Richard H. Fay

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"Vengeance of the Alpe", published in the All Souls' Night 2010 issue of Hungur, has been nominated in the Horror Short Stories Category. Of course, this one could possibly fit just as easily in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories Category, since it has fantasy elements as well as elements of horror. At times, I like to write works that cross genre boundaries, just to cause confusion. ...

My depiction of the richly decorated late medieval poleaxe attributed to Edward IV now appears on a couple of items (a tie and an iPhone case) in the Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store.

I've actually spent quite a few hours getting a couple new images in the store, and getting my existing images on the newest Zazzle items. My wrist is sore from all the clicking and typing, and my eyes are strained from staring at the ...

My "Scottish Thistle" now appears on merchandise in the Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store. According to legend, the plans of the Norwegian King Haakon IV to launch a decisive surprise attack on the Scots in 1263 came to naught when one of his men cried out in pain after stepping barefoot on a thistle. Thus alerted to the approaching enemy, Alexander ...

My horrorku "darkening sky" has been posted (December 2nd) in Trapeze Magazine. What swirls around in the stormy sky may be more than just clouds. That darkening may herald the arrival of something more evil than savage wind and torrential rain. That was the thought, anyway.

My art appears on the cover of Shelly Bryant's poetry collection Under the Ash, published by Sam's Dot Publishing. This time around, I was actually able to read the collection before I composed the cover art. I tried to incorporate imagery inspired by a few of Shelly's poems into the drawing. The piece that developed as a result has some pretty strange elements, and was rather disturbing to draw. I especially worried that the figure hanging from the tree with a serpent around its neck would be too ...