The mighty Thames River, reaching over two-hundred thirty-six miles long, is the longest river in all of England. It channels across the...

The strange circumstances started where most days end: In the parlor, drinking tea, as Thaddeus J. Hedwater, and his wife, Mary Jane made...

Sometimes you create a character, and sometimes they create themselves. By the time I came around to Mother Mandrake I already had enough...

so far, all of these entries have been about characters, but I find it difficult to separate the character of Hector Bellaco from the...

Given 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...

teletta, the pretty and ambitious, yet vein and spoiled leader. Bootsy, the clever yet weasel-like brains of the outfit. Heely, the...

Every hero needs a central villain, their Moriarty, their Lex Luthor, their Joker. Halfway through writing the very first SDMJ story for...

This 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...

Chief Constable Howard O’Gratin, another essential character in the pantheon of superhero archetypes: the veteran police officer who...

An Amazon review of “Steampunk Trails 1″ by Randy Stafford of “Vine Voice” contains probably the best feedback I have ever received about...

When I discuss my work at conventions and online, I often get the impression from people that The Scarlet Derby is based on Baroness...

So, I’d begun writing this series because I was influenced by steampunk, specifically the steampunk I had explored since first moving to...

I always feel like, in the rare instance someone actually takes the time to give me feedback, I learn something new about my own...

This 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...

The Origins: The Scarlet Derby and Midnight Jay were first created in July of 2013, for part of the short story compilation magazine...