an edge case vision

The Visions

A growing set of illustrated landing pages — each one a self-contained scene, generated in this site's NeoAmericana style and paired with a short essay.

NeoAmericana cyberpunk illustration of Moses holding a glowing staff on a rocky shoreline, parting two towering walls of neon crimson water as a diverse crowd crosses the exposed seabed toward distant glowing mountains.

Moses and the Red Sea, Rewired

The oldest deliverance story in the book, run through a neon filter — same parted sea, same impossible walk, new wiring.

Painterly illustration of a tall pale extraterrestrial figure gesturing toward a half-built pyramid at dusk while a hovering light lifts a massive stone block, watched by a group of ordinary ancient Egyptian workers holding a torch.

Ancient Aliens, Painted Quiet

The pyramids, a visitor, and the theory that refuses to die — told as a dusk scene instead of a documentary cliffhanger.

Cinematic painterly illustration of a man and woman standing forehead to forehead on a moonlit temple balcony overlooking a futuristic Nile lined with glowing obelisks, lit in cool blue-teal moonlight with a warm torchlight accent.

Two Obelisks, One Quiet Moment

A reimagined Nile, lined with glowing monuments instead of torches — and two people who came out here to be alone together.

Monet-style impressionistic painting of two pale slender alien figures holding hands beside a misty pond with bubbling hot springs and lily pads, framed by dappled willow trees in soft green and blue light.

Holding Hands by the Hot Spring

Impressionist brushwork, a misty pond, and two visitors who are, against all odds, on a date.

Golden-hour NeoAmericana illustration of a bride and groom embracing at an open-air clifftop altar, with a modern terraced hotel built into a rocky Amalfi-style coastline and turquoise sea behind them.

Vows at the Edge of the Map

A rocky coast, a hotel built straight into the cliff, and two people who picked the most dramatic possible place to say yes.

Comic-book heroic NeoAmericana illustration of an athletic woman riding a massive scaled dragon banking low over a chaotic night naval battle, burning sailing ships and cannon fire lighting the water below a full moon.

Banking Low Over the Burning Fleet

Cannon fire, burning sails, and one rider who decided the battle needed an aerial perspective.

Cyberpunk NeoAmericana illustration of a glowing mechanical-organic dove carrying a luminous olive branch toward a weathered ark with faint tech paneling, as people on deck reach up in hope during a rain-streaked night.

A Signal in the Rain

The oldest symbol of hope in the book, sent back out as something part bird, part circuitry.

Golden-hour NeoAmericana western illustration of two rugged cowboys with glowing tech-trimmed dusters riding horses through a high rocky mountain pass, overlooking a vast desert basin with mesas and a distant glowing settlement.

Through the Pass, Into the Desert

Frontier grit with a glowing edge — two riders, a high pass, and a desert basin that opens up all at once.

Moody NeoAmericana noir illustration of cyberpunk greasers in leather jackets with glowing tech trim leaning on polished classic cars on an empty rooftop parking deck, with a neon-lit Las Vegas skyline glowing in the distance at night.

Top Deck, Empty Lot, Full Skyline

Polished chrome, a cigarette, and the whole Strip lit up like it's putting on a show just for them.

Painterly NeoAmericana illustration of a man and woman in a spacecraft cockpit lit by soft instrument glow, gazing at a breathtaking curved view of Earth's oceans and clouds filling the cockpit window among scattered stars.

The View From Low Earth Orbit

Two people, a wall of instruments, and a window with the best view either of them will ever have.

Classical painterly illustration of Adam and Eve standing close together beneath the tree of knowledge, a serpent coiled through its branches, golden late-afternoon light and ripe red fruit overhead.

The Garden, Take One

Warm light, ripe fruit, a serpent that hasn't said anything yet.

Classical illustration of Adam and Eve in pale flowing robes holding a glowing red fruit between them at dusk, a large serpent wound through the dark tree above, in a cool moonlit forest clearing.

The Garden, Take Two

Cooler light, the fruit already glowing — this version skips ahead to the decision.

Classical illustration of Adam and Eve nearly forehead to forehead beneath a blossoming tree of knowledge with a serpent curled above them, soft daylight and wildflowers in a bright spring meadow.

The Garden, Take Three

Spring light, blossoms instead of dread — the same scene, played as tender rather than ominous.

Classical Romantic oil-painting illustration of Adam and Eve wearing simple leaf-and-vine garments, standing close beneath the tree of knowledge in cool moonlit dusk, both reaching together for a glowing red apple and sharing the bite, a serpent coiled in the dark branches above.

The Garden, Take Four

Take two's mood, less clothing, and the detail the earlier takes lost: two hands, one apple, the bite happening together.

Moody classical oil-painting illustration of Adam and Eve at the base of the tree of knowledge in a moonlit forest clearing, Eve modestly covered by her own flowing hair and leaves, Adam standing behind her in a leaf wrap, a serpent coiled at the roots.

The Garden, Take Five

Among the roots instead of under the branches — coverage handled by hair, leaves, and shadow rather than cloth.

Classical oil-painting illustration of Adam and Eve seated close together in a blossoming spring meadow, Eve wearing a flower crown and modestly draped in wildflowers and linen, Adam bare-chested with a flowering vine at the waist.

The Garden, Take Six

A flower crown, bare feet in the grass, and not much distance left between them.

NeoAmericana cyberpunk illustration of Adam and Eve wearing fitted leaf-pattern tech outfits with glowing circuit seams — a bikini top and wrap skirt on Eve, a loincloth wrap on Adam — sharing a glowing red apple beneath a tree with a circuit-patterned serpent coiled above.

The Garden, Take Seven

A high-tech take on "natural" — leaf-pattern bikini and loincloth wraps with glowing circuit seams, same tree, same fruit, same two hands.