thescarletderbyDec 4, 201823 minSDMJ Classic: Maestro BellacoThe mighty Thames River, reaching over two-hundred thirty-six miles long, is the longest river in all of England. It channels across the...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 201822 minSDMJ Classic: The Three-Headed MobThe strange circumstances started where most days end: In the parlor, drinking tea, as Thaddeus J. Hedwater, and his wife, Mary Jane made...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minMother MandrakeSometimes you create a character, and sometimes they create themselves. By the time I came around to Mother Mandrake I already had enough...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minMaestro Bellaco (character)so far, all of these entries have been about characters, but I find it difficult to separate the character of Hector Bellaco from the...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minThe Tin TunaGiven that The Scarlet Derby and Midnight Jay - Volume 1: Gallery of Rogues has been out for a while, I can finally post a bit about the...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20183 minThe Three-Headed Mobteletta, the pretty and ambitious, yet vein and spoiled leader. Bootsy, the clever yet weasel-like brains of the outfit. Heely, the...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minSilas MonstrosityEvery hero needs a central villain, their Moriarty, their Lex Luthor, their Joker. Halfway through writing the very first SDMJ story for...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20181 minThe PaperboyThis one is for the people who have been reading the site a long time, and are somewhat “in on the joke.” Yes, the seemingly inocuous...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minThe ConstableChief Constable Howard O’Gratin, another essential character in the pantheon of superhero archetypes: the veteran police officer who...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minMidnight JayAn Amazon review of “Steampunk Trails 1″ by Randy Stafford of “Vine Voice” contains probably the best feedback I have ever received about...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minThe Scarlet DerbyWhen I discuss my work at conventions and online, I often get the impression from people that The Scarlet Derby is based on Baroness...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minAlternate HistorySo, I’d begun writing this series because I was influenced by steampunk, specifically the steampunk I had explored since first moving to...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20182 minThe Working RelationshipI always feel like, in the rare instance someone actually takes the time to give me feedback, I learn something new about my own...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20183 minHumble BeginningsThis is very hard to write. You don’t think it would be. You’d assume that of all the stories a story writer would be dying to puton a...
thescarletderbyDec 4, 20186 minThe SDMJ Lexicon for New ReadersThe Origins: The Scarlet Derby and Midnight Jay were first created in July of 2013, for part of the short story compilation magazine...