Official home of Chris Howard, author of Seaborn, Salvage, Saltwater Witch, and a bunch of other books, stories, and essays—published through Juno Books, Masque Books, Prime Books, Penguin, and others. I'm mainly a writer, but I also run a studio called Lykeion where I illustrate books and comics, paint cover art for books, working with individual authors and publishing houses.
email me 3habitat@gmail.com
Featured Books and Short Stories by Chris Howard
Short Stories and Essays in the following Anthologies
I focus primarily on narrowband deep sky imaging, nebulae and supernova remnants, some of it in RGB color, with the occasional dip into lunar and planetary photography. See my astro blog and Youtube channel.
Art
I work in digital, watercolors, ink, charcoals, and other traditional media. My art has
appeared on dozens of book covers, art cards, interior illustrations for publishers, authors, and Kickstarter projects. You can also find my art in Shimmer, BuzzyMag, various tabletop RPGs, and on the pages of books, blogs, and other interesting places.
Just a creative human with a pen and a paint brush, author of Seaborn (Juno Books), Salvage (Prime Books), Saltwater Witch (Lykeion), and a shelf-full
of other books. My short stories and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including “Lost Dogs and Fireplace Archeology” in Fantasy Magazine and “How to Build Worlds Without Becoming the Minister for Tourism” in Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Penguin). My story “The Mermaid Game” appeared in the Paula Guran edited anthology Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (Prime), and “Hammers and Snails” was the Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Fiction Contest winner. I wrote and illustrated the comics Saltwater Witch and Salvage. My art has
appeared on dozens of book covers, art cards, interior illustrations for publishers, authors, and Kickstarter projects. You can also find my art in Shimmer, BuzzyMag, various tabletop RPGs, and on the pages of books, blogs, and other interesting places.
Background: I wanted to be a marine biologist at ten years old, but went into software engineering instead. I've always had—and continue to have—a fascination with biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy. The marine biologist in me keeps a lagoon reef aquarium with mangroves and a dozen species of coral, and the astronomer in me looks at the night sky and takes long exposure pictures.