funnster:

Ed Vebell illustration to “Loneliness Is Dangerous” by Harry Coren. Cutline: “Alone in the midst of millions, the girl, who longed to talk to someone, stood on her fire escape as the voices of others, enjoying the companionship denied her, drifted up through the night.” Sunday Mirror Magazine, August 14, 1955.

Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Thomas Moran

Also see the poem by Robert Browning 

yama-bato:

A descent into the maelström; a tale ([1920])

Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Publisher: Paris : Devambez

Stephen Youll’s cover for Foundation and Empire

Stephen Youll’s cover for Foundation

Kowloon Walled City by Jared Shear

Shuffleton’s Barbershop by Norman Rockwell

A Voyage to the Moon by Gustavo Dore

Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga ( Krásna Vasilisa a Ježibaba ) by Ivan Bilibin