Well hi there! We’d like to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to introduce you to our brand spanking new zine, The Winds of Barren-Lea. It’s a short fairytale I wrote over the summer, and Sean illustrated it and made it into a zine.
The story was inspired by our first night camping in Marfa, Texas, where some unnervingly strong winds broke our tent and wrecked havoc on our campsite. After that, I found myself daydreaming about a town where the wind always blew from the same direction. I started to weave in elements of our continuing travels — the way a friend described a giant shop window rippling and shattering in front of her eyes in San Francisco, or the way the halyards on my dad’s ship vibrated in the wind until they made a sound like singing.
When I asked Sean to illustrate it, he started out by drawing the characters and scenes I’d described, but eventually he chose to focus on the simpler elements — small but essential details that the characters themselves would care about.
If you want to get your mitts on one, just shoot me an email — we’re asking $5, but we’d also be happy to set you up with a payment plan where you can just work off your debt by smiling at dogs you pass on the street. Sound good?
The Good Ship Watermelon 