Pueblo de las Calaveras
The lost world of the Squirrel God

Victoria Park, Bethnal Green, E2

Whilst strolling through the park one day my friend Eduard and I came across this network of miniature caves. Taking a closer look a strange world of human sacrifice and Squirrel God's revealed itself to us. For a moment we thought that we must have been imagining things but one by one others began to see it too and it made our day when a couple excitedly pointed out different chambers to each other before engaging in a lingering kiss.

Under the watchful eyes of a patrolling squirrel we decided to return at night to see if we could catch a glimpse of any life. To our delight the place was lit up like a magical fairy kingdom but not a miniature soul (or even a squirrel) was in sight.
2 weeks later we went to visit it again but the world had mysteriously disappeared without trace...

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This is a collaborative work between storiesfromspace.co.uk and mutter-milch.de

With thanks to Mirko de Nicolo for his images and Eduard Horner for his inspiration and collaboration