#theterrorreversebang

James' smile was wan and sympathetic. "That was an extraordinarily strange introduction to this business. You were entirely correct though, Francis, I was completely out of my depth there. Trapped in some basement with a horrific creature."

"If I remember correctly," Francis replied. "You held your own quite well given the number of tentacles."

what if a supernatural beast injured me gravely and you had to take my mind off it by telling me strange and intriguing tales of a world uknown... and we were james fitzjames and francis crozier? 😳🫣😳

Francis and the Frog Prince, a moral and illustrated fable for the 2023 @theterrorreversebang.

My pinch-hit illustration for @oughtnots's Bones in the Ocean.

There were a few things James knew to be true: he had been dead, and now he was alive.

Then there were the things of which he was not certain: were there others afflicted by his condition?

Once upon a time in a swamp in the forest, there lived a frog named James. Not Hops or Croak or anything more suited to a frog, no; this particular frog believed in a great many things, the greatest of which was that how one seemed was infinitely more important than how one was. And so, it had named itself James. “It’s a very princely name, is it not?” said the frog named James. “Do you not think I would make a very good prince?” “I don’t know, old boy,” said the duck. You barely make a good frog.”

@laissezferre is weaving me a fitzier fairy tale for the reverse bang and let me tell you, frogjames' courtly adventures are absolutely...... ribbeting 🐸

gaining an intimate understanding of the copist monk mindset ✒