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Transcendent

Sarah Finnigan

Last year I was approached by Patrick and Jeannie Wilshire, the masterminds behind the IX Art Show, about creating a large painting for Illuxcon's 18th year. The event (which is only two weeks away now!) is the highlight of my year, and I've been itching to work on something bigger, so I was honored and happy to take the commission. We determined it would be 36" x 48".   The commission was open-ended, but a…

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Gha-Gha-Gha-Ghosts!

Arnie Fenner

October 6, 2025 - October is the season of things that go bump in the night so it's fair to say that this is something of a companion to Greg Ruth's post last Friday on the subject of "Ghosts." Like many, I grew up loving ghost stories and monster movies. My dad used to tell us about his older brother, Price, who encountered the spirit of someone that had been killed by a train near their farmhouse; instead of running with the other boys, Price stood on the railroad tracks and threw rocks at the apparation until it disappeared. (He was braver than I would have been.) And, naturally, whenever I went on camping trips with the scouts we'd sit around the campfire at night and try to scare each other with yarns about phantom hitchikers or a spook…

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