A Time To...Volume 3

I just noticed today that the anthology A Time To...Volume 3: The Best of The Lorelei Signal 2008 is now out, and available for purchase HERE. It contains, among other works by various poets and writers, my fantasy poem "Sorceress Devolution". Written in almost a chant-like manner, "Sorceress Devolution" evolved from a weird little poem I first wrote back in circa 1995. It is also meant to be something of a companion piece to "Sorcerous Evolution". I see the two as having roughly similar styles and themes. One of these days, I might actually manage to get them to appear together somewhere.

Abandoned Towers Issue #3

Abandoned Towers Issue #3 is now out. And my art is on the cover:

Not to mention, my illustrations "Memories of Camelot" and "The Armour of Loki" accompany Bradley H. Sinor's story "And the Wind Sang". And my cover art also appears inside as a colouring page:

The print version of Abandoned Towers is available for purchase HERE.

Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 8

The Sam's Dot Publishing anthology Wondrous Web Worlds Volume 8 is now available for purchase at The Genre Mall. It contains, among other works by a variety of speculative writers and poets, my dark science fiction poem "Explorers". While this particular piece was not my first zine publication (that distinction goes to "Midnight Sabbath", which appeared in DemonMinds in April 2007), it does happen to be my very first poem accepted for zine publication. So I'm quite pleased that "Explorers" made it into the anthology.

Niteblade Art Blog: Pencilled Mayhem II

In the latest installment of the Niteblade art blog, "Pencilled Mayhem II", I once again feature pencil creations by the fantasy artist Shane Lees. This time around, Shane has sent me some works with a surreal bent. I find his "Astral Jellyfish" and "Spider Eye" especially appealing from a compositional perspective. And you simply must check out the detail in the dragon in Shane's "Moment of Decision". He did an amazing job drawing the beast's scaly texture.

Poem Accepted for Publication in THE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR #8

My dark poem "Visages of Betrayal and Madness" has been accepted for publication in Issue 8 of The Monsters Next Door. This time, I describe a man's descent into murderous madness, triggered by the painful betrayals of the human monsters in his life. All I had to do was draw on my own personal pain, and let my warped creativity do the rest! (Yes, I do tend to dip into that particular creative fount quite a bit.)

"Yellow Eyes" in EVERY DAY POETS

My cinquain "Yellow Eyes" now appears on-line at Every Day Poets. Please check it out, perhaps leave a comment, and maybe rate it as well. Thanks!

Although I was inspired to write this poem after reading a story about a ghost cat, I deliberately left the potentially supernatural nature of the piece ambiguous. It may be a speculative cinquain about a ghostly feline, or it may simply be a literary work about a mundane cat.

After all, there is something a bit spooky about all felines. Traditional lore often linked them to the supernatural. Perhaps those old tales were more than just fanciful yarns. Perhaps the storytellers of yore knew something about cats that we modern folk do not.

Art in DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES #83

I received my contributor's copies of Dreams and Nightmares #83 today. My illustration "Barixas Hunt" appears as filler art on page 10. This drawing depicts a six-legged draconic hunting beast pursuing a furry beaked barixas (my idea of what an extraterrestrial boar analogue might look like). I utilized a similar composition in my medieval-style "Boar Hunt", and figured such a good thing was worth using twice.