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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Unrelated to writing but today I found out that 'lava' in Chinese (岩浆）literally means 'stone sauce' and now I'm mad.

Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

After a slight delay, cover art for 'Stranded in Faerie'. The idea was to contrast the vampire protagonist with the fae spheres' dark whimsy. The eyeball faerie remains one of my favorite illustrations. So happy with that eyeball!

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Cover art for Journey 9. #WeirdWest is an entire sub-genre that mixes the Wild West mythos with fantasy, mostly horror, and sometimes even SF! It's shown here in Metis (the dread pony) and in Ari's slightly purple eyes.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Lure yourself back to work by storing half-finished pastries next to your laptop! #BadWritingAdvice

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Cover for Journey 8. This cover gave me the opportunity to ask for a vampire holding a clavicle-obliterating rifle. To quote a certain abridged character: "Get the bitch a cannon. Bitches love cannons."

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Artwork for the cover of Journey 7. We decided to shove Ariane in the background this time because USCT killing ghouls with repeaters was just too cool not to show. It's also one of the only two covers to show daylight.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Art for book 6 of Journey. The purpose was to make Ariane subtly more threatening than the ghoul-like monster in the foreground.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Cover for book 5 of Journey: Going up in the Underworld. This is not my favorite one because it's less evocative than I'd hoped, but you got to admire how Antti conveyed movement. Also, boom.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Cover for the Midnight Accords. For this one, I asked Antti to break the perspective with the tentacles. So if they feel weird it's by design.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Save precious writing time by adding your liquor directly to your triple espresso (if it's rum you're allowed to say yarrr)👍 #BadWritingAdvice

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Ari with Namimata and John Doe overlooking the party, by Antti Hakosaari. Cover for the Shadows over Marquette.

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Mecanimus (Alex Gilbert) @authoralexgilbert.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

No better way to start my posting history than the cover art of what started it all: A Journey of Black and Red, first cover, by Antti Hakosaari. www.artstation.com/haco The purple version was the first attempt but obviously it had to be red.

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