Nightmare Magazine artist spotlight

Remember how I did the cover art for month's Nightmare magazine? Well here's the issue's artist spotlight in which Wendy N. Wagner asks me all the best questions.

And just because it's fitting, here's a look at my World Horror Con art show spread from earlier this year: tentacles and bones and blood and dark water. Stuff like that:

OMG a World Fantasy Award Nomination

Last night social media informed me that something was astir... It sounded like this:

I am breaking my Twitter exile to greet the ff congrats http://t.co/DMh76Xputv @galendara @JohnPicacio @JohnJosephAdams @IreneGallo
— Charles Tan (@charlesatan) July 10, 2014

and

FUCK YEAH GALEN DARA WORLD FANTASY AWARD NOMINEEEEEEEEEEEEEE @galendara
— Christie Yant (@christieyant) July 10, 2014

Lo, the World Fantasy Awards nominations had been announced and OMG I'M ON THE BALLOT. Along with  OMG AMAZING artists Zelda Devon,  Julie Dillon, John Picacio, and Charles Vess!

I'm still kind of speechless about it, so here: Since the award is a bust of H. P. Lovecraft, some hopeful tentacles from me:

illustration for A City On It's Tentacles, for Lackington Magazine

And here, a glimpse at the other artists on the ballot; clockwise from the top left: Zelda Devon, Julie Dillon, John Picacio, and Charles Vess:

And now I need to see if  a trip to Washington D. C. is in the works for me.  Hugs and Kisses!

[Women in Genre, Day 26]

So, Haralambi Markov (aka Harry Markov) has been writing up a series about Women In Genre (you really should go peruse those posts, they are packed full WUNDERBAR.) I was astonished and delighted to discover today that I get a place in this series: Galen Dara and Visions from Beyond. 

Harry says the nicest things, I'll be blushing and fluttery all day.  Stuff like:

"I can best describe her work with the words stylized melancholy, because her illustrations carry an air of sadness and possess a wilting beauty with gothic undertones."

and

 "To a point, I can’t help but be reminded of Stephanie Piu-Mun Law... where Piu-Mun Law draws from nature and light, Dara seeks out the less savory and wholesome in her work, which results in captivating scenes where the outlandish and the bizarre intermingle to breed absurd worlds with wicked inhabitants." 

Thank you Harry! Many blessings from the dark ones upon your head.

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And now, just because,  here's some Awesomeness I stumbled on today:
[Egg] by Junko Oki:

That gives me all sorts of shivers of delight. And Junko is amazing, just check out her pintrest boards!

Okay, now, back to work, breeding absurd and wicked things... mwuahahah!