A scorpion-tailed Manticore with cinnabar-coloured pelt grimaces fiercely in this original illustration based mainly upon Ctesias's description of this man-eating hybrid beast.
This original fantasy artwork by Richard H. Fay features an array of dreadful draconic beasts from various European myths and legends. Creatures featured include: a seven-headed wyvern, a draco, a lindwurm, the Lambton Worm, a wyvern, a tatzelwurm, the Tarasque, a hydra, the Peluda, and the Gargouille.
This illustration features an array of merfolk from around the world. The merbeings depicted include: a blonde-haired northern European mermaid, a red-capped male merrow of Irish lore, a blue-skinned Danish havmand, a necklace-wearing bonito maiden from the traditions of the Sa'a people of the Solomon Islands, a human-faced Japanese ningyo, and a red-eyed kaaiman of South Africa.
A steam-powered mechanical dragon rears up and belches steam in this fantasy art by Richard H. Fay. This work originally appeared as a black and white line drawing in Issue 36 of Beyond Centauri.