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Artist creates terrifying illustrations of your biggest phobias

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Nearly everyone is afraid of something.

Whether it's spiders, clowns, tiny holes or things that go bump in the night you probably have a phobia of some description.

There is no better time to explore your fears, and your ractions to them, than October and the run up to Halloween.

Throughout October, or should we say "Feartober", artist Shawn Cross has been illustrating some of the most common phobias and sharing them on his Instagram account.

Even if you aren't scared of any of the following things, Shawn's impressive and terrifying drawings are bound to haunt your dreams tonight.

Here are some of his finest creations.

Arachnophobia - fear of spiders

 

Trynophobia - fear of needles

 

Trypophobia - fear of patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps

 

Claustrophobia - fear of small spaces

 

Automatonophobia - fear of puppets, dummies, mannequins, animatronics or wax models.

 

Nyctophobia - fear of the dark

 

Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes

 

Pyrophobia - fear of fire

 

Thalassopphobia - fear of the sea

 

Necrophobia - fear of corpses

 

Hylophobia - fear of forests

 

Coulrophobia - fear of clowns

 

Emetophobia - fear of vomit

 

Chronophobia - fear of time

 

 

Cherophobia - fear of happiness

 

Verbophobia - fear of words

 

Eisoptrophobia - fear of mirrors

 

Blennophobia - fear of goo or slime

 

Agorophobia - fear of open spaces

 

Philophobia - fear of love

 

Epistemmophobia - fear of knowledge

 

You can view more of Shawn's work via his website and on Facebook.

Feartober the book will be released on 1 November. You can purchase a copy through AMN Clothing.

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