Candido Diaz

A spider hiding on a grass stalk between two similarly colored eggsacs

Bolas spider hiding between two egg sacs. Found in the tall grass in Cumberland Nature Preserve, South Africa.

#biology #science #southafrica #arachnology

A man and woman lay upon a bed of fire as a monster floats above their heads

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Buster sits outside of the cult compound he grew up in. He wonders if he has the strength to return and undergoing the trail he's been avoiding for 50 years.

My cat screaming in amazement at the savings of my two books he holds in his paws

Amazon has dropped its royalties and printing price :D My books are now $17.75 for the color versions/audiobooks. Check my linktree in bio.

I love to build worlds through telling short stories about people's lives. Ligare and the Muse documents the victims of a sleep paralysis demon.

Love you all!

Rays of light shot out from these newly formed galaxies. It was then that the Being could finally see it was not alone. Like the groups of light rays coming from the stars, it found other rays of light that flew steadily beside it, in front of it, and even behind it.

#booksky #ligareandthemuse

As it stared into the vastness, it noticed trends. The realization of order helped to calm itself, thought it knew not why. In all directions, worlds were being born, clouds of gas collapsed into themselves. They all began their own small sparks...

#booksky #ligareandthemuse

Motionless spider that looks like a spiked ball on a leaf

This is a hedgehog spider found in South Africa. They secret pheromones and attract male moths before grabbing them out of the air and eating them. During the day they sleep on leaves motionless like this.

#arachnology #science #ecology

What it did notice at first was the obvious, that it was hurting through space. Without any memory of how or why, it found itself jettisoned into the newly born cosmos. Much like an infant, it found itself overwhelmed with all the new forms of stimuli it was taking in.

#booksky

The light between them glowed a faint and unnatural blue. This new creature looked at thr world it found itself in and tried to make sense of the seemingly infinite space that stretched before it in all directions. In the Beginning, it knew not what it was or where it had come from.

#booksky

The heat was comforting and addicting. As they spiraled faster and faster , they could suddenly all feel the same things. They could feel the Beginning of each other's thoughts, and that is when it's life began: The Being was born. As those thoughts began to sync up, they became a mind.

#booksky

Out of this darkness and with the faintest hint of a spark, a being was born among this light. Out of shear chance, three rays of light found themselves playing, dancing, and swirling around one another, sharing their heat greedily with each other instead of the universe around them.

#booksky

They created lonely streams of light born to perform a job and only that, providing brightness and heat throughout the universe. The problem with our universe, the gods would soon find out, is that even the strongest bonds cannot chain life...

#booksky

They are extremely rare. I only find two or three a season.

...that would inevitably occur in some of the billions of worlds that would be created. They constrained light with space and time-- holding it in place, constructing it's speed. The gods sought to isolated light. To always keep light streams from one another...

#booksky

As space and time began to form and as the fabric of our universe began to meld and take shape, light was born. Though light is vibrant and powerful, it is not often willful. Even still, the gods sought to tie down their power, worried about the possibilities...

#booksky

I'm back in South Africa. It's reeeeeaaallll dark on this nature reserve.

When did we decide that fancy hotels would have showers that don't completely close and easily get water on the floor?

Cause...why...

#travel

On my way to South Africa for some some field research! It'll be my last opportunity for a long while. Gonna soak up as much as I can.

#biology #arachnology

My book of short stories about the sleep paralysis demon blends art and writing. Check out 'Liagre and the Muse' on Amazon, Audible, and B&N. Linktree in bio.

#booksky #art #fyp

Creation process for my second book cover. Man and other Monsters.
Here are The Historian and EnnSammid.

#booksky #art

Spray painted Goku in the background with an acrylic pour power up blob.

Old acrylic pour I did of DragonBall Z. Goku powering up with an abstract aura.

#art #spraypaint #acrylicpour #abstract #dragonballz

Still my favorite player!

I kinda go off whatever theme is in my head as i'm writing. Take names from people I respect. One of my stories, for instance, is all names of comedians I've admired.

Spiders do crazy things! Here is a bolas spider, Cladomelea akermani, from South Africa. It's web is just 2 droplets on the end of a string. It spins it to snag moths out of the air.

#arachnology #science #southafrica

Cat staring off into the void with a book near it

Good Sunday everyone. My cat Ryuk would like to remind you that 'Ligare and the Muse' is still available in paperback and audiobook through Amazon, B&H, and Audible. These stories about the sleep paralysis demon have left him staring into the void.

#booksky #art

Spray painted Dwight from the office surrounded by an abstract blob and the words "Bears, Beets, Be Mine."

Happy Valentines day!! Here is a painting I made for an Office gift exchange. No idea who has it today.

#valentinesday #theoffice #art #acrylicpour

Bronze to Mythic is the best!!!

A woman sleeping in bed. Her dreams invaded by a monster draining her essence.

Cordelia is sick and aging. Her condition makes her prone to weakness. Liagre haunts her dreams, uring her to rest and leave the world behind. Will she awake before she's too drained to survive?

#booksky #art #acrylic

Vinyl record with paint poured on it. Kinda looks like a fish thing, but it's abstract.

I tried pouring acrylic paint over a spinning vinyl then drawing over it with chalk. This is kind of a fish monster but ultimately abstract. What do you see?

#art #abstract #acrlyicpour #vinyl

A woman with flowers in her hair at a lunch table with friends.

Camilla is a transwoman being tormented by Eensaamid, a demon that drains one's social connections. He hopes to breed depression and isolation. Will she be able to stop him? Here is her and her found family at brunch.

#art #writerscommunity #booksky #acrylic

My sister is arachnophobic so I totally get it. No worries. I wasn't offended and figured you were poking fun. 😀