smouldering on air as the black cats in the tops of the trees in the silhouettes on the wall in the back of the abandoned lyceum inch into life . . .  a stretch and yowl and leaping out into the room . . . a witch to look for and a familiar to be . . . but where . . . oh yes . . . the fireplace upstairs and up the chimney and over the world . . . hisses to make and dogs to claw . . . back before daybreak or maybe never . . .

My fall series for today published over on my Substack at the link. Please scroll down to the end to see all the images including this dazzling Medusa jewel from 1941 and by Salvador Dali.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-october-6e5?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

meandering on air as the sugar skull cookies on their cookie sheets in the back of the bakery take flight . . . round and round the guttering candles like moths to a flame . . .  a door opening and someone coming . . . no matter . . . enough nips from the toothed grins on the jack o lantern cakes and he’ll be gone . . . hours left until sunrise and time for fun . . . enough time to live smooshed in someone’s cookie jar later . . .

My fall series post for today over on my Substack and free to look at. Trying to use up what’s left in my master image file so lots of images so please scroll to the end, including this presentation model of a Bendel family tomb down in New Orleans, Louisiana.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-october-f36?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

effervescing in air as out in the middle of the dance hall the feather boas begin turning back into serpents . . .  not wanting to charleston anymore it must be and bored draped around ladies’ necks. . . down on the floor instead and writhing in every color of the rainbow . . . one lady’s heel caught and then another . . . oh no . . . everyone in a heap with writhing everywhere like a volcano firework leaping in air . . .

my series post for today published over on my Substack at the link if you’d like to see including these velvet pumpkins which I think are very pretty and in great colors.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-e95?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

wailing on air on the crack of a glacier as it calves as the figures in the chamber of horrors in the wax museum come to life . . . rivers of their blood coming closer to the door where the last tourist is attempting to flee as the automatic lock activates . . . oh no. . . not fast enough. . . perhaps it’d be better just to die on the spot . . . better than feeling the hands of those disembodied arms around your neck as they begin to squeeze . . .

My fall series post for today published over on my Substack at the link. Please scroll down to the end to see everything including this fabulously jeweled up serpent by Wallace Chan.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-october-91f?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

wandering on air as on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy the fallen angels empty their drinking horns and the feasting begins . . . what to do or not do . . . earth or the other way to one of the worlds only a necromancer can see . . . the distance no matter . . . no. . . the rings of Saturn stretched out from end to end to ride on and there tomorrow . . . mischief to contemplate wherever one goes.

My fall series post for today published over on my Substack at the link including this grand 1920s Halloween party napkin from Dennison.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-60f?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

whispering on air on the smile of a baby kitten chasing her brother’s tail as somewhere close to the northern shore where the ice and snow goddess lives a crack and then a roar . . . too many in those funny-looking ships coming to call . . . kayaks and canoes all right but not big things that belch black something that sifts down and make everything look ugly . . . time to rest up and gather energy along with snow sparks . . . an idea . . . a sparkly looking something filled with diamonds from the glacier goddess’s gown to glow up over the top of the world and then a dropping down to push everything to the bottom down where the little water breathing things live . . . except for polar bears . . . them, the whales and their furry seal friends worth keeping but the two-legged ones and their mess. . . .no.

My fall series posted over on my Substack and free to look at. Please scroll to the end to see everything

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-af6?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

smoldering on air as in the jeweler’s shop windows the diamonded up serpents come to life . . . a nest of them each with a forked ruby tongue spitting fire . . . writhing as people on the sidewalk stand and stare . . . oh no . . . one squeezing through the cracks of its glass prison and then another . . . bigger they are getting too . . ..tall as the shadow of the tallest tree across in the park . . . .. better run . . . no . . . starting to catch up, a dog caught at the end of its leash and a final leap of molten rubies as its owner disappears into a emeralded up mist. . .

my fall series post for today over on my Substack and free to view. Please scroll down to the end to see everything including this image:

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-507?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

waltzing on air as in the back of Hell Satan’s imps get ready for another outing . . . new jackets covered with sequins and beads that spark on and off in the dark and tights that glow . . . mischief to make and lots of it . . . . early masquerade ball at the emperor’s palace . . .  tails to poke at people on the dance floor and horns to catch on the chandeliers . . . but ladies to meet . . . one to be Satan’s queen . . . the pretty one with the red hair and green velvet frock . . .  a princeling’s bride but no matter . . .

Today’s issue for my fall series posted and free to look at on my Substack at the link, including these fun 1960s Halloween stickers from Dennison.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-october-5e4?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

drifting on air as somewhere deep in a West Indian rain forest the children sneak away from school and disturb a nest of dragonlets deep within the old banyan tree . . . free they are now but what to do . . .every which way . . .some for the sea and some for the volcano down the way . . . who knows where in the end but a path of fire writhing as they go with a new flicker each time they breathe . . .

My fall series post for today published over on my Substack. Please scroll down to the end to see all the images including this one. Thanks!

https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahbguestperry/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-october-031?r=kbn1g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true