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story sketch: starlit rays [update: 10-19-2011]

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:09:04 GMT

This sketch is based on stryck's beautiful short story, Starlit Rays, about a school of star rays, which are like manta rays that live in deep space and feed on stars. In this scene, a young star ray named Scyne becomes separated from the school when she chases after a comet for a snack.

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story sketch: wanted: one gnome [update: 09-05-2011]

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:23:39 GMT

This is from Wanted: One Gnome, a poem by minor_architect in which a gardener hires a gnome to stop the rabbits from raiding her vegetables. These characters also appear in sweet iced tea, when the garden gnome shares his expertise to add just the right amount of mint.

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story sketch: vampire-in-chief

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:57:52 GMT

This is my sketch of Lafe from Vampire-in-chief, a work in progress by magenta_girl about the intrigue surrounding the first vampire to be elected president of the United States.

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story sketch: without fail [update: 07-27-2011]

Sat, 14 May 2011 02:08:24 GMT

This is a sketch of warsailor Brelig's encounter with a deathfin sea monster, from Without Fail, a new Torn World story by ysabetwordsmith:

Brelig swiped his sickle toward the bleeding eyelid again -- and the deathfin grabbed him by that arm, lifting him high above the ship. The sudden shock of pain frayed his concentration. Brelig swung in the air, blood raining everywhere. Then he pulled himself upward to swing the axe into the deathfin's eye.

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story sketch: tin man [update: 05-15-2011]

Sun, 08 May 2011 06:43:52 GMT

This scene is from the first chapter of Tin Man. Necromancer Robling Tremare considers hiring mercenary archer Liane Sharpshaft as a bodyguard to compensate for the deficiencies of his current travel companion, the plate mail golem, as he continues on his quest to avenge the vanished Tremare Guild.

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story sketch: just this side of normal [edit: 05-02-2011]

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:40:15 GMT

This is shameless fan art of reymonkey's character Damien Stockholm, "a hunter of the supernatural for eighteen years who was known by his business card and reputation as 'the Spectre' and recognized on sight in more than one country". In Just this side of normal, he has been called upon to investigate a reclusive old man suspected by his Oh-So-Normal neighbours of being a vampire. When their suspicions are confirmed, the bounty hunter must decide how to deal with him.

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story sketch: first warning

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:26:28 GMT

This is a sketch based on a scene by birgitriddle in which an unrepentant renegade mage is visited by representatives of the Cult and Terrorist Investigation Unit.

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not-quite-story sketch: working on the railroad

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:29:20 GMT

This one isn't really from a story. It's a request from my friend Mike, a civil war re-enactor, who asked that I draw him "Doing something old timey! Civil war or otherwise.[..]maybe working on the railroad or something cool ;)" I think the resulting sketch looks like it could be from a story, so I'm posting it here anyway :)

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story sketch: the undeadslayer

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:18:11 GMT

This is a scene from The Undeadslayer, a new story on the weblit site Dream Fantastic.

As Kennet’s head turned to look the elfman, having come up besides them without being noticed, slapped the open-palm of his hand onto Kennet’s forehead and began to pull at something. A strange shape, almost like a shadow, seemed to be pulled away from Kennet’s head.

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story sketch: escape [update:04-23-2011]

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:57:23 GMT

This is a scene from the first book set in clare_dragonfly 's Chatoyant College, the only american university that has classes in magic alongside its more conventional course offerings. All is not what it seems on what, at first, appears to be a normal college campus, and freshman students Annie, Edie, Corrie, Dawn, and Rico soon find themselves fleeing the real reason the nearby forest is forbidden.

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story sketch: elemental [update: 08-26-2011]

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:57:39 GMT

This is a sketch based on Ellen Million's Elemental, in which her character, Jenny, encounters a fire elemental sent by the well-meaning were-bear(? what do you call someone who is a bear in summer but turns human instead of hibernating?) Bjorn, and must find a clever way to protect herself from the *ahem* elements.

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story sketch: spanish gardens [update:04-19-2011]

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:27:47 GMT

This sketch is the setting of an upcoming novel by Alma Alexander.

"Through the glass door you can glimpse a narrow room, one side
taken up with a glass-fronted display cabinet such as you would find
in a deli, the other crammed with a couple of narrow tables covered by
red and white checked tablecloths, flanked by old-fashioned wooden
chairs, no two of them exactly alike"

"There doesn't look to be enough room to swing the proverbial cat,
but next to the first table there's an arched opening, and there is
another room beyond. It has a further cluster of red-check-tablecloth
tables and mismatched wooden chairs."[...]
—Midnight in Spanish Gardens, out August 1, 2011

story sketch: trevor and jason [update: 04-19-2011]

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:10:40 GMT

This sketch features the vampire Trevor, dressed in a sensible anorak as he takes his werewolf flatmate, Jason for a walk. These characters are from Samantha Lynn 's Hiraeth, a fun series of vignettes with unexpected depth.

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story sketch: unfolding wings [update: 04-15-2011]

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:35:45 GMT

This sketch is based on "unfolding wings," the first in a series of beautiful poems by ysabetwordsmith about the Origami Mage, an Eastern style hero from an asian inspired fantasy world. Please visit Penultimate Productions for more of the Origami Mage and her rival the Kirigami Mage (along with some other fantastic poetry series!)

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