Tag: ash & thorn

  • Episode 0: Epigraph

    Episode 0: Epigraph

    Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
    Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

    — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

    Drifter coming in
    Never touching down, never leaving ground
    A twilight world in which we roam
    Still we don’t belong — Drift on    .

    — Siouxsie and the Banshees, Drifter

    The first episode of new serialized gothic western by Michael Raven, Vengeance, My Heart, begins tomorrow.

    Full episodes will typically span three to four posts. New story posts will drop approximately three times a week at 18:00 GMT (Noon CST/11:00 CDT); drop days may vary initially until an achievable rhythm can be established.

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  • SDPC Post-Mortem and Aftermath

    Image generated by Gemini, with direction by Michael Raven

    Well, Miss Vivian Locke had gone back to her life of not dealing with exorcisms, divorces cases and whatnot. Back down into The Gills with it’s static rain and Cookie’s coffee. Mr. Cross is not what he might seem on the outside, but isn’t that always how it is?

    I had fun writing Sunny Day Parasol Co., but I will readily admit that it went off in a direction I hadn’t anticipated when I started writing the story. In fact, I thought it had maybe 10,000 words and was solidly in the short story realm when I started. Turns out I was wrong at more than double that amount (~ 21,500 words, roughly 65 printed pages on A4 — for those who care about such things).

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  • Upcoming gothic western serial

    base art generated by Gemini; text and design by michael raven

    While Sunny Day Parasol Co., the serialized noir I’ve been posting, has been “in the can” for about a week now and the publication of the story has been winding up, I have not been idle with the spare time I have had at my disposal.

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