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Nessie, the elusive-but-legendary monster of Scotland's Loch Ness, makes a watery appearance in this original cryptid illustration by Richard H. Fay.

This cryptid portrait by Richard H. Fay features a rather chilled human-faced Bigfoot with bangs and big brown eyes.

This design by Richard H. Fay features a heraldic lion rampant azure, a blue lion depicted in profile rearing up on its hind legs, ready to stave off all attackers.

Sci-fi melds with medieval Celtic in this design of neon green aliens entwined in a Celtic-style knot. This work appeared, as black and white filler artwork, in STAR*LINE, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013.

With a lamb in its fanged maw, the legendary Lambton Worm of north-east England winds itself three times around a hill in this original illustration by Richard H. Fay.

With yellowish skin, protruding veins, blackish lips, and glowing yellow eyes, Frankenstein's monster appears in all his ghoulish glory in this rather book-accurate portrait by Richard H. Fay.

With nose bent out of shape and mouth formed into a grimace, an angry cartoon figure of a man fumes while his limbs quiver with rage in this absurd artwork by Richard H. Fay.

This work represents an artist's ultimate response to critics of his art — a ridiculously-but-boldly coloured cartoon self-portrait of the artist laughing along with "Ha, Ha" appearing on an abstract background, just to emphasise the laughable absurdity of it all.

The elusive man-ape known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch, that most famous of cryptozoological beasts (aka cryptids), glares in this portrait drawn by Richard H. Fay.

Contorted ghostly faces wail, scream, and cry in this original dark horror artwork by Richard H. Fay.

Card-like tiles featuring stars and the phases of the moon representing time fall through an open hole in this abstract/surreal artwork by Richard H. Fay.

A cheery-but-chilly looking snowman wears a red-ribboned top hat and green scarf in this wintry illustration by Richard H. Fay.

Santa Claus (or Father Christmas, if you prefer) looks jolly with a sprig of holly in his fur hat in this original Christmas illustration by Richard H. Fay.

A scary-looking jack-o'-lantern pumpkin grins evilly in this original Halloween design by Richard H. Fay.

Built like a snowman, but of pumpkins instead of snow, a jack-o'-lantern faced pumpkin man raises his twiggy arms to scare all this Halloween.

In a spooky forest clearing, beneath text declaring "Happy Halloween", two youngling witches conjure up more than they bargained for when casting a spell in a large cauldron. This fun fantasy/Halloween artwork by Richard H. Fay originally appeared, in black and white, as an interior illustration in the October 2020 issue of SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK.

In a spooky forest clearing, two youngling witches conjure up more than they bargained for when casting a spell in a large cauldron. This fun fantasy/Halloween artwork by Richard H. Fay originally appeared, in black and white, as an interior illustration in the October 2020 issue of SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK.

A black triangle divided into segments, a black trapezoidal band divided into two, a red circle, a yellow rectangle, a pale red square, a purplish circle, and an orange square feature in this abstract art of overlapping shapes by Richard H. Fay.

The Grim Reaper, holding his death-dealing scythe, lurks behind a broken Gothic window in this creepy dark artwork by Richard H. Fay.

A blue dragon in flight spits a bolt of lightning in this original fantasy artwork by Richard H. Fay.

A cadaverous humanoid head screams in agony in this weird dark artwork by Richard H. Fay.

This illustration of a griffin rampant in yellow was inspired by various heraldic griffin designs.

In this original illustration by Richard H. Fay, a mean-looking cartoon rat smokes a ciggie while wearing a dirty T-shirt that declares, in sickly yellow letters, "Rats Rule".

Furry otherworldly creatures standing out on the snowy plain of a wintry alien world spy a flying saucer zip across a star-filled sky in this original sci-fi illustration by Richard H. Fay.

A lighthouse stands proud on a tiny islet in this original artwork by Richard H. Fay.

Bright yellow, orange, and red bands emerge from the silhouette of a human head in profile in this original abstract artwork by Richard H. Fay.

This griffin rampant in white was inspired by various heraldic griffin designs.

A serpentine jungun catches an armored quibbib in this sci-fi artwork by Richard H. Fay. This piece originally appeared as black and white filler art in DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES 94, January 2013.

On a moonlit night, a cadaverous vampire peers through a window and scratches at the window frame desiring to gain entry to drink your blood. This horror artwork originally appeared in NIGHT TO DAWN 27, April 2015.

This German eagle design by Richard H. Fay melds the modern and the medieval. It was inspired by both the modern federal eagle and various medieval heraldic eagles.

A heraldic griffin rampant appears in Christmas colors in this original design by Richard H. Fay.

Two human figures are confronted by a multi-eyed tentacled monstrosity rising from a dark ooze in this weird artwork by Richard H. Fay. This piece originally appeared in STAR*LINE, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013.

The red rose was a badge of the House of Lancaster during the 15th century Wars of the Roses. This original illustration by Richard H. Fay is based on various medieval-period heraldic roses.

The white rose was one of several devices to appear on Yorkist badges and banners. This original illustration by Richard H. Fay is based on various medieval-period heraldic roses.

Clad in the byrnie and spangenhelm of a warrior of Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf battles Grendel's mother in the cave beneath the mere in this fantasy artwork by Richard H. Fay. This piece originally appeared in NewMyths.com, Issue 19, June 2012.

This design by Richard H. Fay features a heraldic lion rampant, a lion depicted in profile rearing up on its hind legs, ready to stave off all attackers.