Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Moving Forward: games & cover designs

"Time goes on, cells die, stories are coming and going without words." - the tail end of my old old (1987) journal entry poem called "Small Pages", which I keep as a memorized piece for the rare occasions when I do poetry readings.  I did it again at the Escondido Arts First Sunday event in September, but we only get 4 minutes each ... and I have done half hour and hour-long presentations over the years.

Still, the words always ring true.  Now it's almost November.  My main blog (ScottVee Gaming) just hit 475 posts, after a wild few days in Julian where there were board games everywhere.

I got my copy of Cantos for Bruce, the Bruce Boston tribute anthology with cover and interior art by Marge Simon.  I have two poems in there and did the cover design.

Speaking of cover designs, I have done these so far this year:
Flash Digest (April 2026)
Jupiter’s Eye #4 (April 2026)
"Yots" by Tyree Campbell (2026)
Illumen (Summer 2026)
ParABnormal (June 2026)
Flash Digest (July 2026)
"A Distant Duty" by D.L.R. Frase
"Veiled Kalis: A Taste for Blood" by Tyree Campbell
ParABnormal (Sep 2026)
Cosmic Crime Stories (Sep 2026)
Illumen (Autumn 2026)
Cantos for Bruce (Oct 2026)
"Fallen Angel" by Tyree Campbell (Sep 2026)
Flash Digest (Oct 2026)
Spaceports & Spidersilk (Oct 2026)
Scifaikuest (Nov 2026)

I like these projects from Tyree at Hiraeth Publishing -- they keep my design brain entertained.

Meanwhile, we got a second print-and-play game released on itch.io: the Cat Distribution Network "Adoption Center Add-on", with the blessing of the original creator.  Here is my profile page.  We have another quick game in the works for a Game Jam ending this Sunday.


So, I'm keeping busy with a variety of things, mostly game related at the moment.  Between threats of A.I. and the full-time job and general exhaustion, I just do what I can do and "stories are coming and going without words".

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