Todd Sanders

An arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

"The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" is off to the printer next week with stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett. Provocative hard SF stories that share a common opening. Pre order (4/20/26 ship date) - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

cover to The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao. Cover shows the front of a train on tracks. A woman hangs off one side. Behind the train is a rainbow star filled and clouded sky glowing.

now reading

Front and top view of a folded concertina book made from pine and thin plywood, hinges, black elasdtic thread, metal grommets and acrylic paint. In the shape of a house in profile. a primitive wreath of black leaves with white metallic line accents is printed on the front.

Expanded front, top and angled views of the concertina sections. each of the book leafed spreads has a black skeletal tree painted on it. Grommeted holes have black thread strung through them creating a webbed effect. End panels have abstract paintings of the moon within a drilled circular indentation area.

Close up views of the concertina sections. each of the book leafed spreads has a black skeletal tree painted on it. Grommeted holes have black thread strung through them creating a webbed effect. End panels have abstract paintings of the moon within a drilled circular indentation area.

Finished new artist book project - The House of Mo[u]rning

Image of the cover to the book

Example of the abstract pastel images in the book

Example of the abstract pastel images in the book

Example of the abstract pastel images in the book

Handmade book sale: “Et Ideo” (copy 2 of 3 and 3 of 3) $80US + 12$US shipping. Abstract pastel illustrations on indian rag paper (28 pages, 8” x 11”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Image of the cover to the book

Example image of the multi-layer lino block print of trees in winter

Example image of the multi-layer lino block print of trees in winter

Handmade book sale: “Winter Trees” (copy 2 of 3 and 3 of 3) $70US + 12$US shipping. Multi-layer lino block prints on Fabriano paper (20 pages, 15” x 7”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Image of the cover to the book

Example page spread of a b/w lino block print with one of the poems

Handmade book sale: “Branching” (copy 5 of 5) $75US + 10$US shipping. Poetry and lino block prints on Fabriano paper (12 pages, 11” x 10”). First come first serve. Email info at aanpress dot com for purchase.

Artist Book Announcement: I am opening up the archive of my handmade, hand-bound artist books for a BlueSky exclusive sale. All sales are first come first serve. US purchasers only for this, due to the dimensions of the books.

Today might be a very fine day to buy a book or one of our quirky side-project newspapers - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #fantasy #booksky #anthology #sciencefiction

Is this a trick?

Just back from colonoscopy. All good. Do not need one again for two years. Surgeon was optimistic. What a difference a year makes.

4 artist books in a column, beige floral paper with hand printed red swirl shapes. Each book has a butterfly stamp affixed to the cover and is japanese stab bound. Blue envelopes are placed next to each book with a circular wooden number token glued to it. Numbers are bright orange.

Another completed artist book (print run of 5 copies) using international postage stamps my aunt saved at her job for a few decades. Number tokens are unique to each of the people receiving a copy.

Artwork on a table. very colorful, all done with acrylics on gel plate transfer. monoprints.

Samples from a printmaking day with friends

A rather different artist book. Heck of a thing to keep in order while creating. Will be building a box eventually to hold it.

6 images showing small wooden bloks in rotartion with acrylic paint on the face and letters stamped one by one to spell - "The queen of butterfly collectors, in a house of gold, feeds all clocks with quiet sorrow".

"The queen of butterfly collectors, in a house of gold, feeds all clocks with quiet sorrow". Printed on blocks, each block is then rotated 90deg to read the next 12 letters and so on, through 6 rotations

cover to The Pariah by Anthony Ryan. a man in a tattered cloak sits cross legged on a cobblestone floor holding a sword in a red scabbard.

now reading

glad i bought a hybrid car in january and gas a few days ago before the price jumped 60 cents. just die already idiot man baby and do the world a favor.

Cover showing a dour faced young woman with daisy flower barrettes. The book title - Tall Tales of the Holy Terror Tomboy - is shown in an vintage storefront logo painting format in a brass color. Text on the back of the book outlines the real life girl's amazing story.

"Tall Tales of the Holy Terror Tomboy" is almost ready to go to the printer. The pre-order link is now available in our catalog - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm... (expected ship date 4/10/26). Cover art by @carolinejamhour.bsky.social

Does Kurt Russell star in those?

Wear mine everywhere, even before I became somewhat immune system compromised due to colon cancer last year.

abstract blobs of orange, green and blue acrylic, overlaid with a big vertical white splotch

abstract blobs of orange, green and blue acrylic, overlaid with a big vertical white splotch

abstract blobs of orange, green and blue acrylic, overlaid with a big vertical green line down the left

Final day in the art mines making new work (I've run out of the preferred paper). Yesterday's color palette was indeed the problem. Liking what happened today. Now to subset out the best of the best and dream of a gallery show of work old and new.

hellebore blossoms breaking ground

hellebore blossoms breaking ground

hellebore shoots are starting to helle

rock in my garden with my poem sandblasted in it light silence tulips snow

the poem rock continues to age well after thirty some years

Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.

4 days left for the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - We are currently $683 from our 2nd Stretch Goal for a 24 author TOC. Check out the campaign/signal boost and help add addt’l authors #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky #tea #coffee

the book folded and placed in a vellum envelope. paper band wrapping it with the title "fencing in my ghosts' rubber stamped on top

And the book in it's enclosing envelope with a title band in white witth letters rubber stamped - "fencing in my ghosts"

View of panels of the book, with a hinging system behind like paper fence post rails. Images are abstract acryclic color fields with various oil pastel marks made on top of the backgrounds

View of panels of the book, with a hinging system behind like paper fence post rails. Images are abstract acryclic color fields with various oil pastel marks made on top of the backgrounds

View of panels of the book, with a hinging system behind like paper fence post rails. Images are abstract acryclic color fields with various oil pastel marks made on top of the backgrounds

View of panels of the book, with a hinging system behind like paper fence post rails. Images are abstract acryclic color fields with various oil pastel marks made on top of the backgrounds

One hour speed-run artist book project.

abstract blobs of red, brown-red, white and gold

abstract blobs of red, brown-red, white and gold

abstract blobs of red, brown-red, white and gold and some blue oval splotches

Yesterday in the art mines, less than stellar efforts. I think it is the color palette. One day to go ...

This sale ends March 1. Check out all 4 issues of AaNX (our newspaper side project) here - aanpress.com/aanorder.html (links to each issue below). Buy any 2 issues and get 15% off the order, 3 issues for a 20% discount, or all 4 issues for a 25% discount.

This sale ends March 1. Check out all 4 issues of AaNX (our newspaper side project) here - aanpress.com/aanorder.html (links to each issue below). Buy any 2 issues and get 15% off the order, 3 issues for a 20% discount, or all 4 issues for a 25% discount.

cover to Forays of a Fat Man by Matthew Hughes. cover shows a large man in a white suit and black tie with a kinda french foreign legion hat is talking to a group of men in blue jumpsuits under a spaceship in the desert

now reading

on a field of muddy orange and red a quick line drawing vaguely of an unhappy face

Self Portrait: 2026 - oil pastel and acrylic on watercolor paper

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