This is the second sketch I did of my character Jalis Falconet from the Fractured Tapestry series. You can see the first sketch here. This one is almost identical to the first, but this time with Jalis facing towards us. I would place both sketches chronologically just before the start of the “Under A Pale […]
Aswell as creating the covers for Electa Graham’s Demon Hunter I & II, I also whipped together the cover for the series’ prequel novelette – which, by the way, is FREE on Amazon and most other online publishing outlets. Lilin on Amazon A rewarding Demon Hunter prequel As a short prequel entry into the Demon […]
I Will, I Promise I’ll tidy your room, I’ll weed the garden, and I’ll smell your perfume without begging your pardon. I’ll vacuum the floor, I’ll feed all your pets, I’ll answer the door and I’ll pay off the debts. I’ll love you in small ways, I’ll sing you this song, I’ll be with you […]
I wrote this poem in the beginning of May 2015, shortly after enjoying Filou’s company for what was almost the last time. You might consider some parts of the poem to be a bit sappy, but this was at the back end of a long four weeks that might have been the toughest time of […]
In A Kimono Of Stars, She Glistens I took a walk, a long walk in the wilderness, to get away, so very far from it all. Home was a word, just a synonym for bitterness; not a touch, nor a glow, neither feeling nor warmth. I left disillusion behind, as it made no sense to […]
This is just a simple, little ditty, really, but from the heart. The interesting thing is that, since I wrote it, line 6 is no longer true, and soon will be doubly untrue. Take Me Home Take me home that I might be embracing one I long to see. Once all was lost, now […]
Quasar Oh, Quasar, you infant of primal night, you elder of the spangled dome, are you a sentinel warning not to pass beyond your maelstrom core at the edge of light, into the starless unknown? As you race across the firmament, looking behind for your lagging rivals, do you ever slow, give up your journey, […]
Arrow An arrow can not alter its course once loosed. Control is lost. It soars onward to its target, or it falls short. I lived in a quiver until I matured, then I sailed the sky. Guilty of dreaming, of daring to live, braving a voice against the wind, I cut a swathe with razor […]
Second Sun The second sun sets late this night, descending now as the rays of the first stretching northward; like a drowning angel in moments gone, its sky-chasing sister is left weeping golden trickles as if reaching down too late, as always, in their eternal, sorrowful playground chase. I watched you both as you crossed […]
Barge of the Blind As raindrops merged with foaming waves, aboard the Barge of the Blind I sailed, toward ragged wraiths on skyline’s haze, in search of any holy grail. As shadows twitching in the night, or snowflakes drifting in the frost, a candle drowned in sunbeams bright, on a barren ocean I was lost. […]
The Lexicon of Langwich A Dictionary of Alternative Definitions, employing Inappropriate Wit and Second-Rate Etymology ~A~ Abaddon – A really rubbish Mafia boss. Abalone – A type of shellfish that yields absolute nonsense. Abattoir – The name of a little-heard-of Swedish pop group that lasted less than a fortnight, which was formed by the remaining […]
The Blighted City “Keep your blade sharp, but your wit sharper.” – Proverb of the Freeblades Guild The Blighted City is a dark epic fantasy novel with a sprinkling of character humour and a splash of horror mixed with adventure and drama, set in a richly-detailed secondary world. It is an entrant in SPFBO 4 […]
A bit bleak, this one, but it was, after all, written in April/May of 2015 when a certain wound was new and fresh. I am, of course, long over it now (I’m sure you’ll be happy to hear), but, pedantic as it may be, my sentiment about ‘forever’ must remain the same. It’s also important […]
Back when I could still draw (modestly), I did a couple of sketches of Jalis Falconet, a main character in my novel, The Blighted City. I think she might have evolved beyond this now, but I still like the drawing, whether or not it’s accurate to how readers perceive Jalis to look. If you haven’t […]
Young Woman by Scott Kaelen 2013
The Forever Stranger, born a seemingly normal human baby named Caiaphas Dace, is an entity whose continued existence defies the very laws of space-time. The short story The Hyperverse Accord documents a meeting at the end of the universe, between Dace, now evolved to a non-corporeal existence, and a mysterious entity calling itself the Observer. […]
Callum Fisher’s life with his parents has been a survival from one bleak year to the next, and it needs to change. A particular day in 1993 seems just like any other day in Callum’s miserable life, but soon he will discover that the biggest of changes takes only a moment of bravery. Bleak ’93 […]
Between these walls the days stretch silent; no staccato of laughter as you land in my embrace, no crystal tears trailing into the crook of your smile. There are moments beneath the barrage in the obsidian hours when I hear a ghostly whisper before descending into dreams, pursued by phantasms of you. You may be […]
The Waiting Room Here I sit in the long pause between one life and the next. The room is pitch but for the washed-out light of the monitor before me. Rain lashes the window, whipped into a frenzy by the crafty gods of Christmas, juxtaposing the tears that flow freely down my cheeks. This was, […]
Three sketches I drew in 2013 and 2014 of actress and singer Gigi Edgley.
World Population Rise (From 1 Million to 10 Billion) UPDATE: Since the time in which this article was originally published (2016, Life, The Universe & Free Thinking), the human global population has surpassed the forecast in rise. Now, in mid-2018, the population has reached almost 7.7 billion, a figure originally forecast for 2021. It is […]
via SPFBO Entry Interview: Scott Kaelen “The Blighted City” This is me being interviewed about my dark epic fantasy novel, The Blighted City, by fellow author and fellow SPFBO 2018 entrant, Michael Baker. He’ll be interviewing various other authors taking part in the contest, so please follow his blog if you’re following SPFBO, are a […]
Just got back from a long vacation, during which I was offline from the internet the whole time, and was thrilled to find this new review for The Blighted City comparing my novel to George RR Martin and Joe Abercrombie. Huge thanks to Josh for putting a smile on my face amid the downer of […]
Very happy to receive this review for my short story, Night Of The Taking. Thanks, Yvonne! I hope you also enjoy The Blighted City, although it is quite different and much longer. via #BookReview : Night of the Taking by Scott Kaelen @ScottKaelen
The inspiration for this poem came a couple of years ago after hearing that the Rosetta spacecraft had discovered large-structured carbon-based molecules on Comet 67P. Naturally, this fueled my poetic desire to start a monologue with the Invisible, Non-Existent One. I can also give credit to the likes of Isaac Asimov, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Hawkins, […]
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