Works

by Ræl H. Bishop

Presented for your viewing is an ever-expanding list of my current projects, stories, retellings, drawings, or other nonsense I feel deserving of the title "work".

My stories can be found three places: here, on my RoyalRoad, or my Tumblr.

Collections and Serials

Cabaret of the Macabre

Ongoing | English

Stories of mythosapiens -- creatures of the night, of myth, and of legend lurking and lumbering through their modern lives, and of a curio/Cabaret some of them call a common ground.

PhiOrg: Tales from the Multiverse

Ongoing | English (RoyalRoad)

An updating collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and other wyrd short stories, most of them self-contained. Tales ranging in content from time-worshipping space worms to a trickster god swapping births.

SKANDA

2020/11/20 | English

Six short stories of reincarnation featuring gods, kings, traitors, and precocious sheep.

Selected Short Stories

Candle in a Catacomb

2024/01/31 | English (hosted on Roadkill Frankenstein's Tumblr)

CW: Contains mature themes. A golden-armed pirate and his unusual satyr friend share histories and feelings, but there's more to the tired buccaneer than meets the eye. A collaboration between me and Roadkill Frankenstein, including his character and artwork.

The Tale of Theoxenia Trismegistus

2023/12/23 | English (hosted on satyrs.eu)

A softie satyr who doesn't quite fit in discovers the modern world. Posted as part of satyrs.eu's "Lords of Misrule" tradition. Icon art by the great Roadkill Frankenstein.

draqla draqla and Marcy go to Tibet

2022/12/25 | English

A vampire and satyr recount their whirlwind trip to the land of snows. A Christmas gift for a good friend.

Snapdragon’s

2022/12/25 | English

Two humans search through a bustling alien port-city for a mysterious symbol. A Christmas gift for a good friend.

12.67 kZ

2020/11/06 | English • Deutsch

Descriptions of a far-distant future full of re-incarnating suicidal robots and six-armed flying mutants.

Shelved Projects

Notes
  1. Background image is a modification of "Assyrian Cuneiform Script" from the British Museum, public domain.
  2. Header image is a modification of "Ancientlibraryalex.jpg" (as in, the Library of Alexandria), from O. Von Corven, public domain.
  3. ”12.67 kZ”’s icon is a modification of ”electric dyson olive” by longan drink, used under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license.
  4. ”SKANDA”’s icon is a modification of ”File:Dharmacakra.png” from the public domain, and an AI generated image created using DreamStudio AI.
  5. ”Snapdragon’s”’s icon is a modification of ”File:Snapdragon (PSF).png” from the public domain and additional made-from-scratch graphics.
  6. ”draqla draqla and Marcy go to Tibet”’s icon is a modification of ”File:STibet - 5 Sho 16- year 25 (1951) Moon and sun. ss. - MA-Shops.jpg” from the public domain and additional made-from-scratch graphics.
  7. ”Newton”’s icon is an AI generated image created using DreamStudio AI.