"Visages of Betrayal and Madness" in THE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR

Eldritch Mistress in APHELION

Electric Blue Sparks in APHELION

Internut
Internutby Richard H. FayInk on Bristol board, digitally colouredThe above illustration now accompanies Doug Hilton's story "A Brief History of the Internut" in the on-line ver

What I Want for Christmas
My mother-in-law, who is more of a mother to me than my own mother, asked what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I wanted this:Super Pro Edition 1/24 VsTank Pro PanzerKampwagen German Tiger I Late Production Desert Brown Airsoft Radio Remote Control Battle Tank.Yeah, I'm a kid at heart, and a World War II armour buff to boot! When I had the time for such things, I used to build plastic armoured fighting vehicle models from kits. I still have a few of the models I put together on display, along with some decent-quality ready-built ones. However, I always wanted an RC tank, especially a Tiger. There's something especially b

"The Sheerie" in APHELION
My speculative cinquain "The Sheerie" has been published in the November 2009 issue of the web-zine Aphelion. Check it out!In case anyone was wondering, I once again dip into the well of fairy folklore for inspiration. More specifically, I again delve into the connections between the realm of fairy and the realm of the dead. The sheerie are said to be the spirits of unbaptised children imbued with dark fairy magic and dangerously jealous of the living. They appear as tiny beings shimmering with a corpse-light glow, or dark goblins car

The Trouble with Freelancing....
...is there are never any guarantees. Even a "sure thing" can suddenly go down in flames, or so my recent experience indicates.During most of last week, I was busily working on the illustrations for a book of short stories that was supposed to be published by a publisher I've worked with on a regular basis. The author of the collection in question had requested that I do the art for the book, and the publisher agreed that I was the best illustrator for the job. I was to do four new interior illustrations, plus the cover art. An illustration and a diagram I did for one of the author's previously published stories would also have been included. It appeared to be a good opportunity

Holiday on Phreetum Prime
Holiday on Phreetum Primeby Richard H. FayTwin red suns rise over a crimson seaAs wudols twitter a raucous chorusAmongst the majestic etafal trees.Saunter beneath the weeping purple frondsAnd sip