"The Festival" by H.P. Lovecraft

"Efficiunt Daemones, ut quae non sunt, sic tamen quasi sint, conspicienda hominibus exhibeant." -Lactantius.

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Gloaming = twilight or dusk

Gibbet = pole or post from which an executed person was hung for public display

"Settle", as used here is a type of wooden bench

The picture used is "The Festival in Kingsport - Lovecraftian Art" by mcrassusart, used here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)

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