Saucy Little Chick

Looks like I can add "Boudoir Photographer" to my resume. This temptress is now available on Etsy.

The Silence

There was no logic that could explain the sequence of events that had brought him to park along the side of this desolate road. The snow fell steadily as he listened to his engine tick and pop, the cold night air quickly cooling the hot metal. His headlights illuminated cones of snow over the icy corn field. The voices had brought him here. He knew it but could not explain it. The voices. What were they anyway? He lay his head back and closed his eyes, breathing slowly in an effort to tap into the white noise that had guided him over the past few months. The journey had been long and confusing, but tonight all would be revealed if he could only concentrate.

In the distance, he could hear the flat, modulating whine of tires as countless travelers drove down the interstate highway. The noise was soothing and hypnotic. He allowed himself a small smirk as he thought of the drivers speeding by his spot, oblivious to the wonderful truth he was about to discover. The wind whispered its secrets to the dead corn, blowing the new snow in ghostly waves over the furrows, valleys and scrub left behind from the year's harvest. The insulating blanket of white muffled the night sounds, but he knew this is where his focus must lie.

He listened. Below the wind he heard the soft accumulation of snow on his wet windshield. Miniature avalanches slid across his view as they melted against the car's quickly dissipating internal heat. He listened. He heard his breathing, slow and deep and deliberate. He listened. He heard his own heartbeat pulsing in his ears.

He listened. Quieter than the snowflakes and his own heartache he began to hear what had brought him here. He began to hear the voices.

Shadow Farm Contest: and the winner is....

Thanks to the few followers who entered my off-season contest! Four of you took the time to go on my little trivia hunt, and since the number of entries is so few I would feel bad about choosing just one winner....so here's how it is going to work:

Everybody wins!

Each of the entrants will receive an email in order of their entry. You will then get to choose your prize from the above picture. The next person will get to choose from the remaining items and so on.
I will post the final results as soon as the prizes have been divvied up.
Thanks so much for following and for taking the time to dig thru my archives! I really appreciate it!

A pair of 'Steins

Two versions of the Frankenstein Monster mugging for the camera.

Thug

Brute, Goon, Gorilla, Tough.

It seems "the Monster" may have associations with the mafia.

A Shadow Farm contest

Presenting the Shadow Farm trivia hunt! All you need to enter is right here on this blog. Use the italicized words to search my Tags for the answers.

Two steps to enter:

1. send me an email with the answers to the following six questions. theshadowfarm-at-gmail-dot-com
2. comment on this blog post to let me ( and everyone else) know you have entered (don't answer the questions here!!!)

The winner will be chosen at random from all entrants who correctly answer the six questions, and will receive the 2 1/2 inch tall hand sculpted pumpkin shown above plus a variety of spooky stocking stuffers.

Contest ends December 9th at midnight...now get searching!

1. What medium did YOUNG ARTIST Fox G use to sculpt a reaper?
2. Which of my PHOBIAS keep me on guard while walking on the sidewalk?
3. What CHARACTER of mine had a friend for dinner?
4. Which ANIMATED character is the groundskeeper of my cemetery?
5. What childhood characters are pictured beheaded on the Parade Float (of Death) (December 2009)?
   
6. What is the name of the female reaper I made with LATEX and MONSTER MUD?