Every year we publish an anthology of short stories by readers at the newssite fark.com. I help edit it, and I do the artwork as well. Here is some of my favorite work from over the last 5 years.
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Steamboat/Riverboat Casino theme for 2019
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an element from every story in the anthology is shown being dragged into the wormhole - holy smokes, we had a story about a virus the very year before Covid 19 broke out! should we feel guilty?
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![Mystery - woodcut style illustration of Magyck the goat dressed as a victorian detective, smoking a pipe, standing beneath a tall streetlamp, walking stick in his other hand.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7m5lw4bRuYYL-Dp513FIN3ywP9Ak7NyxEIRmLddGt7ItlDuHsD7IdMIqrkyYqP6oHi3cm4Tl0t7ryb8hYCqxmPxi_Kzsj45T7hmsrLUpYtjeBSmIl3Hes1RM24h-c4yY4NY3lm7aRmfBoESwFFLikx-rS_LCn9qj0zpD8TvnnKRdPLmt_m0/w400-h400/woodcuts.mystery.jpg) |
each year the antho is divided into 4 genres. Majyck the goat, a character in one of our first stories (by Brian Bander) has become our unofficial mascot. This year we opted for woodcut-style illustrations. here he is as a victorian detective, for our Mystery genre.
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![Magyck the goat as woodcut illustration of a dancing skeleton](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnwrUXZJydJTXsIYEB7NSQd1_CFIA7Ip2bpN5N-NozDWS4VNDatvqoPuY38mN90NU0jpgGj28EWIDGoBfoNiEAJm3bMcnV5FdIh4Uo_OtFJvWNPd2BEvdTqI54jqRn2umE8S3QT9xbSoiH5nulXbnbcLyju5zugveBU8EtEYwvnzl3SkuaS0/w400-h400/woodcuts.horror.jpg) |
Magyck the goat as woodcut illustration of a dancing skeleton for the Horror genre
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![magyck the goat as a medieval woodcut of a sea monster](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYYoi23aTDLG45j7cgcM5sHPVMGxjr9S3Cl6A4BC52a4_M4-wFrKOuYJh_dT-_gvfBBUv0nV-5qqkoRFFx0kcb9nNCXsaLIE_8779HiJiLziyM5eCErbxSpfGX2FjFhdp5H5fHdp7HWHZcwHLeoPuUXdPSLNamNjIA1dycfmFBMNiCO7o41U/w400-h400/woodcuts.fantasy.jpg) |
magyck the goat as a medieval woodcut of a sea monster for the Fantasy tab
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Magyck the goat crossed with a chicken eating a banana - obviously for the comedy section!
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The squirrel is our other mascot. better not to ask. But he has a penchant for sitting on slatted chairs.
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yup. you're gonna need help pretty soon, squirrel. this is from 2021, the year we all stayed home (if we were very lucky) and read books while death stalked the streets.
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2020. the year the Plague hit. Our sympathies to those who lost loved ones.
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Majik makes us feel better, even when eating priceless antique manuscripts.
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