The Serpent Mound
Here’s a nineteenth century sketch of the Serpent Mound. The real one is outside Peebles, Ohio. This is an important piece of archaeological Americana that figures into Witchy Eye, and it’s my only...
View ArticleLittle Boy in a Dress
Francis Drollery, Ghost Crusader is a series about the ghost of a ten-year-old boy, doomed to fight evil forever… wearing a dress. This was something that was done by families of a certain class, in...
View ArticleLittle Boy in a Dress (2)
Here’s another little boy in a dress; this one happens to be a relative (at least by marriage). This is my wife’s grandfather, Asael Sorensen, as a likely young lad early in the twentieth century (and...
View ArticleCONduit Report: Gotta Let My Freak Flag Fly
I bought this decal (and a matching black one) from Carter Reid over at The Zombie Nation in the CONduit Dealers’ Room. I stuck it, as you can see, on my Toronado case. I guess this means the...
View ArticleTwo Mes
Here’s me, at Life, the Universe and Everything in February. There is a professionalism point here — when you are selling yourself as a professional writer, don’t go to business events dressed like a...
View ArticleFan Fiction
William and I made this diorama this week. The figure positioning and implied narrative are 100% his: already facing off against the deadly bounty hunter Cad Bane (they are up a tree and the dogs are...
View ArticleWhat Is Steampunk? (City of the Saints: Edgar Allan Poe)
Another illustration from Jeff:
View ArticleWelcome!
My son William designed this book. My wife Emily in significant part implemented it. Today is the first official day of this (new version of this) blog. It’s about writing, so I’ll start with a book...
View ArticleSon of Water Cage
I tend to think that a creative person is a creative person, whatever the medium. Here’s something I did recently, in the medium of PVC pipe. Meet Son of Water Cage. Here it is as its skeleton is...
View ArticleWhat Is Steampunk? (City of the Saints: Sam Clemens)
As of today, I am 65% through the first draft of City of the Saints, my gonzo steampunk action romp set in the year 1859 in the Kingdom of Deseret. My tentative plan, though things may change, is to...
View ArticleLittle Boy in a Dress
Francis Drollery, Ghost Crusader is a series about the ghost of a ten-year-old boy, doomed to fight evil forever… wearing a dress. This was something that was done by families of a certain class, in...
View ArticleArt!
I do some creative work with Too Many Legs, a premier animation studio in Salt Lake City. My good friend and author / rocker Craig Nybo originally hooked me up with Ian Johnston, Tim Rowberry, and the...
View ArticleWindows Into Hell
Cover reveal! I’m in this anthology, inspired by the original Steven “Hell” Peck novel, A Short Stay in Hell. Anthology drops soon! Follow
View ArticleChibis for you! @LTUESymposium #witchyeye
I won’t make Life, the Universe, and Everything (LTUE) this year. I’ll be across the country, at Pensacon in Florida, selling WITCHY EYE for the first time, alongside THE KIDNAP PLOT and my WordFire...
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