![]() ![]() Growing up in a conservative, religious environment, I didn’t have the vocabulary to articulate or the space to explore this ever-present ache in the back of my mind. Beyond that, in a secret pocket in my sketchbook, were self-portraits as Dragon Ball Z characters-muscles and all-and oft-handled magazine pages of women with shaved heads. If you’d looked through my bedroom when I was a teen, beyond the Bibles and church dresses you would have found Nine Inch Nails CDs and a crush on Jeff Goldblum. įind Hope and Identity Through Characters He writes cozy and uplifting stories with queer, trans, and neurodiverse representation. He does portraits in both pencil and oil paint, and loves drawing fellow authors’ characters nearly as much as his own. When not hunched before a computer screen, Al can be found at his art desk. You can find out more about his writing HEREĪl Hess is the author of the self-published post-apocalyptic Travelers series and the 1930s flavoured dystopian series, Hep Cats of Boise. Al’s Mazarin Blues was a semi-finalist in this year’s SPSFC, and his novel World Running Down is out next year from Angry Robot. He’s here to share with us his path of self-discovery through writing. We’re thrilled today to welcome Al Hess to the Hive. ![]()
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