About the Quote: Lovecraft is one of the masters of weird, idiosyncratic horror fiction. His iconic creation Cthulu is the embodiment of evil, an ancient tentacled thing living in the bowels of the darkest ocean, who inspires visions of elaborate cities and nameless horror in hapless humans who go investigating things better left alone, and cult worship in others even less wise. But you knew that, right?

About the Image: This perfectly Lovecraftian ocean image emerged from the depths of the internet, where it seems to be freely available as a desktop background. If it is your work, please let us know, we would love to give you credit.

The editors are currently swimming in the deep and (delightfully) horrifying depths of our open submission period, so we’re keeping it short and sweet today. Enjoy!