Ashley Capes

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" showing the monster intimidating Victor Frankenstein in his laboratory

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" the creature in shadow behind rocks in a forest

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein". The creature walks alone in a snowy landscape

"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤

✨ quote with your cover + first page + link ✨

books.earlronove.com/benotafraid
(signed physical pre-orders end this weekend! Book releases Dec 9th!)

Led Zeppelin single-handedly getting me through work today.

Re-watched 'First Blood' again - still an amazing film, have some thoughts re: setting and Rambo's last speech, but most of all I was pleasantly surprised to (finally) realise that Ted Kotcheff also directed 'Weekend at Bernie's' XD

YouTube video by Helloween - Topic Push

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1da...

A banner image for A Month of Rain and Reads featuring an illustrated autumnal scene with a dragon wearing spectacles and reading a book in an armchair. There is also a ghost cat playing with the dragon's tail. In the background are bookshelves, a cup of tea, pumpkins, candles, and rain lashing the window. The art was designed by Arden Powell.

A Month of Rain and Reads is here!

This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!

Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...

Damn, my throat is sore today - too much screaming yesterday, but on the plus side, I got a rough vocal down :D

Leaning toward pushing myself to write that sequel to "The Moss Dragon..." but prior, maybe doing a second edition of the Moss Dragon to make it stronger and cleaner and thus, really set up for the sequel :)

That slop based on 'Friends' is... something else.

Most astounding, someone actually presented it as good. Thought it was worth sharing. True (and deep) delusion at play, I guess.

and, of course - deciding on the best medicine.

Do they need new cover art? New blurbs? Story-wide overhauls? Do they need nothing but time, maybe?

More promotion, perhaps?

Or, simply to be left on life-support, with my focus elsewhere - on new stuff? (Decisions, decisions!) 2/2

Some of my precious underdogs!

These are the worst performing (for various reasons): least promoted/standalone/I rushed the book/short fiction/short novel, etc etc

Recognising those problems is easy enough - much harder is choosing which ones to give more attention to now 1/2

Get Ready for The Five Furies Trilogy From Ashley Capes - Get Ready for The Five Furies Trilogy

Launching in about 13 days!

This is what I will be promoting - a lot, lol - starting from next week in the final days of the lead up, and then, insufferably, beyond XD

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

One more week of focus on work only, then it's time for me to promote, promote, promote!

A digital drawing of two "marble" busts, both in profile, facing each other. Both are robotic sculptures, and they are gazing into each other's eyes.

Welp, we hit 167 followers on TheLuckyMachine.com and I'm showing off a NEVER BEFORE SEEN robot artwork, as promised!

After being deeply disappointed with a commission, I decided to take things into my own hands. These 2 busts should never be separated

#TWM #Art #RobotArt

Desk set up for voice recording with 8 track, mic and laptop visible

This was heaps of fun... until I played back what I recorded XD

Need to find my sm58 and an amp to get some really coarse screams down!

Envy can slay even the mightiest heroes. Kilek dreams of becoming a hero. Which is why when a goddess calls him and his friends to adventure far from their sleepy village, he's ecstatic. But when his friends are transformed into adults with ...

Making samples is somehow pretty fun!

dl.bookfunnel.com/lpagdx09cc

(One of these will end up on special, and one will get a new cover, possibly in time for this Halloween)

8 more - and maybe 8 more tomorrow, also, hahahaha

- Strapping Young Lad
- Black Sabbath
- Sheena Ringo
- Ani DiFranco
- The Tea Party
- The Cure
- Al Di Meola
- Bill Evans

YouTube video by White Zombie - Topic Children Of The Grave

Unrelated to my stuff, but vaguely Halloween-related, at least XD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWVw...

(One of these will end up on special, and one will get a new cover, possibly in time for this Halloween)

Got to do something about Halloween promo AND I need to finish a new novel in time for 31 October 2026 XD

I've been keeping busy XD

Thanks again, great to have been featured in a giveaway again :)

YouTube video by JazzTuna Wayne Shorter - Juju

Now to Wayne Shorter for a bit:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJv...

YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz Horace Silver – The Cape Verdean Blues

Tonight:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53c...

Amazing, thanks, Sean :)

I already love lists - but the difficulty of this is so fun XD

(Ruining everything now by making the 8 become 16 XD):

- Elvis Costello
- Marvin Gaye
- Led Zeppelin
- Deftones
- Dio
- Freddie Hubbard
- Dir En Grey
- Lucio Battisti

Will give this a shot!

Define (or maybe 'outline' XD) your music taste with 8 artists:

- Acid Bath
- The Doors
- Herbie Hancock
- Spiritbox
- Sepultura
- Bjork
- Faith No More
- Prince

I could do another of these, I think - limiting myself to 8 is difficult, but that's the fun part, ofc

1000%! XD