Serialised Speculation

Imogen Cassidy writes fiction of the speculative nature. Their stories have been published in Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways and on Antipodean SF.

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Andrew George, 1982

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This 1987 illustration by Jens Jancke would be a good addition to my Space Helmet Reflection series.

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First batch of Monstober. 1~7/31 *<:^)

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My fifteenth artwork for Inktober 2024 !

Got sneezed on by the cow.

Sketched with a fabercastell grip 2001 on a hannemuhle Nostalgie sketchbook (190gsm to handle the light wash) Lined with waterproof pigma micron  pens Painted using watercolor techniques with a good ol' pebeo brand india ink and a size 0 watercolor brush.

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Rough couple of weeks, had to miss out on Conflux (Australian SFF Writers convention) which is normally a highlight of my year because I was in hospital. All is well now and sorted but it was a bit of a scary interlude in an otherwise great year.

In other news, well, in other ALMOST news I'm hoping to update with something big very soon.

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Quick mixed media monster painting on 5x7” illustration board…

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Clara Klinghoffer (British-American, 1900 - 1970)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Klinghoffer

picture resolution 2000 × 2418

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As you do...

I'm writing about six short stories at the moment but struggling with bad physical health and also just everything happening all at once, as it does.

The story that's capturing me at the moment (and the one I want to sub to my writer's group this week) is about places in dreams that you revisit. It's fascinating to me because when I had the idea for the story the three places I was thinking of were so firmly places I had been multiple times in my dreams I didn't even question it, and yet. And yet.

I've left it a few weeks (as I tend to) and the certainty that they have reappeared in my dreams has gone. I can still picture all three of them when I look at the words I've written but I don't know any more if my familiarity with them is from going there more than once or from my idea in the dream being that they were familiar. I need to keep track of whether I dream of them again but I'm worried that now I've put them down on paper they'll never come back.

Maybe that's a good thing.

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Hydras are a highly elusive drake found primarily deep within cave systems. 

Known across the globe for their multi venomous heads the true nature of the Hydra is a bit more complex. 

Much of it’s life the hydra will live solitarily, and living within labyrinthian cave systems makes that quite easy. Males and Females of the species are quite dimorphic, rarely coming across one another. However it is upon maturity the the Hydra will undergo it’s task of metamorphism. The multi headed dragon of legend is in fact a bonded and mated pair.  Females develop a bioluminescent lure, that both attracts prey but also a potential mate. Upon finding a suitable sire, the male will adhere to his mate’s back. This process is not immediate and full adhesion will take years to complete. An enzyme is released from his underbelly allowing for the fusing process. However females have a counter enzyme allowing for females to reject potential males should better stock be found. Upon full adhesion the males body nearly fully absorbs into his mate, even their brain chemistry will intertwine. His wings, however, will remain fully functional and as such will allow for the pair to venture beyond the cave for greater feeding opportunity. Why most hydra are double headed, there are cases where multiple males will adhere to a single female. The most dominate male remaining most intact. This typically only happens to larger more dominant females.

Other dragon species have following a similar convergent evolution such as the False Hydra. Male False Hydra possess a suction cup appendage on their underbelly comprised of highly modified ventral scales and females have the responding on their back. However this bond is not permanent and separation is capable. 

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Annie Stegg Gerard 

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Very Normal Houses in science fiction and fantasy.

Artists are credited in the captions, but check out the latest issue of my free sci-fi art newsletter if you want the full context. Also sign up for it! I'm going to try doing more roundups like this over there

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Spectral Candle by Ivan Palma

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Mondays.

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The first of the spooky stories Ben read out on the G.O.B.L.I.N.S fundraiser stream was Sister Snips by Imogen Cassidy.

art by erebusodora

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Kris does some amazing work with the merebros audio streams, very happy to have this version of my story around and rebloggable! The original can be found in Aurealis Issue 162!

ALSO THE FUNDRAISER FOR GOBLINS POD IS HERE

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Imogen Cassidy is a non-binary, Sydney based, speculative fiction author.

So, I've been fixing up where you can find my things and how you can contact me outside tumblr!

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HULLO AGAIN.

It's been a while. I lost my log in details for this account a while back but it's time to be active again, what with social media doing it's social media thing. Incoming in the next few days: links and new publications and upcoming cool stuff!

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by  Jan Sidoryk

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David A Hardy, Return of the Colonies, 1981