Snapshots and Excerpts

I’ve amassed quite a collection of the abandoned, off-center, and beautifully bizarre. All images are my own originals. Here are some of the most recent. For more, follow me on Instagram @NoirKincade.

 
A mood board for #MoodPitch. How could an agent resist this AI take on my sci-fi detective story? The futurism, the chemistry, the... melting humanoids? #writersofinstagram #aiart #nailedit
An excerpt from Into Lost Territory. Things get heavy, but Jake has carried this kind of weight before. #writersofinstagram #manuscript #scifi
In honor of #MoodPitch, here is a mood board I created using some choice AI-generated art. Look at the well of horror that I could have tapped! My story is more like The Last of Us meets Raider of the Lost Ark, but wow. I can't help but feel somewhat
The vision they sold was grandeur and decadence. . . . . #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces #abandonedworld #postapocalyptic
The world is draped in its own shadow, smoothing the burrs in our perception. . . . . #writersofinstagram
The meat, stripped, leaving bones to the elements. . . . . #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces #abandonedworld #postapocalyptic
They settled out west, but couldn’t beat back the inevitable. Sometimes the dream goes stale. Sometimes it chokes on its own potential. #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces #americandream #ghosttown
Promises, promises. #writersofinstagram #streetart #sffbooks
Tattered hopes and heartbreak stains. #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces #ghosttown
Patience and perseverance, my lovelies. #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces
Tipping the hat. Clearly I have a soft spot for 1940’s noir banter. #writersofinstagram #excerpts #IntoLostTerritory #banter #noir
We’ve created these things to last, but measure time against the legacies of our own blood. #writersofinstagram #abandonedplaces