Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

The most merciful thing in the world is, I think,
that the mind is unable to connect and link
all the disparate pieces of things that we know
and thus learn of the horrors that lurk down below.

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Astounding Illustrations to Lovecraft

From 'Shadow Out of Time', Astounding Stories, 1936
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"Lovecraft had 2 stories published in Astounding Stories in 1936
At the Mountains of Madness and Shadow Out of Time.
The covers and interior illustrations are by Howard V. Brown"
Astounding Illustrations to Lovecraft at Golden Age Comic Book Stories (via Monster Brains)