Book cover roundup

Five book covers that recently caught my eye. Links are to Amazon:


Ever. The author's blog has a great header.





Light Boxes: A Novel Via.




We Have Always Lived in the Castle Via.




Kraken




Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981-1985

You can see more of my favorite book covers here.

New steampunk miniatures

Two brilliant new miniatures sculpted by Thomas David for Smog:



"Shaking Sean" the peglegged, blowtorch toting plague doctor.





"X-File" the alien-possessed doctor.

Here are several more miniatures in the series:



"Little Alice" a ghost.




"Jack Mk4" clockwork mantis and serial killer.




"Major Dreadful" a veteran of the Zulu wars, with his bulldog, Winston.






"Miss Liddell" London's greatest spirit medium.


"Shamrock The Great" a headless magician.



"The Opium Dragon."






"The Prestigious Cabinet" a voracious box from a dark pharaoh.





"Miss Tickelnott" an adventurous lady with an alien rifle.

*Previously: Little Horror Show diorama featuring Smog miniatures.

*Buy painted miniatures at eBay.

Plague Doctor (link roundup)

Plague doctor from the National Museum of Health and Medicine at the Walter Reid Medical Center. See more disturbing exhibits in this photo set, including the Wall of Facial Injury.

And a few more links:

1. Anatomical cross-section of a Cootie (from the game Cootie).

2. Penny Arcade's comic about the birds and the bees, and a remix.

3. For my favorite reader, new Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown's nigh-naked Cosmo centerfold. Relatedly, Jon Stewart mocks Coakley's campaign.

*Previously: You've got crabs Charlie Brown.

*Buy vintage medical equipment at eBay.

Werewolf, tentacled mermaid, plague doctor and more plush creations

Werewolf, tentacled mermaid, plague doctor and Nosferatu plush creations by Lindsay Mays on sale for $35 to $90 at Etsy.

*Previously: Plague doctor mask.

*Buy The Wolfman posters at eBay.