I just pre-ordered my copy of Jay Sturner’s “Shadows & Sparks.” :-)

My friend Jay Sturner’s upcoming poetry chapbook is available for pre-order! Shadows & Sparks will feature a new artist and ten entirely new poems, making it a significant update from the previously available digital version.

The book will be released on September 22; you can pre-order your copy right here.

Jay is a great guy and a truly accomplished independent creator. I’m really looking forward to getting acquainted with his poetic voice.



Cover to “The Maxx” #1, Sam Kieth, 1993

Image Comics.

“Portrait of King Stephen Bathory,” Martin Kober, 1853

Oil on canvas.

The Nerd at 54.

An elderly W. H. Auden once joked that his face looked like “a wedding cake that had been left out in the rain.”

Well, I’m hopefully not there quite yet, But, still … look at those crow’s feet!



“Steppe. Cornfield.” Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1875

Remembering 9/11, 25 years later.

Never forget.

Photo credit: usembfinland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“The old world is dying …”

Nolan Family Gravestones in County Cork, Ireland



Photo credit: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cover to “The Savage Dragon” #159, Erik Larsen, 2010

Image Comics.

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