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Fantasy at the Olympia and York Gallery in 1988, at the 1987 World Fantasy Con and in other exhibits. world crew, these subterranean beings are in hiding from the Sun, living in mole-like terror of its direct rays. A relationship between Shaver's under- world inhabitants and those of the past is hopefully not so much literal and based in some terrible reality as it is archetypal and obvious. anti wind nawt isan the edges or strata of shapes which were pre-existing. Some of his "picture rocks" were in fact quite startling, depicting humans or human-like beings, human-ani- mal hybrids, giants, and humans battling with creatures which look suspiciously like the Nagas, El Chupacabras or something similar. In 1975, Ray Palmer featured many of these pictures, along with Shaver's commentaries, in The Secret World. The forms described by Shaver should be familiar by now. The dero—dark elves, or trolls, or Nagas, or Utukku/Ushabtiu—and the tero—the "noble faeries", Tuatha de Danaan, or "Aryan/Nordic Masters"— have simply manifested in a more contem- porary, pseudo-scientific form. The Naga vimana disc-craft are present, and the abduction and genetic rape motif of all underworld Nagas/goblins/faeries is pre- sent as well. The "treasure of the Nibelungs", or the hoarded wealth of drag- ons, has been replaced by ancient and super-scientific "mech", a technology which bestows godlike powers upon its owners. And like the trolls, goblins, vam- pires and the rest of the ages-old under- Mott's satirical fantasy novels, Pulsifer: A Fable and Land of Ice, A Velvet Knife, are published electronically by SoftBook Press/Gemstar (www.softbook.com), and will soon also be available from the author in va | deluxe illustrated version on CD-ROM. The first of a series of illustrat- ed short stories appeared in September 2000 as a chapbook from Undaunted Press (www.undauntedpress.com). Mott has been researching Fortean and paranormal topics for over 20 years and has only recently decided to put the results of this research into written form, the result being the graphically rich book and CD-ROM, Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures (available from http:/Awww.hiddenmysteries.com). Wm Michael Mott can be contacted by e-mail at mottimorph@earthlink.net. About the Author: CD-ROM. The first of a series of illustrat- Wm Michael Mott is the Creative ed short stories appeared in September Director for a high-performance US soft- 2000 as a chapbook from Undaunted ware company. He is also a freelance _ press (www.undauntedpress.com). artist and writer of both fiction and non- Mott has been researching Fortean and fiction. | He has worked as an A artist/designer for Fortune 500 companies paranormal topics for over 20 years and and for a variety of book and magazine as only recently decided to put the publishers. His artwork has appeared in results of this research into written form, publications such as Computer Graphics _ the result being the graphically rich book World Magazine, Computer Artist, IEEE and CD-ROM, Caverns, Cauldrons, and Computer Graphics and Applications, Concealed Creatures (available from Dragon Magazine, UFO Magazine and itp:/;jwww.hiddenmysteries.com). Wm others. He's created award-winning art- 7 . work and graphic design for mass-market Michael Mott can be contacted by e-mail book covers, posters, brochures, packag- _4t mottimorph@earthlink.net. ing, CD-ROM covers and art collections ay as well as for digital/web-based media. Editor's Note: Mott's artwork has been featured in the The bibliography accompanying this exhibition In Dreams Awake: Art of article will be published next issue. 84 = NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2001 The Deep Dwellers Continued from page 63 Continued next issue... www.nexusmagazine.com