Second drafting a festive folk horror in the early autumn sun


 

The new cover design of Pixie-Led

The new cover art for Pixie-Led

 I have redesigned the cover design of my folk-horror Novella, Pixie-Led. This gives far more of an insight into the contents of the book than the old design offered - a bewitched cat able to travel through mirrors at the bidding of his mistress:

The old cover design of Pixie-Led


Passenger Seat 36

 

I think this image is a likely contender to be the first image in the series of Passenger Seat photographs that will be published next year. I love the colours and indistinct feel of location the windows allow into the car. It is almost heralding the magickal journey to follow...

Self Portrait (with dog)


Now this looks like a good read...

 I do love a signed copy :)



More Fluttering Polythene

I've got a soft spot for this kind of thing:




 The barbed wire appears like an air purifier, removing the plastic from  the air...

Decadence

September is fully booked. Right to the end of the month. On the writing side, I have a month to sort out a completed second draft of Gobble. Towards the end of the month I am heading up to the Norfolk Broads where I hope to spend time with my daughter, who I haven't seen in nearly 2 years because of the current health climate. Whilst there, I hope to find some decent atmosphere to help inspire an actual ghost story from scratch, something I have long sort to do but is yet to materialise. Finally, I am going to create a wildlife pond for my magickal garden. You can find details of this latter project over on magickalgardening.co.ukIn the meantime, let's get the month off to a good start with a bit of sheer decadence - having a nice a mug of tea in the bath:



Gobble ~ draft 2 begins...

September 01, 2021






 

Passenger Seat 34 & 35



 

Daughter of Darkness by J.R. Lowell

 Saturday, August 28, 2021



Some more axolotl pics:





Passenger Seat - Images 32 - 33







 

Y'all have a nice day :)

Back to Writing Gobble

Friday, August 27, 2021






 

Passenger Seat 29 - 31






Axolotl (2b)


I have been fascinated with axolotls since childhood, when I inherited an old wildlife book of strange animals. Unfortunately, I no longer have that book to share a picture of it, but one of the animals featured was of a leucistic axolotl. The image of this animal really piqued my interest and I could scarcely believe that such a weird-looking animal could exist in reality. Back in those days, there was no internet and I could find no further reference to such a thing as an axolotl throughout the entirety of my childhood. I believe that this was the first instance in my life that I felt the sense that there was something fascinating in the world that my mind had trouble grasping, and set up my interest in seeking out the extraordinary in the world.