The series has had life breathed into it care of the wonderful  Rokemi who completed the work you see to your left in her weekly streaming sketch commission cue. I'd been wanting to commission her work for some time as her dynamic poses and expressive characterization tell stories that stretch past the skin of the digital canvas. I'm honored to have her create the first artwork for one of my favorite scenes in the ongoing Open Seasons series.

Bit of a learning curve getting the image integrated, never having linked an illustration to a story chapter before. I thought I could simply replace the existing thumbnail, but it packed the image into a sexy postage stamp-sized blip at the top of the screen which made resubmission of the chapter necessary. Its no concern that chapters are out of order in the gallery. The links all work and take people where they need to go.

The next chapter in the story will be out some time before Christmas and will feature Lyrise returning to old haunts, both ones she wants to visit, and ones she'd rather not. I'll be shortening the chapter excerpts from here on out to make the story easier to digest for busy readers and to minimize time between chapters.

Happy Holidays!