Sketch of the Idol of Areshkigala Above the Altar, 2025. Ink on vellum, 4 x 6 in.

I’ve spent the past two weeks plotting out what will either be a long short story or a short novella, tentatively titled Angelic Eyes. Rather than working from an existing manuscript, I’m developing the visual designs alongside the text this time.

In the inner sanctum of the temple of Areshkigala, the Harranian goddess of death, a veiled idol of the goddess hovers over an empty altar.