Valley of the clingy gowns

Bimetal brassiere
Get off me, awful robot!
A priestess figure in a clingy diaphanous gown painted by Lawrence Sterne Stevens.

Larenence Sterne Stevens chopped a lot of wood for the August 1949 edition of Famous Fantastic Mysteries both painting this cover and contributing the interior illustrations for E.C. Vivian’s (1882-1947) story “The Valley of the Silent Men.” (There is additional art in the number contributed by Hannes Bok.) The clingy gown motif makes an interior appearance:

Interior art for an E.C. Vivian story, woman in a long clingy gown drawn by Lawrence Sterne Stevens.
“Empress of the world, were beauty given full rule, she smiled, her eyes challenging –“

Of course at times when the sacred fire burns brightly perhaps no gown at all is apropros…

Priestess ritual illustrated by Lawrence Stern Stevens.

This edition of Famous Fantastic Mysteries is available to read and download at the Internet Archive.

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