Children of the Sky is Published!

First things first, my novel Jack Jetstark's Intergalactic Freakshow is being published on December 4th! We've got a cover reveal on September 10 - sign up here and you can get an advanced review copy before anyone else: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNGh58bFJINgtT6t_W7Q5nA6BjgoRpeVM-sfCctA8D0Wlvbw/viewform




Children of the Sky, an anthology of eight alien stories -- one of which is my Artist Unknown -- has been published by Schreyer Ink Publishing!

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Here's a tip for writers: Keep a dream journal. I've been keeping one for years, and I underline interesting ideas and images so I can find them later. Artist Unknown was based on one such entry.

Direct quote from my dream journal, dated March 26, 2016:

"A boy and his family fly across country in a race against time to discover secrets about an old painting. "Gustav's Pocket Watch" is actually some other guy's monocle, and a whole series of events is revealed by examining the reflection in the glass, which is not the artist."

The boy and his family didn't make it into the story, nor did the bit about the monocle (to be honest, I don't fully understand what that was supposed to mean), and of course I had to add aliens.

But the main idea - an image hidden in a painting of a watch - is the same. The painting is even called Gustav's Pocket Watch, though I haven't the slightest idea where my brain came up with the name.