October update (Patreon)

Hi, it's Robin- member of strangers and illustrator of things you've maybe enjoyed here (I hope). This month, subscribers will get one of my favorite spooky stories by Margaret, I hope it brings you some joy during a spooky season that's honestly brought down a bit by the fact that the world is actually too scary overall lately.

I'm wrapping up work on Folk Tales of Lower Cekon soon, hopefully, and I'm excited to be making more art for you as always. I guess if I was trying to be a bit more like Margaret, I'd say something super insightful about horror and how it makes us resilient. Mentally and emotionally, I've always been something of an escape artist, I love anything that suggests that the world is deeper and more magical and interesting than it actually is, even if that knowledge comes with a cost. Horror and supernatural stories, at least for some of us weirdos, make us feel like we can survive anything, or that being perceived as a monster or something or someone that exists outside of the world we know isn't necessarily a bad thing. At least that's how I feel.

Mostly I'll just tell you I hope you enjoy Mary Marrow, she was living deliciously before The VVitch, I think.

And as it gets colder and you find yourself getting cozy at home, maybe with a hot beverage, a blanket, a sweetie, a movie (I recommend Nightbreed)... remember the dark magic in the world, below the surface of things, and that we are all somehow together lurking in it.