Paintober: Pinhead from Hellraiser (P)

Didn't October just start? Why is it over, though?? Oh Best Month, you truly are the best month...and I shall miss you. Here's another Paintober creation, which I thought was appropriate for the spookiest day of the year. I'm constantly challenging myself to be looser with my lines, my colors, my attachment to what something "should be." This is a bit more abstract than I intended, but I'm sort of in love with it! 

HAPPY BEST MONTH EVERYONE!! 

Oil on wooden board, 18" x 18" 

Spooky Readings for Best Month!

I recorded some spooky works for Halloween - listen at your peril! 

Click the picture below to hear a reading of "The Open Window," a short story by Saki:

And click on this picture to hear a reading of the poem, "The Raven," by Edgar Allen Poe:

Halloween Radness 2025!

It's time for the annual portrait with my birthday twin. Guess those costumes, friends! I've been doing these for over a decade - check out last year's by clicking here. BEST MONTH!!

A Perfect Catwalk (W)

Here's a piece I wrote for a (very) short story contest I entered a few months back. For my group, the genre was horror (perfect for the Best Month!), and it had to include a podium and the word 'charging' in some form. I'm a very firm believer in equal rights and opportunities for trans people, and this was a nod to the power of that community. Also queer magik IS real! WERK! 

    We didn’t even know the spell would work until Principal Davis called Avi’s name. That’s when the pounding on the back doors started up. Like, those doors opened outwards, but something was pounding those doors in, like totally unrelenting, super loud. And it got real cold, and it was, like, hard to move...

To read more, click here.

Halloween Horror Musts - 2024!

Like last year's post, here's thirteen more of my favorite movies and shows, in no particular order. There are plenty of others, I just chose the first batch that oozed into my addled brain. Enjoy! BEST MONTH!!

1. THEM (2021)
2. THE SHINING (1980)

3. THE EMPTY MAN (2020)

4. THE ENDLESS (2017)

5. BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)

6. THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014)

7. HANDLING THE UNDEAD (2024)

8. GROTESQUERIE (2024)

9. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)

10. TRIANGLE (2009)

11. CHAPELWAITE (2021)

12. SWARM (2023)

13. THE VOID (2016)

The Heart Wants... (I)

HEEEEEEEEY!! Welcome to another BEST MONTH!! Let's kick this off with a horrific illustration I did for a wonderful dude I work with. The heart wants what the heart wants. OCTOBER!! YESSSS!!!!