The Children of Gla'aki Quotes

“if you look closely enough you might find me in my place among the trees.”
― Brian M. Sammons, The Children of Gla'aki: A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell's Great Old One

“Just finished my new painting. It shows these houses, with the lake in the foreground, and the bloated body of a drowned man at the edge of the water—Relentless Plague, I think. I hope they like it.”
― Brian M. Sammons, The Children of Gla'aki: A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell's Great Old One

“many aficionados now seek originals of his powerful studies of the alien, which depict distorted colossi striding across mist-enshrouded jungles or peering round the dripping stones of some druidic circle.”
― Brian M. Sammons, The Children of Gla'aki: A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell's Great Old One

“The green coating was covered most of his skin, crept into the hollow of his eye. He should not be here, where the dry surface air makes the folds of moss creak and flake, where he could be exposed to the sun's harmful rays." Konstantine Paradias, The Cult of Panacea.”
― Glynn Owen Barrass, The Children of Gla'aki

“They were not formless, but their shape was never constant. Subtle changes in their surroundings caused them to pulsate, effecting motion that would seem aimless only to one not of their world. Within the shared consciousness of the creatures was a universe of sensation and feeling." Thana Niveau, 'The Dawning of the Dreams”
― Glynn Owen Barrass, The Children of Gla'aki

“Ron struggled out of a weird fever dream that roiled away to nothing but a strange, sick feeling. Someone was knocking at their door. Tommy was shaking the sleep out of his head, too. Outside, it was still dark, and the rain drummed down like Marky Ramone had sent it." John Goodrich, Tribute Band.”
― Glynn Owen Barrass, The Children of Gla'aki

“I've been told of such a cult, one that is fixated on the World As Lair. What, do you think, were these six or seven people trying to commune with?" W H Pugmire, 'The Secret Painting of Thomas Cartwright'.”
― Glynn Owen Barrass, The Children of Gla'aki