Author: Cedar Sanderson

  • Odd Prompts: Beware the Pink

    Odd Prompts: Beware the Pink

    “How was it?”  Having a seven-foot-tall octopoid hovering while you ate was a bit weird. Having him wringing a pair of tentacles while he watched you consume food he’d prepared was  a whole other level of strange. Steven didn’t think he’d ever get used to this. He put his spoon down, and contemplated his bowl…

  • New Release! Groundskeeper: My Ghoul

    New Release! Groundskeeper: My Ghoul

    A brand new novella in the Groundskeeper Tales, out just in time for Halloween.  When better to read a light tale of ghosts, ghouls, haunted houses (or crypts) and follow the adventures of Chloe?  This time, she is going to need some help to solve the mysteries of Belleview, and find out just how far…

  • Odd Prompts: Autumn’s Guardian

    Odd Prompts: Autumn’s Guardian

    I’ve been struggling to find time for creativity these last few months. My mind seems to be filled with other stuff that pushes the urge to imagine right out of the way.  I thought I’d explore styles with this last week’s prompt. My prompt came from Becky Jones with “The Guardian was napping in the…

  • Clothed in Mystery

    Clothed in Mystery

    Alma Boykin’s post over at the Mad Genius Club today got me thinking. So I wandered into my Midjourney art studio (heh, the discord server I use for this sort of thing) and poked the ai a little to see what I got. What I got was fun, because instead of using the costumes to…

  • N’Inktober 2023

    N’Inktober 2023

    And so it begins…  Another year of fun and drawing during the month of October.  

  • Groundskeeper Tale! Now out…

    Groundskeeper Tale! Now out…

    The second Groundskeeper tale, The Hoodoo that You Do, is now available as a standalone ebook with extended ending. When I wrote the original, for an anthology, I had a wordcount limit, so the ending wrapped up the major plotline, and that was all I had room for. Releasing it again gave me the room…

  • It’s Complicated

    It’s Complicated

    This bread started out with two ideas. Firstly, I had a couple of very ripe bananas and needed to use them up. Secondly, I had bought new yeast and wanted to test it. I buy yeast by the pound, and store most of it in the freezer, until it’s used up. Only… when we moved,…

  • Odd Prompts: Stylized Work

    Odd Prompts: Stylized Work

    The prompt was ” There were rows and rows of monks standing, watching… It didn’t fit in any way into the WIP, so rather than starting something new, while I’m under a deadline, I decided I’d feed the prompt into Midjourney, and see how many ways I could stylize the results by tweaking the prompts.…

  • An Art Diversion

    An Art Diversion

    This series of absurdities was inspired by, but not a direct response to, the weekly prompt post over at More Odds Than Ends.  The idea I had in mind was to portray an eldritch being at his leisure. We all need hobbies, for rest and relaxation.  I opted not to insert styles with any of…

  • Antelope Horns: A Cookie

    Antelope Horns: A Cookie

    These are not Gazelle Horns, the North African cookie/pastry. I wanted to make something a little different, and use up some dates and tahini I had on hand. So! these are the Texas variation on those delicacies, created for a friend with a nut allergy to be able to enjoy them. They aren’t a sweet…

  • Odd Prompts: No Don’t Stop

    Odd Prompts: No Don’t Stop

    When told to stop, don’t do that, how do you react?  Sometimes, we listen and respect the caution. Sometimes, it makes us charge ahead harder. Sometimes, we cock our head in skepticism and verify that what we’re told is true.  My prompt this last week from the More Odds Than Ends Crew, and specifically Fiona…

  • Odd Prompts: Design of Ages

    Odd Prompts: Design of Ages

      A very short snip of nothing in particular, but I did get something written.  *** “Despite being warned, the child continued to stack block on top of block.”  She followed the direction of Dr. Brown’s gaze. He was staring up at the alien architecture that crawled up the side of the cliffs.  “What?” Jenny…