Phantasmagoria: Tales Tall & Short
I have been gradually building up a number of prose pieces that, in various ways, blend elements of fantasy, folklore, steampunk and speculative fiction. Some of these narratives are episodic. Some share characters. To make it easier for those wishing to follow along & better understand some of the ideas that form the basis of these imagined realities I have created this page.
The Caravaggio Sequence
In this set of episodic narratives, the painter Caravaggio is painting reality. He exists in a world of probability and re-cycled events. He desperately tries to paint himself out of a temporal corner. The mystery is whether this reality is just some virtual construct or a collapsing temporal hole. Perhaps it is both.
Surreal Thursday: Caravaggio at the Beach 1
Surreal Thursday: Caravaggio at the Beach 2
Steampunk & Lovecraft Tales
What if Wednesday: Steampunk Church Windows
Professor Palindrome’s Chrono-Postcard1
What if Wednesday: Raygun Gothic
Surreal Thursday: H. P. Lovecraft Gallery Walls
The Birch Trees That Winter
Abstract Figure: The Entertainer Behind the Screen
Dream Voyage of The Star Feather’s Challenge
Antique Impressions: House of Faded Dreams
Existential Friday: The Invasion
Atlantean Artifacts Revealed:
Atlantean Artifacts 1 Atlantean Artifacts 2
What If Wednesday: Steampunk Star-gate & Atlantean Portal
Atlantean Artifacts 3 Atlantis & Leng Atlantian Wall murals
Allegories & Folk Tales of Metaphor & Wordplay
News from the Front Lines A news report from a metaphorical reality. This satirical allegory is based on a world of literary terms come to life.
Canadian Classics Re-imagined: Surfacing the lamp at Noon
Surreal Thursday: Crow-Magnon This tale explores a world of folk tale and word play. The crow/raven is a trickster who brings gifts and knowledge at a price; see the absurdity and laughter in living.
The Beowulf Barometer Sequence
An episodic adventure featuring the wizard, Johann Filigree Hexameter Aomori. The narrative takes the classic trope of a murder mystery on train and sets it in a steampunk fantasy reality. The basis of the magic combines the concepts of Jungian Psychology and the beliefs/ideas from Victorian & Edwardian occult/pseudo-sciences.
I call the rules of this reality Meta-textual Metaphysics. In effect, the wizard is aware that his universe is a narrative. His survival depends on manipulating the narrative through various forms of magic & advanced scientific devices. Along the way, he encounters living archetypes and symbols; at times, his reality takes on a dream-like quality, as space & time shifts. Word-play and metaphor can both reflect & alter reality.
Surreal Thursday: The Beowulf Barometer
What if Wednesday: The Wizard’s Knitting
Dark Pines Photo 
Wow, I love the The Caravaggio Sequence, and the Steampunk stuff the best. I studied Chiaroscuro in art school a bit. So nice to meet you! I’m a fan!
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Glad you enjoyed the compositions. 🙂