Art & Writing Events Happening Now + More upcoming! Plus open calls

Hey folks!

I’ve got a doozy of an update for June including a whole bunch of things I’m doing right now including art events, writing events, and open calls. Let’s go!

Come crowdfund with me!

Are you an author or author/illustrator? Are you publishing something book-like and want to try your hand at crowdfunding with a whole bunch of indies helping and gassing you up? Great news — my indie crowdfunding collection The Book Bazaar is back for year 2, and applications are open now until June 30th, 2026 for indie book (and book-like) projects. Learn more about what group crowdfunding is like and apply now on The Book Bazaar website!

Have Pride & Support Indies Now with the Pride Book Fair!

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #3: Live Free or Pride Hard
1000 Lotuses Yu Zaozao; Black Hole Guns for Hire Friday Strout; Blade Broken Niranjan; Blood Desi Hart; Blood Dhampir H S Kallinger; Blood of the Gods Wren L Rivers; Bloody Spade Brittany M Willows; Cat Mouse Eliza Mares; Cheerleaders From Planet X Lyssa Chiavari; Duckett and Dyer Dicks for Hire; Firewing Jennifer R Povey; Fractures Between Beatrice McKinsey; Ghost of a Life Ruth Miranda; Guitar Concerto S Morgan Burbank; In Good Company Nicola Kapron; In Spite of the Inevitable Morgan Biscup; Lambent T D Cloud; My Lord L B Shimaira; No Love in LA Katta Kis; Off the Beaten Path Sienna Eggler; Rebecca and the Grinning Worm Gareth Barsby; Reins of Magic R Dawnraven; Riyati Rebirth Kai Zeal; Shadows Dark and Deadly Andrea Marie Johnson; Songs of Broken Bells Lilly Lockwood; Stars of Destiny Melissa Stone; STAWBAISTDIFMRRD Eskay; Stray Dogs Freya Faust; Structural Integrity Tabitha OConnell; The Clockwork Empire Lucas JW Johnson; The Dragon Next Door Vanessa Ricci Thode; The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle Steve Hugh Westenra; The Lucky Machine Aimee Cozza; The Nightstalkers Mark Joachim Heijndermans; The Silence of Storms Nico Silver; Well of Souls Harmonia Grey; Wolfsbane Franklyn S Newton

Wanna give money to LGBTQIA+ indies? Grab one of the 4 amazing Pride Book Fair bundles now through June 8th, 2026 and save BIG. For example, in the bundle I’m in, you can get 38 titles for $40 — That’s a little over $1 per book! What a steal.

Check out the 4 bundles:

Bundle 1 – https://itch.io/b/3675/pride-book-fair-bundle-1-pride-hard
Bundle 2 – https://itch.io/b/3676/pride-book-fair-bundle-2-pride-hard-with-a-vengeance
Bundle 3 – https://itch.io/b/3677/pride-book-fair-bundle-3-live-free-or-pride-hard
Bundle 4 – https://itch.io/b/3678/pride-book-fair-bundle-4-a-good-day-to-pride-hard

Additionally, you’ll find The Lucky Machine and The Warm Machine both at 50% discount for ebooks when you shop directly from my shop!

New Shops Added for Physical Copies of The Machines

You can now purchase The Warm Machine and The Lucky Machine in more locations in NH: Balin Books in Nashua, NH, Chris’ Comics in Salem NH, and Manchester Craft Market in Manchester, NH. Balin Books has signed copies of both books in paperback now!

The Art of Tarot @ Ghost Gallery

Grey and white graphic featuring an image of swans that reads Ghost Gallery, The Art of Tarot, Group Exhibition, May 8-June 7, 2026, 600 pine st, 2nd floor inside pacific place. Ghostgallery.org"

I currently have 2 tarot/oracle cards up at Ghost Gallery in Seattle, Washington until June 7th, 2026! If you’re in the area, stop by: 600 Pine Street, Suite 253, Seattle, Washington 98101

A blue skinned woman wearing a dark brown robe. She is looking at the viewer with glowing blue eyes and removing her hood to reveal orange hair. She has white angel wings flared up behind her that are burning from the tips.

Coming Out of the Coffin @ Nevermore

Red and black graphic that reads "coming out of the coffin, a group show celebrating queer vampires in art, opening night May 29th, 5-8 pm at Nevermore Gallery 2925 North Ave Richmond VA"

I have 2 works currently on display as part of Coming Out of the Coffin at Nevermore micro gallery! This show will be up until June 22nd, 2026! Nevermore is located at 2925 North Ave, Richmond, VA 23222

Multicolor digital art composition of a silhouetted man wearing a sleeveless cloak which is blowing in the wind. He's standing on a rocky mountain top, wiping blood away from his mouth with his clawed hand. Blood is pooled by his feet and running down the crag. In the background are many more silhouettes of vampires like this on the various peaks of the landscape.

A portrait of a man's face which has a sliver of light cutting over it, and a spectrum of rainbow on that light. In the light, his face is normal. In the darkness of the shadows, you can see the aqua glow of tapetum lucidum in his shadowed eye, and he bears a fangy grin as he licks blood from his teeth.

Coming in October…

The Gone Machine: A sci-fi story about grief

Shhhhhh…… You can click to follow along now if you want to. 😀 It’s a little early, but I’ll remind you closer to the event actually rolling out in October as part of The Book Bazaar.

That’s it for now! More coming soon I’m sure. 🙂 Thanks for reading, as always!