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He had read Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson" and though he loved the story with all its social commentary, the title seemed to influence his daily life most. He was asked to hang the puddings every week and did so without question. But this time the blankness of their forms ate at his soul. He could not allow it to continue. This time it would be different.

Try as he may, Drear the raven could not win the affections of Lady Eustacia. She would sit in her study cooing softly to her monstrously large raccoon, Grace, who was so adored she was allowed to lie upon the desk leaving very little room for much of anything. The raven brought feather after feather to Eustacia knowing her love of feathered head dresses, but she noticed him not as she sat lost inside of her own thoughts. Drear gazed hopefully at Eustacia, Eustacia stared out into the vastness of time itself, and Grace wondered if there would be goose dumplings for tea. None of them noticed that the ancient volume on the chair in the corner of the room was beginning to self combust.

It's out, finally. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out, this, only my second foray into book layout and design. If you are interested in one, either message me or go to my website. (See my profile).

I believe this book is one rabbit hole you'll want to stay comfortably inside of. For a peek inside, again, see my website which is a haggisvitae plus a dot plus a com. :) Hope you'll check 'er out and maybe pick up a copy for yourself and the odd folk you hold dear.

They expected a puppet show like they'd seen every Sunday afternoon all summer long. On this day, however, the puppet master, Mr. Mung, had had enough. Life was getting him down and he felt the children should share in his emotionless state. He'd show them life wasn't always full of characters with high squeaky voices hitting each other over the head with tiny bats. And so he stared out at them, and they stared back until their parents one by one took them by the hand and led them home.

Here's a little piece I recently did for Austin Modern, a shop in Texas that sells the coolest things. They had the photo of the boy, loved it and wanted it to be stranger, a bit darker to use on the backs of their business cards. They came to the right crazy! :)

Please check out their store here www.etsy.com/shop/AustinModern?ref=pr_shop_more