A modest update adds to the menagerie of works by artist Jodie Beechem and writer and site co-creator John Beechem.

Jodie continues the tradition of humor, strageness, and surreal beauty of her gallery while adding new works that involve eye-popping color and a black sketch pad.

John has posted the first part of a work of urban fantasy about a young woman named Lynlea, balancing her life as a stressed out teenage hipster scholar with her fight against dark supernatural forces intent on using her "gift" for evil.  It's called The Hat Man's Shadow and it takes place in the same darkly fantastic Seattle as John's previous urban fantasy short story Scorch.  This story's protagonist, Lynlea, is the daughter of Ryu Murikami, a homicide detective who is not constrained by conventional notions of possibility.

Thank you for coming back to American Fantastic, and remember, we are always looking for contributors, so any aspiring creators should send digital versions of original works of art or fiction to americanfantastic@gmail.com.  Tread lightly in the shadows...

Hello, fantaseekers, sci fi-nauts, fictioneers, and gazers into the abyss. 

Author Jeremy Garrett has posted his first entry in a series of flash fiction about people living through the aftermath of the Christian Rapture, titled Scenes from the Rapture.  I'm anticipating new entries as soon as they are finished:  http://americanfantastic.com/scenes-from-the-rapture/

Dordji Bowles has posted some new art:  http://americanfantastic.com/dordjis-art/

John Beechem has posted new chapters to The Chronicles of Trivo:  Phoenix Ranger.  Read the latest entries here: http://americanfantastic.com/the-chronicles-of-trivo-phoen/?currentPage=3, or go back to the beginning to catch up:  http://americanfantastic.com/the-chronicles-of-trivo-phoen/ 

Thank you for coming, and do mind the terraphaunts; their terrific rumbling has been known to rattle bones.

We've received our first outside art contributions:
http://americanfantastic.squarespace.com/jodies-art/ and http://americanfantastic.com/mike-maes-colored-pencil. 

First is a series of unique pencil sketches by Eugene, OR artist Jodie Beechem.  Jodie has a surreal, humorous style, and has promised to create more art for the site. 

Our second new artist is Mike Maes, an illustrator from Louisville, KY.  Mike designed a graffiti style colored pencil illustration that we hope is his first of many contributions. 

Thank you for visiting American Fantastic!  Enjoy your time in the phantasmagoria...

American Fantastic has a new look.  There is also a lot of new content on the site.  "Illegal Aliens" is a recently posted science fiction short story by site co-creator John Beechem.  John has also continued to post updates to his fantasy story, The Chronicles of Trivo:  Phoenix Ranger, including a colored map of Tyrn and its surrounding countries.  Continue checking for new chapters of this story and for new stories by John and other writers.

Dordji Bowles (co-creator) has added a new banner, a new background and continues to post his art work on the site.  See his work in "Dordji's website elements" from the link just below the banner. He has also made an illustration of a Terraphuant from The Chronicles of Trivo.  Keep an eye out for new art from Dordji and other artists.

We are always looking for new content and contributors to the site.  Please submit original artwork and writing to americanfantastic@gmail.com. 

Enjoy your sojourn into the realm of the fantastic...

This is Dordji.

I recently finished the title banner, as well as a few background pictures. I'm going for a feel of energy and imagination, but with a pleasing overall color scheme. I'll put all my finished stuff on the site so folk can take a gander. Words of critique would be appreciated.