Forrester” from the farm outside Manchester, NH where the “stone” came down, echoing the events of “ The Colour Out of Space.” The house is the same one depicted in the 1882 flashback panel in Providence #5 P13,p3. The figure appears to be a female ghoul, echoing this issue’s theme of “ Pickman’s Model.” Providence #8 Providence #8, Women of HPL variant cover, art by Jacen Burrows Providence #7 Providence #7, Women of HPL variant cover, art by Jacen Burrows In any case, it almost certainly depicts an earlier body that hosted ‘Asenath’. The painting behind her may be her ‘father’, Edgar Wade ( Providence #6, P10,p1), Etienne Roulet ( Providence #2, P34), or some other ‘ancestor’. She was one of the Innsmouth Waites, and dark legends have clustered for generations about crumbling, half-deserted Innsmouth and its people.” It was, however, largely her origin and conversation which caused average folk to avoid her. She was dark, smallish, and very good-looking except for overprotuberant eyes but something in her expression alienated extremely sensitive people. The daughter of a friend of mine had met her before-in the Hall School at Kingsport-and had been inclined to shun her because of her odd reputation. She was, I judge, about twenty-three at the time and was taking a special course in mediaeval metaphysics at Miskatonic. The cover depicts Asenath Waite, from Lovecraft’s “ The Thing on the Doorstep” where she’s described as: “Edward was thirty-eight when he met Asenath Waite. Providence #6 Providence #6 Women of HPL cover, by Jacen Burrows The cover depicts Keziah Mason from “ The Dreams in the Witch House” resembling her Providence analogue Hekeziah Massey (see Providence #5, P8,p1.) Note the mouse hole on the front of the step where she is standing. Providence #5 Providence #5, Women of HPL cover, by Jacen Burrows The fact that the woman is an albino suggests this is Lavinia Whateley, of “The Dunwich Horror.” The figure in reflected in the trail of blood is unknown, but the wide, goat-like nose suggests it may be her son, Wilbur Whateley. Several of the photos in the background also display the “Innsmouth Look.” Providence #4 Providence #4, Women of HPL cover, by Jacen Burrows Jack Boggs from Neonomicon #2, P15, who was supposed to be the real-life inspiration for Marsh in the universe of Neonomicon. Obed Marsh, who initiated the trade with the Deep Ones in Innsmouth, but ‘Boggs’ recalls Capt. Boggs-Marsh” on Bleeding Cool, this woman definitely has the “Innsmouth Look,” as described in Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” ‘Marsh’ in this case is evidently a reference to Capt. Providence #3 Providence #3, Women of HPL cover, by Jacen Burrows
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