Michael WhelanMichaelWhelan@mastodon.art

Oct 31, 2026, 3:20 AM

We’ll be adding two original works of horror to our shop for a special Halloween newsletter tomorrow (10/31). A preview is now available for our paid subscribers.

https://theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/horror-original-art-preview

A horrific figure with no discernible face emerges from a mound of writhing bodies to raise one arm in a chilling flex. The elongated limb is bent around a cloudy blue sphere hovering over its shoulder. The tip of one talon touches that planetary surface symbolizing its inescapable reach. The opening at the top of the mound, where it stands in its caldera of suffering, is uterine in shape and lined with a variety of deformed mouths. Root like tentacles snake through the bodies below depicted in a range of emotion from ecstasy to despair. The background above is an industrialized skyline of factories spewing pollution that tints the air orange except where one small streak of blue shows through.