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Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

For more Lovecraft & Mythos-inspired Cosmic Horror:-!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

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[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Source: NelliesNest

Some of the most fucked up shit you'll ever see.

I love him.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

That’s definitely something to mention to my therapist.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Yikes, thanks for sharing those?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Its... it's glorious

cries tears of blood

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Truly one of the comics of all time!

(I kid - this is fucking awesome! 😎)

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of all the things I've read until now, this one was the MOST recent!

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

IT'S NOT A PHASE, MUM!!