Weird Tales Dec 1928 — Chapel of Mystic Horror by Hugh Rankin
Dread and submission permeate this vivid medieval-occult tableau: a red-haired woman prostrates herself on a checkered floor before towering armored giants bearing heraldic shields, while a colorful stained-glass arch frames ritual candles and an eagle in the background. Hugh Rankin's bold, flat color work pulses with ceremonial menace, evoking a dark chapel ritual drawn from Seabury Quinn's gothic imagination — every detail screaming sacrifice, sorcery, and subjugation.
The most outrageous detail is the red-haired woman completely prostrated and shackled at the feet of two identical giant armored guardians inside a luridly colored mystical chapel — pure pulp submission fantasy rendered in flat, screaming color.
“Weird Tales / The Unique Magazine / December 1928 / 25¢ / 30¢ in Canada / The Chapel of Mystic Horror / By Seabury Quinn / Hugh Rankin”
