CAVERNS, CAULDRONS, AND CONCEALED CREATURES,
Expanded Second Edition

CCCC can be obtained directly from the publisher at the above link;
signed copies can sometimes be obtained directly from the author on eBay, if one searches at the opportune time.

NOW IN PRINT:
BOTH NOVELS in THE PULSIFER SAGA. Read the reviews of the first novel, Pulsifer: A Fable, at Amazon.com and at Barnes and Noble.com.
The newly-released second novel, Land of Ice, A Velvet Knife, is available at both Amazon.com and BN.com.


A Review of Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures

Article 1:
Richard S. Shaver, the Ancestor of Star Trek

Article 2:
Who Remembers Lemuria?

Article 3:
Remote-Viewing Mt. Shasta

Resource Subsite:
Subterranea Miscellania

Corporate, Commercial,
and SciFi/Fantasy art samples in PDF Format

SCIFI/Fantasy Art Gallery:
Mottamorphica 2.0

Temple of Apshai:
A Nostalgic Art Gallery

Graphite and Gray:
Selected Drawings

Dirigibilious:
A Surrealistic Travelogue From Another World
For some cool airship-related music, take a look and listen to Valles Flying Machine.

Due to the release of the much larger, Expanded Second Edition of Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures, this site has been modified somewhat. Many of the articles that were here previously are now in the new edition. Additionally, a new volume on the work of Richard S. Shaver, entitled This Tragic Earth, is now available.

THIS TRAGIC EARTH gives a unique, long-overdue look into the art and mind of Richard S. Shaver.

Featuring a facsimile of an actual hand-made book proposal by Shaver, sent to Ray Palmer, this volume also contains literally hundreds of other, lost images taken from one-of-a-kind "rogfogo" or "rock books" by Shaver, never before seen in print. These images, taken from photo exposures of slices of solid rock, contain eerie and inexplicable images of people, monsters, creatures, structures, and devices, images which defy all rational explanation.

Shaver claimed that these books were records left in crystal by an ancient race of beings who preceded mankind on this planet. Also featured are long-lost articles on how to find and create such images, written and illustrated by Shaver himself, along with unique correspondence, interviews, and other material that give a unique look into the mind and theories of Richard S. Shaver, his one-of-a-kind "outsider artwork", and his infamous "Shaver Mystery". Much of the additional material has not been seen for decades, and when it was available, it was not widely circulated and was only seen by a few people, particularly the explanations and theories which were written by Richard Shaver for science-fiction fanzines of the 1940s.

The contents of this book should interest anomalies researchers, Forteans, paranormal enthusiasts and investigators, science-fiction historians and fans, and all those interested in "outsider art".  Nothing as utterly dedicated to Shaver's own thoughts and artwork has ever before been produced.

Below you will find links to all of my books that are currently in print. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

—Wm. Michael Mott