New art for the next collection

As I start the process of putting the new Science Fiction collection together, it dawned on me how exhausting and exhilarating creating a multi-media extravaganza can be. By multi-media, I mean that each story and novel is illustrated and has a theme song. For those that are used in the PULP EDU Project, I create educational video, audio, research papers, and graphics that my students can use to study topics as diverse as psychology, chemistry, literary analysis, and history.

I just had a Skype meeting with the artist (Grant Ervin), and we spoke about "Here You Will Be Safe," and "Savages," the most adventure-based stories so far in the collection. While those are going to be interesting for him to illustrate, he's also excited about illustrating "Like This?" and "Milly Anne," two stories which are about mental illness and autism (schizophrenia/ASPD and Asperger's, respectively). Since those stories aren't really action based, he's going to use cool POVs and odd angles to emphasize the themes. And on top of all that, I get to go into the studio on Saturday to record music for three of the works of fiction (two short stories and a novel), and mix two more songs. Fun stuff!