Literature Pick #84

The Diary of Philip Westerly
by Paul Compton
A short horror tale from the August-September 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Carlo Bonavia painting

Shipwreck in a Rocky Inlet
by Carlo Bonavia
1757, Oil on Canvas, 49.21" x 80.71"
18th century Italian artist

Giovanni Battista Crespi painting

Religious Figures Praying at the Foot of a Tree
by Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573-1632)
Late 16th century, oil on paper, 14.2" x 21.3"
Italian artist who was born in Romagnano Sesia

J. Wilhelm Jankowsky painting

View of Gmunden on Lake Traunsee and Orth Castle
by J. Wilhelm Jankowsky (1825-1870)

1860, oil on canvas, 28.7" x 39.4"

Video Game Pick #2: Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

A wonderful real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world, the various missions require you to build up your town and develop your heroes while fighting against various monsters bent on your destruction.

David Teniers the Younger painting

Temptation of St. Anthony
by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)
Circa 1665, Oil on Canvas, 43.9" × 58.6"
Flemish artist born in Antwerp

Jan ten Compe painting

Delft: A View of the Town Hall Seen from the Grote Markt
by Jan ten Compe (1713-1761)
Between 1745 and 1755, oil on panel, 11.4" x 14.6"
Landscape painter, born in Amsterdam

Literature Pick #83

Vanishing Point
by C. C. Beck
A sci-fi short story from the July 1959 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.

Charles-François Grenier de Lacroix painting

Fishermen at Dusk (1768)
by Charles-François Grenier de Lacroix (1720-1782)
French painter, born in Marseille

Tang Yin art

Lone Fishermen on the River in Autumn
by Tang Yin (1470-1524)
1523, ink and colors on silk
From a renowned Chinese artist from the Ming dynasty period. 

Literature Pick #82

The Miracle of the White Wolf
by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944)
A marvelous tale from the 1902 short story collection The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales.

Niklaus Manuel painting

Demons Tormenting St. Anthony
by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I (circa 1484-1530)
1520, oil on panel
Swiss artist, born in the city of Bern

Literature Pick #81

One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
by Leroy Yerxa (1915-1946)
An action-packed science fiction short story from the December 1942 issue of Amazing Stories.

Hans Leu the Younger painting

Orpheus and the Animals
Hans Leu the Younger (1490–1531)
1519, Tempera on Panel, 22.8" × 20.1" 

Hugo Ullik painting

Landscape with the Křivoklát Castle (Křivoklát)
by Hugo Ullik (1838-1881)
1876, oil on canvas, 21.7" x 29.5"
The artist, born in Prague, painted the castle in the Bohemian town of Křivoklát.