Bevan Thomas

@bevanthomas.bsky.social

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Author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, speculative fiction, and comics. Thinker of strange thoughts. Member of Cloudscape Comics. MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.

Rip Van Winkle wakes from his long sleep. Painting by Henry Inman.
Selene studies the sleeping Endymion. Painting by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini.
Culhwch woos Olwen. An illustration by Margaret Jones.
The monstrous boar Trwyth prepares for battle. A drawing by Huw Aaron for the card game "Legends of Wales."
Stonehenge in ancient times. Image by Joan Blaeu.
Pontus being depicted as a patron of the city of Tomis (modern-day Constanța, Romania). Image is a marble statue from the 2nd century AD.
J. P. Molin's fountain relief featuring Ægir and his nine daughters.
Kay practices his archery. From Disney's "The Sword in the Stone."
Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster has an argument. Taken from the TV adaptation of "Jeeves and Wooster."
Cover of "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce
Newspaper article from a 1936 issue of the Victoria Times Colonist about Doris Gravlin's death.
The grim Cailleach, as illustrated by Naomi Cornock.
The Finnish hero Lemminkäinen confronts the Thunder Eagle. Painting by Robert Wilhelm Ekman.
Image of the mountain giantess Skadi and the sea god Njord by Laura Daligan.
The monstrous afanc crawls out of a lake. An illustration by Sakitaro on DeviantArt.
Hansel and Gretel meet the witch. An illustration by Alexander Zick.
The sorcerers John Dee and Edward Kelly summon a ghost in a graveyard. Image by Ebenezer Sibley.
Image of an al-mi'raj from an old Arabic manuscript.
Photo of snarling chimpanzees
Christmas monsters from various parts of Europe. Image by Iren Horrors.
The Yule Cat settles on top of an Icelandic cottage at Christmas. Image by Iren Horrors.
Taliesin, the young Welsh bard, plays his harp. Image by Jenny Dolfen.
Image of Arianwen, the Snow Spider, from the new TV adaptation of "The Snow Spider."
Eggplant photo by Caitlin Bensel
Photograph of a lean-to in the woods
A young King Arthur argues with his foster father Sir Ector (the father of Kay). Image is from Disney's "The Sword in the Stone."
An illustration of Alexander the Great on his throne with his griffins. The picture is from a set of medieval illustrations of the "Alexander Romance," a fantastical retelling of the life of Alexander the Great from the 4th century.
Alison Bechdel wrestles with her feelings about her mother in her graphic novel memoir "Are You My Mother?"
Photograph of the balcony of the McPherson Playhouse
My creative writing class on creating compelling characters
The Graeae hold up their single eye. Illustration by Lindsey Look.
Princess Albina and her 31 sisters arrive at the island. A medieval painting by an unknown artist.
A portrait of King Uther Pendragon by Howard Pyle
Photo of some purple foxgloves
Ichabod Crane pursued by the Headless Horseman. Illustration by F. O. C. Darley.
The Cwn Annwn attack a stag in the mist. Painting by Roger Garland.
Culhwch challenges King Arthur's porter. An illustration by H. J. Ford.
Hephaestus at his forge. A statue by Guillaume Coustou the Younger.
A lake in Finland shrouded by mist. Photo by Drew Whitworth.
Statue of the goddess Hathor at Queen Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple in Deir Al Bahri, Egypt.
An illustration of hatching barnacle geese from a medieval bestiary.
A barghest with its fiery eyes. Image by Emryswolf.
Reproduction of the Golem of Prague
Image of a "corpse candle," a glowing ball of light
Photo of a wasp at dawn
Image is a stone relief from the north-west pediment of the temple of Athena in Ilion (Troy).