Silas.J.Art

If this was just funny enough to pique your curiosity, maybe you should uhh sign up to be an ARC for Let the Darkness Burn, link in bio

No sound speepaint 30 seconds

For the wonderful L.C. Browning on instagram. The villainous blood witch from her newest story, Nyvara

The first and last few chapters were wonderful. I absolutely loved the unsettling, "something's going to happen" atmosphere built by the incredible prose, eerie setting, and heartfelt struggle from Maeve. I did enjoy, even love, the beginning and the end.

The middle is where it changes for me.

With a book as short and condensed as this is (I knew that it was a novella, that's not what I'm getting at), word choice becomes imperative. It is because of the constraints that it's even more important than it would be a for full-length novel to be mindful of alternatives. The amount of times smoke/mist/fog "curled" around something was a little much, for example. "Curl/ed/ing", because of how often it was used, lost the impact it originally had despite how good it was used. Same went for many other descriptors and phrases. Had alternatives been used more frequently, I feel it would have kept the haunting prose alive and strong, perhaps made it more intense, but more importantly, it would've kept me in the story. The other things were minor, an inconsistency in writing (for example, how it was told Xander was in a cart but with how Maeve moved or spoke, it didn't seem like he was), or a bit of redundancy (literally, just a bit in one or two places), things that I would mention but that wouldn't have impacted on how much I enjoyed the story. It's only when we reach Xander's POV that we get something different, breaking up the repetitive words/phrases, and we get more of him toward the end.

Isolated, the prose is lovely in a make your skin crawl sort of way. The body horror was visceral and gritty. From start to finish, the flow of the story worked very well with the growing realization of what the orchard was, what it wanted, and what Maeve had done. I think one of my favorite things was how there was always inclusion of the village and how the events affected it. It was a great use of environment/setting to build atmosphere and stakes outside, yet still within the main character(s).

(No sound. About 1min30sec)

Life is tough right now and its only getting tougher for marginalized communities. This Pride Month, I hope you were able to find a reason to smile, had a moment you felt undeniably yourself and comfortable, and I hope you were able to make a Maga and every other piece of sh*t so magnificently uncomfortable simply because you exist unapologetically.

Remember:

https://vgen.co/SilasJArt

If you like

- dark fantasy

- bloodthirsty shadows and wrathful gods

- lgbtq+ rep (lots of it)

- revenge, revenge and more revenge

- gore, spice, and everything that could haunt your nightmares (jk. Unless.....)

- family drama

and so much more, consider signing up to an arc reader for Let the Darkness Burn. Link below 👇

https://vgen.co/SilasJArt

Examples below 👇

If you like

- adult dark fantasy

- revenge

- messy family dynamics

- bloodthirsty shadows

- lgbtq+ rep

- no one is safe vibes

And so much more, fill out the Google form below!

There's only one week left before the 35% off pride sale for my headshot/bust commissions is gone!

DnD characters ✅️

Ocs ✅️

Book characters ✅️

Fanart ✅️

Creatures and monsters ✅️

Spicy ✅️

Headshot/bust...... currently $10!

https://vgen.co/SilasJArt

There's only one week left before the 35% off pride sale for my headshot/bust commissions is gone!

DnD characters ✅️

Ocs ✅️

Book characters ✅️

Fanart ✅️

Creatures and monsters ✅️

Spicy ✅️

Headshot/bust...... currently $10!

https://vgen.co/SilasJArt

THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED, LADIES AND GENTLEFOLK!!! The cover reveal for A Decaying Illusion, book three in the Secrets of Eterin series, is here at last. It's been fun helping with the reveal! I just know book three will be as gut-wrenching as it will be un-put-downable! Go follow T.M. Baylor on Instagram, Tiktok, and Threads to stay up to date on A Decaying Illusion and all her other projects.

At last, the time to gather arcs has come. Unlike in the past, because we grow here, ill collect arc readers over an extended period of time, so I can lure as many as I can. Should I jingle jangle some keys too?

https://tr.ee/Mf7aHJrEn1

For the rest of June, my headshot/bust commissions are 35% off on VGen. AND, if requested, you can get your commission the same day!

https://vgen.co/SilasJArt