Giant Stone Heads with Glowing Eyes, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, June 1960
Colossal weathered stone heads loom across a barren alien desert like Easter Island monuments gone terribly wrong. A lone yellow-suited astronaut stands dwarfed before a geyser of steam or energy, dwarfed by the massive sculpted faces whose emerald eyes pulse with eerie bioluminescent light. The painting employs rich ochre and rust tones to evoke ancient, malevolent mystery, perfectly capturing Robert Bloch's 'The Bald-Headed Mirage' — a title that now reads as gloriously ominous as the image itself.
Easter Island by way of a fever dream — enormous glowing-eyed heads staring down at a tiny astronaut who clearly should have stayed on the ship. Peak Atomic Age alien-mystery energy with just enough geological menace to make you genuinely uneasy.
“AND ALL THE STARS A STAGE New Novel by James Blish AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION STORIES JUNE 35¢ THE BALD-HEADED MIRAGE By Robert Bloch”
