Sexual Animals

Usually when I create an illo...even a purely photoshopped one like this, I have a use for it in mind. But this one just grabbed me around the throat, told me what it wanted to be and instructed me to get cracking. 

I write literature of the fantastic. My short story collection, Psychedelia Gothique is mostly psychological horror. My just released novel, The Human Template is available through most online book retailers - and book two of the diptych, The Carnivorous Forest will appear in 2021. https://www.dalelsproule.com As a book reviewer I have written for Rue Morgue Magazine and AE Science Fiction. As a visual artist, I have illustrated books and magazines and have carved numerous sculptures out of stone.

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