Sudden - book illustration for Duncan Long's Lightning War and other Short Stories

I recently updated my collection of science fiction, adventure, and horror short stories, Lightning War and Other Tales of Wonder” (available in print and Kindle formats at Amazon.com). It already had some artwork in it, and I decided to replace some and add a few more. Since I didn’t want to spring for color pages, these new illustrations were all grayscale (or “black and white”).

Black and white pictures can be powerful. But to work, the drawings need to be simple with little or no background clutter. Done right, they will have a real impact that is often missing from color art in a book.

Here are some of the new drawings (which are supplemented by many of the originals that were in the first printing of this book).

Short story artwork by Duncan Long for his book Lightning War

medical emergency dwarf art for Duncan Long for his book Lightning War

Medical Emergency illustration for a science fiction story in book

You can purchase a copy of Lightning War and Other Tales of Wonder” as well as read a portion of the book at Amazon.com).

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See more of Duncan Long’s book illustrations at his Online Gallery.