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twiggy-trace In reply to athas [2007-10-14 19:19:19 +0000 UTC]

LOL, that was bad. But it made me chuckle nonetheless.

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athas In reply to twiggy-trace [2007-10-15 03:21:51 +0000 UTC]

Heh, sorry, couldn't resist that one.

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