The earliest Darkover novels and stories were aimed at a younger, teen-age audience, when teen-oriented writing was not as sophisticated as it is now. STORMQUEEN is one of those books where the storyline is becoming more complicated. I have cited the story in other By-Products: briefly, it's about a girl who is endowed with the awesome psychic power to control the weather. But she's out of control, and rebellious, and an easy target for exploitation yet needed as a weapon for her noble family's defense. If left alone, she could destroy her family; if trained, she could also become deliberately deadly. What do you do? This illustration, one of a series I did for a collector's-item edition, shows the teen-age Stormqueen flinging her Gothic nightgown into the air as she calls the clouds and lightning to do her bidding.
Black ink and photostat on illustration board, 8" x 10", April 1979. Click for a larger view.
A note to viewers: My word and photograph postings will mostly appear on my word blog, "Electron Blue 3." The By-Product will continue to carry suitable visuals with a smaller and more tolerable text portion.
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