Re: This should have accompanied my story in the new CEMETERY DANCE

On 4 Nov 2003 00:33:08 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian McDowell)
wrote:

>Due to a kerfluggle, my story "Making Faces" in CEMETERY DANCE #46
>ended up being accompanied by an illustration by a staff artist rather
>than this one by me:
>
>http://www.iliadbooks.com/MakingFaces.jpg
>
>Apparently, editor Robert Morrish was working on an anthology and so
>shared his duties on this issue with someone else, who wasn't aware
>that Mr. Morrish had already accepted my art.
>
>My attempts to illustrate my own fiction appear cursed, at least as
>far as getting those illustrations into print go.  DEATH REALM was
>always receptive to my art, but didn't pay for squat and didn't
>reproduce it as well as I would have liked.  Back when MONDO ZOMBIE
>(aka BOOK OF THE DEAD 3 or THE LAST FUCKING BOOK OF THE DEAD ON THE
>EDGE OF FUCKING FOREVER) was going to be published by Obsidian,
>publisher Matt Johnson, who'd seen my work on display at the World
>Horror Convention, especially commissioned an illustration for my
>story "Dead Loves", depicting the nude Dolly Parton zombie in the
>opening scene.  Unfortunately, Matt went through an expensive divorce
>not long after that and this was end of Obsidian.  CD Publications is
>supposed to bring out MONDO ZOMBIE one of these days (I'll believe it
>when it happens), but there's been no word about my illustration being
>included (indeed, it would be a bit odd to have "Dead Loves"
>illustrated by me and everything else by Alan Clarke).
>
>Then there's this piece, which was meant to accompany my upcoming
>pirate fantasy novella "Under the Flag of Night" ( written in 2001 and
>sold on January 1st, 2002, so no PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN influence)
>in ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION.  The story is scheduled for the March
>2004 issue, out in February, but after buying it ASIMOV'S decided to
>drop all interior illustrations.  It depicts Anne Bonny and
>Blackbeard's severed head, both important characters in the piece:
>
>http://www.iliadbooks.com/UnderNightFlag.jpg
>
>My thanks to Lisa Morton and Iliad Books for the webspace.

Sorry your picture didn't make it, but to be honest with you I barely
look at the art anyway.  I did, however, really like the story.  It
had a good beat to it and the girl's character was developed very
well.

I'm looking forward to reading more of your work.