#sci fi fantasy
“Emails #8— Bugs”
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Email Correspondence Server
October 8, 2020— 7:15 PM
FROM: Jess Withers <[email protected]>
TO: Unregistered Group Server (UNSECURED)
SUBJECT: Bug infestation within HABA?
Somebody should call an exterminator. I don’t care if security can’t let any non-personnel inside.
I’ve felt something crawling up my leg. On multiple occasions, a whole swarm of things have run over my feet during biopsy missions. But when I look down, they’re gone.
Something is here. With us. I don’t know what, but it has to be alive. There’s no other explanation.
Jess Withers
Recovery Assistant
M Y D U D E S
Y O U R N E W H O M E
Y O U A N D Y O U R E G O
I A M I N L E S S O N
D I S C O V E R Y
R O A D S I D E P I C N I C
A few weeks back, I received a package from a lovely woman my sister knows. Little did I know, this woman would turn out to be one of the most unique voices in literature I’ve come across. I finished her book in no time and I’ve been tossing and turning ideas in my head, trying to find out how I’m going to give this book a review that does it justice and is honest at the same time.
Rosehead is story about a girl *ahem, anyone singing the Nirvana song?* who believes her grandfather’s rose garden eats people. The story presents an intriguing interplay between elements of fantasy and mystery. I spent a large portion of my time reading this book stopping to think about whether I believed what was going on or whether the protagonist was making it all up. To me, it’s always an interesting experience having a seemingly unreliable protagonist - and I say seemingly, because the story unfolds beautifully.
Speaking of the protagonist, Lilith is an intelligent 12 year old girl. She is quite snarky for her age; which might seem unrealistic but I didn’t mind it. I’d rather read about unusual characters anyways. Despite her wit, I was constantly reminded that she really is just a child - through her arguments with her mother, temper tantrums and sense of adventure. I was always looking forward to her next excursion with her pet, Panther because that’s when things got really exciting.
Now on to the hard part, which is the things I didn’t like about the book. It’s hard to fault a book you like so much. That being said, I really would have liked more background in this book. I wanted to know more about her past, her “diagnosis” and her parents specially. I didn’t like that when it came to discussing what was wrong with Lilith, a few diagnoses were just rattled off (but that’s just me, I’m a med student and get irked by these things).
The book ended with a cliffhanger - which I’m not sure if it means there will be a sequel or it’s just to keep you wondering. I quite liked that the whole book kept me wondering about what’s coming next, but I would have preferred for the ending to come full circle if this is a stand-alone.
I have to applaud the author’s beautiful descriptive writing. She painted a beautiful and gory garden that I couldn’t stop picturing and I think would make for one heck of a movie. Like I mentioned before, she has quite a unique voice. I wish I could say more about the way she writes but I’m at a loss for words *pun totally intended*.
I’d like to thank Ksenia for the wonderful experience she provides through this book and for graciously sending it to me. And I hope this book reaches more people as it is highly underrated. Find Rosehead on Amazon.
Phew, I finally finished touching up this illustration. It was 19"x24", so I had to scan it in 4 separate pieces, and then put it back together in Photoshop. And because I started this illustration years ago, I had to clean up a lot of pencil lines that had gotten “burned” into the paper.
Anyway, this is the largest illustration I’ve ever done, and I used black ink, metallic gel pens, fineliner pens, metallic watercolors, and absurd amounts of patience.
Also, there were several people who were interested in purchasing this illustration when I first started posting process photos, however, this piece was already sold at a show last month. I’m working on the files needed to create a gold foil art print, however, and I’ll let y'all know when it’s available.
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Here’s a photo of that big, 19”x24” illustration I’ve been working on. I’ll take better photos and some videos of the gold ink after a few touch ups, but I’d say it’s just about done * *
One of the reasons illustrations like this take me so long to finish is that when I end up with flowers outlined in gold against a gold background, I then have to outline the flowers all over again with black ink.
Here’s the latest page of my web comic series, BINARY STAR!
Imagine if this was a democracy. Who do we vote for: the normal human being, or the genocidal cyborg ghost? Choices, choices…
Well, that’s a wrap on chapter 18! I hope you all enjoyed! Only two chapters left to go. How crazy is that?! Thank you so much for reading, everyone! Stay tuned for more updates (and perhaps some Kickstarter news ^_~)
You can read BINARY STAR online for FREE at Tapas,Facebook, and right here on its own Tumblr!
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Here’s the latest page of my web comic series, BINARY STAR!
Y'know, anyone else would’ve been like, “oh god, oh no, an incomprehensible space monster has turned me into a cyborg ghost,” but not Kaziz. No, Kaziz is like, “wow, I guess this means the gods think my atrocities are dope.”
You can read BINARY STAR online for FREE at Tapas,Facebook, and right here on its own Tumblr!
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Barbarella (1968)
⭐JUMP! - Chapter 3: 29-30 ⭐
Aaaaand that’s the end of chapter 3! Will do a small break before chapter 4, but there’ll be a lot more content in the meantime!
