The inspiration for this series came from looking through old issues of Planet Stories from the 1930’s and 40’s. Leafing through those yellow, crackling pages of classic science fiction, my eyes would rest on the illustrations for the various stories, each with its own one or two-sentence caption. I found those little snapshots intriguing; they would send my imagination wandering with world-building questions and guesses as to how the story would unfold. Sometimes those wonderings were more satisfying than the story itself, because there is pure potential in the unfinished story. It can go anywhere, become anything. It’s that feeling of endless potential – that these illustrations, these little snapshots, could become a thousand different stories – that I try to capture with this series.

I invite you to let your imagination wander over these snapshots, and make these stories your own. Perhaps you want to complete the tale itself, decide what happens before or after this little glimpse in time, and take it in any direction you see fit. There is empowerment and self-discovery in getting to finish the story on your own terms. Or, perhaps there is something in one of these illustration – a detail, a phrase, a combination of words – that sets your mind towards a story of its own, perhaps a poem, or random musings, or another work or art. Imagine. Create. Write it down. Share it, or keep it to your wildest imagination. Or simply enjoy the mystery. Above all, have fun with it. There are no wrong responses.