She's twisting them off the stringent green. Acini; burgeoned, bulbous, beneath the shuddering leaves. Ponders each one at arm's length, that is, enough distance for myopia to blur them into barreled…

212 Westbound Part 1 of 2 · Complete Background & supporting material “Hey Ty, look alive. We’ve got another one.” Marlee flattened the gum against the roof of her mouth, trapping air inside. She…

Table of Contents Overview What I need and don’t need I’m specifically Looking for… Returning Beta Readers How To Contact Me Overview It’s that time again: time to rustle up some beta readers for…

They waited in line for the first flying cars. The waiting list had been full for months, but still they came, queuing around the block since 3am for the chance to be one of the special ones, the…

I got two free Daniel Smith dot cards (36 dots total) from a friend in Urban Sketchers Boulder. I like the idea of Dan Smith paints, but I don't have the inventory space or budget to buy all the…

trying to find space in the world for just a little longer even a single night is acceptance supposed to come from the inside? there's nothing there and so it's destined to remain void i wonder if…

An accidental, a grace note, a clef change and a repeat barline walk into a bar. It’s the first bar of a system, so it’s already crowded.The clef change says, ‘Don’t worry, I…

It's a short, simple story that nails its premise.

Serge remixed my post cards in his Berlin trip collage and did send me en email with a picture from, love it! :)) “The two postcards I brought back from a visit to Kunstraum in Berlin (week of…

Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026

Not far from where we live in London there is a domestic house that hosts art exhibitions, the postROOM gallery . Their most recent show featured these wall texts by Thomas A. Clark, whose work I've…

Designed by myself – code built with AI – the code itself generates the music and visuals – entirely open-source ShrineGen v20261017 seed 1003 biome Near Future weather Wind…

I think I saw it today. “My farmhouse.” The inspiration for the ghost story, “Eight for a Wish, Nine for a Kiss.” Recently my wife, son and I took a short bike ride to see a house for sale in the…

a disgruntled hungover no-nonsense dog-detective with a vendetta is at a diner at a booth smoking a cigarette.

Prompt: A young girl and her father using a walking stick walk in front of the large, overgrown ruins of a data center. They are wearing primitive clothes and look small next to the vast abandoned…

                                   The lotus is a sign of grace from the underworld. Caressed by the…

Inheriting a debt, a curious monster pretends to be human, and see if they can run a potion shop in the big city.

What is a writer? Someone who writes. In author Matt Gemmell’s video series on writing a novel, he sets out one of the fundamental roadblocks to becoming a writer: writing, and writing regularly.…

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I once had a girl, Or should I shay she once had me. She showed me her room, Isn't it good? Norwegian wood. She asked me to shtay And she told me to shit anywhere. So I looked around And I noticed…

I went for a swim with Julie the other day. It was cool and blissful - about the same water temperature as the day in spring when I took a call from photographer Alex Ramsay He rang to let me know…

The clock struck ten bells. Closing time. Caster wheels squeaked on black-and-white linoleum. Mayonnaise, the tiniest jar, was still on the shelf. The bottom shattered when it dropped in the cart.…

A few more random worldbuilding ideas that are free for the taking if someone wants to flesh them out or incorporate them into their worlds! Intended to be quick and encourage me (and you!) to…

Hi. A small and boring update of 10 art pieces added to the gallery.

I’m combining a few challenges today — this week’s mixed media challenge at Splitcoast ( here ) is an intriguing technique that produces a sort of wonky grid by pushing a coin with a pencil. It made…

Featuring Arnold Bocklin, Arthur Rackham, Peter Haars, Helmut Wenske, and Piranesi's Imaginary Prisons.

After inktober last year, I dove into gothicized italics with watercolor and gouache. I still have a pile of construction paper to scan and share. , A light grey on black paper got pushed into a gold…

Generally speaking, ekphrastic poetry is not my thing, but I was recently invited, along with several other poets, to be part of what sounds like it will be, assuming it gets funded, a very…

At a Contra Costa substation, Ray finds a waveform electricity shouldn't be able to make. Then the State of California emails him.

Years ago I discovered the work of nnxyz on nifty.ink. I acquired a few of his pieces and grew to like it more and more. I ended up collecting four complete collections of hundreds of pieces. I had…

I know what is behind me. Cold darkness that clenches my heart and drains the very life from me, but it's safe. It's comforting. It's a place I've known.

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"Routine (Bulbabang illustration)" by Pilosophos

A poem of water, glass and a tree outgrowing its shelter.

A collection of posts from intense scrolling during the SIR protests.

What do you do when you're all grown up? The heart of a child, but you gotta be tough Scared to death to be alone Feeling around for a hand to hold

Accidentally running a checkerboarded square as a linear polar and then performing a polar to cartesian transformation, with repeats, yields inwardly folding patterns. first <a…

In a previous post I wrote about how you can clip one layer to another using blend modes. This kind of works for some things but has some major limitations: You have to put everything in folders so…

This should be in a museum!

ROY G. BIV Dalies from Here GOES and SUVI, 2024. Animation, images sourced from satellite transmissions

I&#8217;ve shaken the cobwebs off my real-time watercolor simulation. I&#8217;m reaching for something I&#8217;ve wanted to do for years: the technique known as lost and found edges. Here are a few…

You may or may not have picked up on the fact that I have done away with a traditional portfolio, in favor greater freedom. I now post whatever I want in whatever format feels compelling. That&apos;s…

ADEIMANTOS: ( hasnt really slept ) but how to transubstantiate these two? ( we stay up too late ) working on poetry. ( we dream in bed at noon ) worked on by poetry. ( what on earth time even are we…

Collaborative drawing software.

A messenger came to Lady of Rain on behalf of the Children. The Wasting Slumber also affected all other Children’s People. The messenger asked for Lady of Rain to gather some of her folk. Then they…

October 15, 2026 - Published I've been in a productive mood! No important news to announce, so I'll get straight into it. Art: - SonaPartment #30 - ( Itaku ) - SonaPartment #30.5 - ( Itaku ) -…

From a tea pot on a table to a mannequin in a store window. My still life drawing sketchbook is taking shape.

My new dark fantasy cover for the Demon's Peace

From breaking and entering, to slaughtering giant shambling spiders. She&#x2019;d even eaten half a leg after some prompting from Cass. &#x201c;Just one bite, Zel. It&#x2019;s like nothing…