The Day The City Shook: Chapter 4 [SERIAL]

Posted By Showandah Terrill on Dec 26, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Serial: The Day The City Shook (DragonHorse Rising), Type: Article (Text Only)

He was scarcely in a position to be recognized as noble, but Ardenai was getting his traveling legs under him and cultivating a close-cropped beard to hide his sharp featured, too-easily- recognized face. He took his papers from the man who had stamped them, put his knapsack over his shoulder, and ambled onto the largely featureless street of a sprawling agricultural outpost in sector six.

The Day The City Shook: Chapter 3 [SERIAL]

Posted By Showandah Terrill on Dec 19, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Serial: The Day The City Shook (DragonHorse Rising), Type: Article (Text Only)

Tactical Wing Commander Ah’ree Kehailan Ardenai twisted miserably on his bed, seeking sleep which would not come. His store of tales about how to get to sleep, even his attempts at meditation had failed, and he lay staring into the darkness. Far away he could hear the sound of space-locks and the comings and goings of various sized vessels. They were in the belly of Seventh Galactic Alliance Shipyard Five for, as Captain Eletsky put it, a little fine tuning. And they might actually have needed it. Many ships went back after their maiden voyage and had things tightened up a little here and ther

The Day The City Shook: Chapter 2 [SERIAL]

Posted By Showandah Terrill on Dec 12, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Serial: The Day The City Shook (DragonHorse Rising)

“Will you please hurry up?” Ardenai commanded, no less urgently than he’d spoken to his mount, and the narrow yellow eyes of the old doctor above him grew narrower yet. “Well, you’re about the slowest thing on this planet, Pythos!”

“Sstop it!” the creature hissed, and his long tongue darted in annoyance. “Go to ssleep as thee was insstructed to do.” He rattled his scales as if shaking Ardenai off his back. “Thee dares to sspeak to me in ssuch a manner? I am appalled.”

The Day The City Shook: Chapter 1 [SERIAL]

Posted By Showandah Terrill on Dec 5, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Serial: The Day The City Shook (DragonHorse Rising), Type: Article (Text Only)

On the last morning he awoke as Ah’rane Ardenai Krush, the covers felt good, and he snugged them over one shoulder before checking the motion of his hand to his wife’s side of the bed.  She wasn’t there.  He sighed and forced his thoughts with practiced determination on to other subjects.  No need to run lesson plans through his head.  Today was a school holiday, and he had a meeting of the Educational Council in Thura.  He’d thought about not going, but High Priestess Ah’krill had called the meeting, and one did not refuse such a summons, even if it was one’s birthing day.  He opened his eyes

The Day The City Shook: Prologue [SERIAL PREMIERE]

Posted By Showandah Terrill on Nov 28, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Serial: The Day The City Shook (DragonHorse Rising), Type: Article (Text Only)

The prologue to the epic sci-fi novella, The Day the City Shook. This novella explores the rise to power of Ardenai, the 13th Dragonhorse of Equus. If you loved Game of Thrones, then the intrigue in this series is one you will not want to miss!

JC Photography: It’s Halloween [CREATIVE PORTRAIT]

Posted By jcphotography on Oct 26, 2017 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Photographer: JC Photography, Type: Photos

Fun Halloween shoot with model Magdalena Manson. Shot by an abandoned building outside my home town in Quebec. Photo by JC Photography.

ZomBeautiful: Demonic [ART IMAGE]

Posted By Zombeautiful on Oct 26, 2016 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Model: Zombeautiful, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Photos, User Submitted, User Submitted Photo

An artistic picture of ZomBeautiful, alternative Goth model, as a demon.

Rocking Out: Vans Warped Tour 2016 [EVENT/GALLERY]

Posted By Nara Gordon on Jul 26, 2016 in Article, Article: Conventions/Gatherings, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Creative Arts, Event Galleries, Featured, Galleries

A collection of photos of some of the bands and at the Vans Warped Tour 2016 in Cincinnati Ohio! Photos were taken from various places in the crowd including distance and right in the pit! Bands included Ashes to New, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Falling in Reverse, Good Charlotte, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White, Sum 41, VANNA, and many others.

Lee Photography: Angels of Darkness [PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY]

Posted By Rob Lee on Apr 6, 2016 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Galleries, Origin: Official Contributor, Photographer, Photographer: Lee Photography, Photography Gallery, Type: Photos

In a dark time my eyes begin to see. I meet my shadow in the deepening shade. We grew accustomed to the dark, when the light was put away.

Gothic Interior & Home Decor: It’s Not Difficult! [STYLE ARTICLE]

Posted By Parket on Mar 23, 2016 in Article, Article: Fashion/Style, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Painting & Art, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, User Submitted Articles

Are you fond of Gothic style and want to see it in your apartment? I’m sure, if you’re like me, then you say, “Yes”. Of course, it’s not so easy to make a Medieval or dark and aristocratic setting. More precisely, it’s not affordable for most of us. However, don’t give up. I’ll tell about some simple things, which helped me to create a Gothic atmosphere at my home.

Nemisis vs. Frostbite: Modeling in Extreme Weather [ARTICLE]

Posted By Nemisis Nat on Sep 2, 2015 in Article, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Fashion/Style, Article: Personal Narratives/Life Accounts, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

One of the most popular questions I hear after posting a new outdoor wintertime shot on social media is “How do you stay warm outside like that?” Quick answer to that is simply put: I definitely do not.