the bay was a sea

So, in dealing with the terrible paucity of fic or art in relation to Monster Blood Tattoo, I decided to make some.

DM Cornish, the author, seems to be quite possessive of his creations. The world he creates is a steampunk/naval/fantasy/linguistic dream, so he ought to have no shortage of fans–but perhaps the short leash the existing fans are kept on is part of the problem. From what I can find, there is truly no fiction–not even bad writing on fanfiction.net–and the official blog links to two incidents of fan art (and a costuming, erm, debacle).

Naturally, I began to fill this gap with smut.

The first post is available above. If you would like the password to read, please comment on this post. Non-smut fic will not be filtered. All posts are being tagged appropriately, so if you’re here for the autism, or whatever, feel free to sort by tags.

This is not one of my best creations, but I’m also not displeased. For the record, I’m about halfway through Lamplighter, the second book in the trilogy (the third is yet to be released). I am listening to them on audio. I am aware that Cornish illustrates the books to a degree, but all I’ve seen is the main image of the Lady Europe on the background of the blog and the image of Rossamünd from behind–I’ve tried to stay away from his art, so I could draw unhampered. Click through for a larger version. Apologies for wonky hands–I never have gotten the hang of hands–and the slight bobble-head quality going on. Drawing on the tablet at work leads to this.