cosmic horror · body horror · infected · sentient planets · dark matter · grotesque · space setting · eldritch · decay · malevolent
The air is thick with dread. Mercury lies broken on the floor, ribs and heart exposed. Venus’s head is nearly severed. Mars sits chained to a piano, forced to play mournful tunes with closed eyes. Neptune looms, his iris possessed, black eyes with white pupils staring out. Saturn and Jupiter, the elder brothers, watch in terror, trying to protect the smaller planets. The Sun, father of them all, watches. A warning echoes: do not look into the Sun’s eye, or you will become infected, turning into a monster like them. Choose your companion carefully.