“In a Glass Darkly” by Sheridan Le Fanu

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“In a Glass Darkly” is a gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu, published in 1845, that explores themes of guilt, repression, and the supernatural. The story centers around Guy Giles, a young artist haunted by a disturbing vision and a growing sense of dread. It’s considered a significant precursor to the horror genre and showcases Le Fanu’s masterful use of psychological suspense.

Prompt
Book: In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu, Giovanni Antonio Canaletto style, gothic novella, Sheridan Le Fanu, guilt, repression, supernatural, young artist, disturbing vision, growing sense of dread, horror genre, psychological suspense, significant precursor HD, sharp focus, stunningly beautiful, thick layered papercut art of, deep 3D, volumetric, dimensional, depth, thick paper, high stack, heavy texture, tangible layers

Negative prompt
(worst quality, low quality, illustration, 3d, 2d), open mouth, tooth, ugly face, old face, long neck, verybadimagenegative, bad_prompt_version2-neg, easynegative, FastNegativeV2, 2D, flat, thin paper, low stack, smooth texture, painting, drawing, photo, deformed, extra eyes, bad eyes, ugly eyes, imperfect eyes, deformed pupils, deformed iris, cross-eyed, poorly drawn face, bad face, fused face, ugly face, worst face, unrealistic skin texture, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, cloned face, double face, blurry, bad quality

This is how the CopaxCuteXL image generation model “sees” the cover for “In a Glass Darkly” by Sheridan Le Fanu.

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Image model: CopaxCuteXL