A.L. Sirois is a writer, developmental editor, graphic artist and a performing musician. His publication career began in 1974 with the appearance of the short-short story “War Baby” in Fantastic. (It would be called “flash fiction” nowadays.) He has gone on to have fiction in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Fantastic, Amazing Stories, and Thema, and online at Electric Spec, Mystery Weekly, Every Day Fiction and Flash Fiction Online, among other publications. His story “In the Conservatory,” from Thema, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Other works include a children’s book, Dinosaur Dress Up (Tambourine Press / William Morrow), a graphic novel, THE ENDLESS INCIDENT (2014), a fantasy novel, THE BOHEMIAN MAGICIAN, published in 2017, and JERSEY GHOULS, a horror novel published in 2018 from Azure Spider. A sequel, PHILLY GHOULS, appeared in June of 2020. As an artist, he has hundreds of drawings, paintings and illustrations to his credit. Al has contributed comic art for DC, Marvel, and Charlton, and has scripted for Warren Publications. He wrote and drew “Bugs in the System” for witzend #12, the famous comics fanzine started by MAD artist Wally Wood. He lives in Rockingham County, North Carolina with his wife and occasional collaborator, author Grace Marcus. Together they are writing a Young Adult novel set in ancient Egypt.
Art Show Prices & Details
BEAM 12 BACK COVER – fanzine art – 2017 – pen and ink on bristol board – 11″ x 16 3/4″ (image area 9” x 14”) unframed – $40
HOUSE OF TOMORROW – illustration – 2018 – acrylic on Bainbridge board – 7 1/2″ x 11″ (image area same) – unframed – $50
JERSEY GHOULS – book cover – 2018 – acrylic on Bainbridge board – 14″ x 18″ (image area 10” x 14 ¼”) – unframed – $125
MURPHY’S LAWS – book cover – 2018 – watercolors and markers on Bainbridge board – 14″ x 18 (image area 10” x 14 ¼”) – unframed – $125
RING SYSTEM – book cover – 2014 – watercolor and markers on illustration board – 16″ x 10″ (image area: 12” x 8:”) – unframed – $100
SPIRIT OF NATURE – commissioned illustration – 2014 – pen and ink on bristol board – 14″ x 17″ (image area 9 ½” x 13 ½”) – unframed – $70
SPACE WAR – white board illustration – 2014 – pen and ink on bristol board – 9″ x 12″ (image area 6” x 9”) – unframed – $17.50
VIOLATIONS – illustration – 1980 – pen and ink on Bainbridge board – 8″ x 11″ (image area: 5 ½” x 8 ¼”) – unframed – $30
