“GAMES AND GOBLINS”

“TOYS WILL BE TOYS”

THIRTEEN YEAR OLD JONATHAN FOSTER IS A DEDICATED MINIATURE MODEL-MAKER, SPECIALIZING IN FANTASY AND COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS. WHILE HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH FATHER WISHES HIS SON WOULD FIND A LESS SOLITARY INTEREST, JONATHAN RESISTS.

OUT ON A WALK AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH HIS FATHER, JON FINDS A DEPOSIT OF STRANGE SPARKLING MUD IN A STREAM. FEELING IT MIGHT BE OF USE HE USES IT TO REPAIR AN OLD GOBLIN MINIATURE MODEL. HE OBTAINS AN UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT FINISH MAKING THE GOBLIN LOOK UNCANNILY REALISTIC, THOUGH JONATHAN SENSES A DEFINITELY VAGUE AIR OF MENACE ABOUT THE MODEL. INCREDIBLY THE GOBLIN MODEL COMES TO LIFE.

THE GOBLIN CREATES AN EVIL MINIATURE ARMY OF MODELS WHO BEGIN WREAKING HAVOC ON JON’S LIFE. PUTTING HIS YOUNGER BROTHER AND A GOOD FRIEND IN A LIFE THREATENING COMA. IN AN ACT OF SAVAGE REVENGE THE GOBLIN BRUTALLY ATTACKS THE SCHOOL BULLY. JONATHAN REALISES HIS WHOLE FAMILY IS UNDER THREAT FROM THE PAMPAGING GOBLIN. JON MUST RETURN TO THE SOURCE OF ALL HIS TROUBLE TO FIND ANSWERS, A DESPERATE RACE TO SAVE THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM.

“RUMINATIONS…”

I’M TOLD CREATIVITY IS A GIFT, AND I GUESS IT IS, BUT IT’S ALSO A CURSE. BEING CONTINUALLY BOMBARDED 24/7, MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT WITH IDEAS FOR SHORT STORIES, FOR NOVELS, PAINTINGS, THEY NEVER CEASE ROLLING AROUND LIKE A MANIC “ROUND ROBIN” IN MY BRAIN, OUT OF CONTROL. IT’S HARD TO DEFINE, IT’S NOT A “WANT”, IT’S BEYOND THAT, IT’S A NEED, A COMPULSION, BUT IT ISN’T A CONCIOUS THING. IT JUST…IS, A LIVING, BREATHING ENTITY, LIVING IN MY MIND, RENT FREE, MOVING SEAMLESSLY FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER, NEVER ENDING, ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD…

WITH THAT IN MIND, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW OF MY “WORKS IN PROGRESS”, STARTING WITH “DOLLY MIXTURES”. MY FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT HORROR STORIES. DARK, TWISTED, WITH A TOUCH OF HUMOUR. BELOW ARE SIX ILLUSTRATIONS TO GO WITH THE ANTHOLOGY, CREATIVITY GONE WILD… I DID TELL YOU…