Jason Zapata

Author: jzapata

  • The Art of Sarah Ellerton

    This is a long overdue artist of the month entry. I am aggravated at the fact this is only the second entry for this year. This isn’t good enough. Artists like Sarah Ellerton deserve as much press as possible. So let me fill you in a bit.

    Sarah is a comic artist and handles both the writing and illustrations for her current graphic novel, The Phoenix Requiem. A story she describes as, “A Victorian-inspired supernatural fantasy story about faith, love, death, and the things we believe in.”
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  • Booted Foot

    By: Jason Zapata

    The future is condemned by the past.
    What has transpired becomes the basis,
    The reason why future decisions are made.
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  • Rydia and The Dancing Ghosts

    By: Jason Zapata

    To watch the dancing ghosts promenade and pirouette
    Rydia enters the castle ruins bathed in moonlight
    Letting herself become lost in the shadowy minuet

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  • Witch and Wizard By Gabrielle Charbonnet and James Patterson

    James Patterson’s new novel, “Witch and Wizard” is intriguing to me conceptually. The story is based on two siblings named Whit and Wisty Allgood. Average teenagers living with their parents until the day their home is raided by the New Order. The brother and sister are accused of practicing magic by this oppressive new regime of the federal government that has come to power. Under the leadership of “The One Who Is The One”, they seek to imprison and execute all practitioners of magic.
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  • The Wendigo Possession

    By: Jason Zapata

    Gruesome murders occurred in the winter of 1878
    The Indian swift runner would be hung at dawn
    Guilty of cannibalism or being a wendigo’s pawn
    I wanted to hear the mans side before he met his fate
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  • January of 2010’s Deviant Artist of the Month

    I’ve decided to start the New Year writing about the many artists I’ve recently discovered on the deviantArt website (http://www.deviantart.com/). This site enables artists to post their work in virtual galleries and allow admirers to post comments on them. There are dozens of art categories and styles to browse through. In fact, over 100 million submissions were received by the site since August of 2007.

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  • Angel Time By Anne Rice

    Angel Time by Anne Rice is a departure from her previous work. In the past, Anne’s characters struggled with the fact that their very existences were irredeemable. Characters like Lestat fought against their innate evil, but were doomed to live with it. This new novel reflects Anne’s Christian conversion and offers her protagonist salvation. This is a surprising change for those who follow Anne’s work.

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  • Zangetsu

    By Jason Zapata

    Why do you still believe you wander alone
    Can you not feel my presence in this place
    Hear my footsteps on this path I retrace
    Through the course of your flesh and bone
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  • The Child Thief By Brom

    The Child Thief is Brom’s third major publication and first full length novel.  I was excited to hear about his dark retelling of the classic Peter Pan Myth. When I got my hands on the novel itself, I was very surprised. This wasn’t an illustrated story like his previous works The Devil’s Rose or The Plucker. This was a full length novel. As usual the story is illustrated, but the art takes a back seat for the writing with this venture.

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  • The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold’s

    “The Lovely Bones,” by Alice Sebold is a beautifully written drama. This was a difficult piece of work to write well. Child rape and murder was not an easy subject for the author to base the novel on. The unique approach Sebold took to writing this story makes it not just bearable to read, but a rewarding experience.

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