Marcus Rigsby

@marcusisabat.bsky.social

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(He/him) Autistic fantasy writer 🧙🏼‍♂️ and grownup person who likes making wands and casting spells 🪄🔥 Help! I bought too many books again, and I’ve lost my dogs in the stacks!

Oil pastel drawing of a blue morph butterfly resting on a tree trunk. Half of its light blue wing is visible from behind the trunk. Feathery leaves from the tree form a green background to compliment the blue of the butterfly.
Sketch of the extinct turnspit dog. Small breed with long body, short crooked legs and a tail that curls up. Snot and ears resemble a terrier’s. Dark fur on top with a white belly and chest.
A racoon witch walks through a snowy forest in a fog. It wears a pointed witch hat and a scarf and holds a glowing twig wand. A shadowy figure resembling a giant moth with a pair of long, human legs appears to stalk the racoon through the woods.
Charcoal and graphite drawing of an emperor penguin, side profile, facing left. Standing on a rocky beach. Two of the rocks kind of look like the penguin's shoes lol.
Pencil drawing of an hour glass with the top half mostly full. A human skull peaking out of the right half of the page appears to gape at the hour glass with its jaws wide open. The inscription on top reads “Relax! You’ve got time!”
Colored pencil drawing of a pine tree branch with a red bauble hanging from one limb. A black cat’s paw reaches up from the bottom of the page to swipe at the bauble. Top of the frame reads: “Happy Solstice! Come back soon, sun!” Bottom frame: Draw Your Stress Away 12-14-25
Screenshot of Spotify Wrapped story. Reads: Andrew Bird is your top artist. You’re spent 1,112 minutes with them, which makes you a top 0.2% global fan.
Screenshot of Spotify Wrapped story. Reads: Your listening age is 62, since you were into music from the Late 70s. You’re an old soul.
Movie poster for Wicked for Good. Glinda in her bubble vehicle reaches for Elphaba’s hand. Elphaba, somewhat elevated above Glinda on her broom, reaches back. Oz and the yellow brick road form a chasm between them.
Front of a house at night decorated for Halloween. A ghost hangs from a tree, accompanied by a pair of zombie flamingo lawn ornaments and some pumpkin lights.
Cover art for The Book of the Damned by Tanith Lee. An androgynous ancient Egyptian noblewoman stands on a stone balcony, overlooking a city inspired by medieval Paris. She is flanked by gargoyles and her hands rest on two detached heads.
Cover art for "Sad Cypress" by Agatha Christie. Thorny pink roses stand on an off-white background with crows circling in the distance.
Pencil drawing of acorns and an oak leaf hanging from a twig. A skunk looks up to sniff the acorns.
Cover art for "Invocations" by Krystal Sutherland. A teenage girl with a bob haircut stares fearlessly at the reader through a stream of smoke. Two girls stand behind her. One places a supportive hand on the first girl's shoulder.
Me and Marielle making crazy faces and holding cubes of fudge between our teeth. There’s an empty stage and a gathering crowd in the background.
Outdoor concert featuring Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit singing fervently and playing acoustic guitar.
Mini Australian shepherd wears an e-collar, staring back at the viewer with big, sad eyes.
Acrylic painting of a warrior skunk in a lush forest. The skunk, wrapped a cape of leaves and oleanders, stands on his hind legs, clutching an enormous spear, and looks up into the treetops at a shadowy owl. The startled owl looks back with glowing red eyes. The skunk doesn’t notice the other two owls in the canopy behind him, watching him with hungry eyes.
Closeup photo of praying mantis hanging upside down from my bike break handle.
Superman 2025 movie poster. Superman puts one foot on his “S” logo while staring off into the distance. Cloudy sky backdrop.
Cover of "The Christie Affair" by Nina de Gramont.
Mannerist painting depicting Judith from the Old Testament gripping a falchion in one hand and the severed head of Holofernes by the hair in the other. She wears a flowing red and gold dress and looks the viewer directly in the eye.
Stylized oil painting of the artist looking apprehensively at the viewer. He is thronged by a multitude of sinister-looking masked faces.
Stylized portrait of Barack Obama on the cover of Time Magazine’s 2008 Person of the Year issue.
Meme reads: On June 14 (Trump's Bday), the world is going to post photos of Obama on all Social media platforms. Pass it on.
Vintage cover of Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Hercule Poirot stands behind a young woman pointing to a letter in her hand. Overlaid over a black and white image of dead man in a chair.
Earlier sketch of a raccoon in a witch hat casting a spell. The raccoon extends its twig wand while balancing on a stone. Leaves whip around in the wind that the spell generates.
An orange kitten sleeps in the cubby bench on my front porch.
Plain burgundy book cover with gold lettering reads: John Silence by Algernon Blackwood
Cover art for Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. Depicts a teenage girl in a red coat, lost in a stampede of ghost dogs.
Cover of R.F. Kwang’s The Poppy War. Depicts a young woman with short hair pulling back a bowstring to fire an arrow. Behind her are streams of opium smoke and a background the color of a sunset.
Cover of “Alchemy & Mysticism (Icons): The Hermetic Cabinet” by Alexander Roab
Screenshot of email notification from Goodreads: “Congratulations, Marcus! You are one of our Giveaways lucky winners! You will soon receive a free copy of "Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things (Sisters of Light and Shadow)” in the mail. Please allow a few weeks for shipping.” The email goes on to admonish the recipient to add the book to their “currently reading” shelf and to write an optional review.