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BOOKS….BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS

It has been a busy week, they are all busy but this week has been really busy.  I have been reading through the stories for the anthology we are putting together on the subject of “First Submission”.  We have also been re-covering our old stories and re-issuing them.  The latest two are very close to me as the first story Toy’s Story written by Robert Cloud was the first cover I did for Black Velvet Seductions. The second story to be re-released was The Crimson Z, a paranormal anthology, this too was largely the brainchild of Robert Cloud.  I was a little...

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THE FAUSTAIN PACT

If you could make a deal with the devil, would you……? Writers and artists are driven to do what they do.  And I can see the idea of that Faustian pact tempting.  I have asked myself this question a thousand times and it is a concept I have used more than once for artistic inspiration over the years.  For those not familiar with the story of Faust, in a nutshell, Faust sells his soul to the devil, in return the devil gives Faust back his youth, unlimited knowledge, and worldly pleasures.  Over the years there have been many stories, artistic...

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BASE LANGUAGE IN STORIES. A TURN ON OR OFF?

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