The Hidden Suits

A series of illustrations based on the 'hidden suits' found in the 2015 China Mieville short story 'The Dowager of Bees'. The story explores the discovery of strange cards found in regular packs that seem to appear and disappear as much as the secretive consequences that accompany their use.

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The Ace of Ivy

"Why does the Ace of Ivy grow on bones?"

The Detective of Scissors

“What bird is it flying above the Detective of Scissors?”

The Dowager of Bees

"An image of an elderly woman done in black ad yellow. She wore a fur coat, held a clutch, and a cigarette in a long holder. There were insects on her stole and by her face."

The 8 of Chains

“The design was of two rows of four links of metal picked out in white. She swallowed. She said, ‘Eight of Chains’”

The 4 of Chimneys

“We’d been playing a red-backed Bicycle deck when I got dealt the Four of Chimneys.”

The 9 of Teeth

‘“I only saw one other,” Belinda told me once, carefully. “The Nine of Teeth. But just for an instant.”’