Liminal Creatures
A world of nightmares aching to bask in the light of day.
Alabaster – I am the morning’s merciful dove, hand raised high, taped with glove. Upon the signal of my command, the hourglass spills your precious sand.
Alden, Innogen, and Penelope – Conducting his stead with invisible reins the rider approaches subconscious chains left by loathsome, nightmarish foes -his floating apprentice banishes woes.
Angela – Swiftly cutting through the eaves where whispers nest and secrets flee from open windows steaming heat -I capture truths that hang discrete.
Aria – Gazing aloft beyond common sight, I am the faint oracular fright. Head hangs heavy against the weight of hidden truth outside mind’s gate.
Baphos and Benedict – Stirring the sea of silent threats, saccharin charm and swallowed regret. This cauldron of anguish I’ve dutifully kept to extract a cure from its fathomless depth.
Camille – I witness the children drowning in sorrow, by night I devour the demons that burrow deep in the hearts of aching babes, by first light of morrow their lives I have saved.
Colophon – Cancerous creature, graceless sight assigned to torment my waning might. Unable to cut you from my core, instead you shall live in eternal lore.
Elora – You are the darkness I’ve come to free, hidden within eternity’s cycle of nauseating pain, lodged in the recess of my brain.
Flint – I am the spark in your languished eyes, flicking through fumes between gaslit lies. Carefully culling the scorched array of cursory slights from precarious play.
Frederick, Felix, Fortuna – We are the trio of mournful song alighting your breath until the dawn vaporizes our mystic court floating above the grieving sort.
Glyph – I am the language lost in you, scribed with words from stolen youth. These records you’ll find on the edge of sleep while crossing the river of dreams you weep.
Ignatius – Shimmering water’s reflected light, shining upon a full moon’s night. Therein my realm at the water’s edge, to enter my home a vow you must pledge.
Joanna, Jamie & Jezebel – We are the spirits engaged in a dance set forth by time’s rhythmic dance, played to the tune of nature’s hum, the beat can be heard in your heart’s drum.
Laurel – I am your truth made manifest, bodiless form of the soul’s unrest, in search of my severed corporeal guise weaving through misconception and lies.
Maria – Shallow the depths my hands do sift seeking for dream’s subconscious rift, between the light and dark of day where memories fade and delusions play.
Mystos & Melchior – We are the mighty alchemical twins seizing your passions boiling within. Therein lies the strength of your will, a powerful potion of which we distill.
Nottington – “Glory on high!” Sounds the mighty Duke while soothing the throats scorched of bile from puke. His cleansing waters erupt from a source of hallowed ground from a sacred force.
Ora – Insatiable hungers move with delight through shrouded paths beyond our sight. Stealthily skulking toward victims at rest, blind to the bird who rescues the nest.
Seraph – I am the link singularity bides, as we endure its electrical tithe. Hand outstretched to carry the load of armageddon’s tale foretold.
Sibyl – I am the bird of ancient myth, announcing the advent’s fateful scythe. Whetted to cut the last of our ties to grievous emotions swathed in rank lies.
Toby – I am the stead who walks through fire, steadfast and loyal as flames grow higher. Traveling through trials, I lead the few in search of their greatness or need of renew.
Valorie – I am the brave, recalcitrant hue emanating from deep within you. Wiser still with judicious traits fostered in moments time can’t erase.
Xoan – Humanity’s logical fallacies inseminate the soil within me. Fertilizing this luscious source strengthens my insightful discourse.
Zora – Fantasizing about the day upon which I shall boldly slay the final form of capricious guise, silencing all deceitful cries.
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I believe that anyone is welcome to enjoy the Liminal Creatures Collection and their corresponding stories. However, people who naturally cultivate a uniquely attuned awareness to their surroundings and the hidden worlds between folds in our realty, will likely enjoy this project with added zeal.
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Liminal Creatures are beings that can be found transitioning between worlds. Each is assigned a specific undertaking designed to aid humanity. These undertakings must be completed in order to successfully atone for their trespasses enacted in past incarnations. Whether or not they achieve these requirements is yet to be seen, but the moment their contract is fulfilled, their journey out of darkness begins.
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The Liminal Creatures Collection was initiated in 2009 as an exercise to sharpen my skills as a draftsman. I was only allowed to start and finish an image using a Bic ballpoint pen. These simple parameters were originally intended to challenge my ability to conscientiously execute marks on the page. Once I began sharing this otherworldly cast of creatures, I realized the potential to explore their individual stories and promptly set out to bring them into existence.
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Updates for the Liminal Creatures Collection can be found on social media. There you will find teasers for the individual character storylines as well as announcements regarding convention appearances, finished books, and merchandise ready for purchase.
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I have always been intrigued by the natural as well as the supernatural worlds we navigate. The probability of unseen dimensions and beings existing in our universe is a fascinating thought experiment. The Liminal Creatures Collection slowly evolved into a way for me to explore the lives of entities that reside on the cusp of our reality as well as the nature of their paradigm versus ours.
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The original designs were hand drawn with a Bic ballpoint pen on paper. The succeeding artwork for the short stories will also be hand drawn on paper, but the final medium for the graphic novel is yet to be determined.