Strange Horizons, one of the internet’s longest run­ning pro­fes­sional online spec­u­la­tive fic­tion mag­a­zines, is com­pletely funded by dona­tions from read­ers like you and me.  They con­sis­tently pub­lish award-winning, inter­est­ing work.  Without our help, they would not be able to do so.

Donors receive prizes and gifts in addi­tion to a nifty mem­ber­ship card with art­work by a dif­fer­ent artist each year.  This year,  the editor-in-chief approached me about doing a pho­to­graph for the mem­ber­ship card.  I have given them a Roundbottom–style image called “The Dissection.”  It looks exactly like it sounds.  The only way you can See that image in all its glory is to donate to Strange Horizons!  If you’re a Roundbottom com­pletest, send money now.

This is, by the way, the “secret” image and pho­to­shoot that I was refer­ring to a while back.  I’m very happy with the way it turned out.  In case you’re won­der­ing, the beau­ti­ful model is my wife.  The woman hold­ing the scalpel is just some per­son I dragged in off the street for the shoot. I kid!    You can catch a glimpse of the image over on the 2008 fund drive page.  Go check it out and let me know what you think.  I’ve had it on my desk­top as wall­pa­per for weeks, and I really dig it.

Speaking of Desktop Wallpaper…

Is that some­thing any of you would be inter­ested in me mak­ing from some of my pho­tog­ra­phy?  If you want wall­pa­per, just let me know what image and what res­o­lu­tion, and I will make it for you and post it on the site.  I’ll prob­a­bly include my name and site URL in the lower right hand cor­ner, just as  a lit­tle bit of adver­tis­ing for me, but leave it oth­er­wise unadorned.   Post your thoughts in the com­ments, or email me directly.

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