Claudia’s Sacrifice 06

Claudia embraced and pulled recembent by the tentacles.

We continue our illustration series by longtime Erotic Mad Science contributor Dark Vanessa, in which she re-imagines the self-sacrifice of Claudia Honeywood in my graphic novella Bait, in particular the part which begins (in the English-language version) here.

The sequence is published here on agreement between me and Vanessa. Please don’t republish or make derivative works without our consent. I have made this image available in high resolution. Click on the blog image to load or right-click to download.

If you want to see all the illustrations in this series laid out in sequence, you can do so through this link to the series’s blog category.

Dark Vanessa has a DeviantArt site here and if you like her work, I urge you to support her on Patreon, as I do.

Learning from Elders: Chapter 10, Page 21

Chiara has a meeting with her sisters at Delta Psi, and Millie tries to calm down.

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Impariamo l’italiano LXXXI: Esca 082

Raggiungere la bestia tentacolare.

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PAGE 82 (Three panels, probably the first two across the top)

Panel 1: Closer-in view of the UU Minister, showing part of her at the lectern.

UU Minister (1): But as has been shown by scientific research – including especially that research made possible by the women we commemorate today – we can afford such a retreat into ignorance no longer.

Translation (1): Ma come è stato dimostrato dalla ricerca scientifica – inclusa in modo particolare quella ricerca resa possibile dalle donne che commemoriamo oggi – non possiamo più permetterci un simile ritiro nell’ignoranza.

Panel 2: Symbolic panel, a human hand reaching out from one side of the panel, tentacle from the other side.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (2): The oceanic depths contain things far beyond any of our previous understandings.

Translation (2): Le profondità oceaniche contengono cose molto che vanno al di là di qualsiasi nostra precedente comprensione.

Panel 3: View scanning across a group of mourners seated in the audience.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (3): The future wellbeing of humanity – perhaps the very future existence of humanity – depends on the advancement of our knowledge.

Translation (3): Il futuro benessere dell’umanità – forse la stessa esistenza futura dell’umanità – dipende dal progresso della nostra conoscenza.

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Claudia’s Sacrifice 05

The tentacles give Claudia an affectionate squeeze.

We continue our illustration series by longtime Erotic Mad Science contributor Dark Vanessa, in which she re-imagines the self-sacrifice of Claudia Honeywood in my graphic novella Bait, in particular the part which begins (in the English-language version) here.

The sequence is published here on agreement between me and Vanessa. Please don’t republish or make derivative works without our consent. I have made this image available in high resolution. Click on the blog image to load or right-click to download.

If you want to see all the illustrations in this series laid out in sequence, you can do so through this link to the series’s blog category.

Dark Vanessa has a DeviantArt site here and if you like her work, I urge you to support her on Patreon, as I do.

Learning from Elders: Chapter 10, Page 20

The cost of redemption of Esther is going to be a lot, and Millie is really, really angry about it.

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Impariamo l’italiano LXXX: Esca 081

Citazioni di "Call of Cthulhu" di Lovecraft.

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PAGE 81 (Single panel page)

Single panel: A free page for the artist, with the

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (1): For some, indeed the depths of the ocean are a zone of darkest fear. As the greatest writer of weird fiction once told us:

Translation (1): Per alcuni, infatti, le profondità dell’oceano sono una delle zone che suscitano le paure più oscura. Come ci ha detto il più grande scrittore di strana finzione:

CAPTION – UU Minister quoting (2): “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”

Comment (2): Again, the minister is quoting, this time the famous opening paragraph from the story “The Call of Cthulhu,” by the American writer of horror and weird fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). Again, if there is a usable literary translation in your target language you may use it.

Translation (2): ” La cosa più misericordiosa del mondo, penso, è l’incapacità della mente umana di correlare tutti i suoi contenuti. Viviamo in una placida isola di ignoranza in mezzo ai mari neri dell’infinito, e non eravamo destinati a viaggiare lontano. Le scienze, ognuna tesa nella sua stessa direzione, finora non ci hanno danneggiato molto; ma un giorno mettere insieme le conoscenze dissociate aprirà visioni così terrificanti della realtà e della nostra terrificante posizione in essa, che queste rivelazioni ci faranno impazzire o fuggire dalla luce mortale nella pace e nella sicurezza di una nuova era oscura”.

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Claudia’s Sacrifice 04

Claudia realizes she is encountering a tentacle.

We continue our illustration series by longtime Erotic Mad Science contributor Dark Vanessa, in which she re-imagines the self-sacrifice of Claudia Honeywood in my graphic novella Bait, in particular the part which begins (in the English-language version) here.

The sequence is published here on agreement between me and Vanessa. Please don’t republish or make derivative works without our consent. I have made this image available in high resolution. Click on the blog image to load or right-click to download.

If you want to see all the illustrations in this series laid out in sequence, you can do so through this link to the series’s blog category.

Dark Vanessa has a DeviantArt site here and if you like her work, I urge you to support her on Patreon, as I do.

Learning from Elders: Chapter 10, Pages 18-19

The Burger King, his many prowess restored, goes at it with his slave girl.

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Impariamo l’italiano LXXIX: Esca 080

Non impareresti i segreti del mare?

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PAGE 80 (Single panel page)

Single panel (1): This is a long view from back seats down to the stage of a space modeled after [redacted]. The artist should try to render specific detail, including the acoustic paneling on the side walls of the theater, which is distinctive. Additional images of the interior can be seen at [redacted].

Down on the stage a UU MINISTER, who is conducting the service, is reading at a lectern. A table has been set up on the stage with flowers and head-shot photographs of Eliza, Daphne, and Claudia). The theater, which seats about 400 people in its normal configuration, is full in the somber dress appropriate to the occasion. The UU Minister is a plump, pleasant-faced, middle-aged woman in ministerial robes.

UU Minister (1): The depths of seas have always inspired a sense of awe. More than a century ago, Longfellow wrote:

“Would’st thou,” so the helmsman answered,
“Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!”

Comment (1): The minister is quoting from the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), specifically his poem “The Secret of the Sea.” If there exists a well-known literary translation of his lines in the public domain in your target language, you may substitute it for your own translation.

Translation (1): Le profondità dei mari hanno sempre ispirato un senso di timore reverenziale. Più di un secolo fa, Longfellow scrisse:

“Vorresti”, così rispose il timoniere,
“Imparare il segreto del mare?
Solo quelli che sfidano i suoi pericoli
Comprendono il suo mistero! “

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Claudia’s Sacrifice 03

Swimming in the blue depths, Claudia first encounters the tentacles.

We continue our illustration series by longtime Erotic Mad Science contributor Dark Vanessa, in which she re-imagines the self-sacrifice of Claudia Honeywood in my graphic novella Bait, in particular the part which begins (in the English-language version) here.

The sequence is published here on agreement between me and Vanessa. Please don’t republish or make derivative works without our consent. I have made this image available in high resolution. Click on the blog image to load or right-click to download.

If you want to see all the illustrations in this series laid out in sequence, you can do so through this link to the series’s blog category.

Dark Vanessa has a DeviantArt site here and if you like her work, I urge you to support her on Patreon, as I do.