Jared Pechaček

@vandroidhelsing

It's pronounced PECK-a-check. Artist, Crawford Award-winning writer, third thing now and then. He/him. Seattle. repped by Jennifer Azantian. Debut novel THE WEST PASSAGE out now from tordotcom!

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Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 26d

going super well

screenshot of chapter titles:
23. It's harmless
24. Now kill it

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 26d

not everything’s bad. there’s bunnies the size of new potatoes

Photo of a rabbit in a backyard. It’s very small. You could hold it in one hand even if you had small hands on

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 27d

sharing specifically because these tags on tumblr made my week

screenshot of tumblr tags:
"#reaction 1: wow art :0 #reaction 2: wow jared pechacek? :O"

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 27d

odyssey art from a few years ago

illustration of a brown ship with a red sail floating on bright blue water. the view is a high angle looking straight down, showing that the reflections on the water form a labyrinth. red text at the top reads “ODYSSEY • HOMER”

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 28d

little sister decided to call me this today

Screenshot of a text reading “Wench made of puzzle pieces that fit together but are from 7 different pinup fireman puzzles”

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 28d

wizard

Ballpoint pen sketch of a person in a gigantic mob cap with a huge bow, a shawl over her shoulders, and a ballooning skirt with a ruffle at the bottom. One of their hands hovers over a floating ball of glowing yarn, the other coaxes out the end of the yarn with a gesture. Their face is shadowed, with only goggles visible

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 29d

still going well

screenshot of a chapter title:
"21. Weird things chasing me"

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· 29d

how it feels to walk down the sidewalk in the same direction as a bunch of bees and sparrows

Still of Home One, Admiral Ackbar’s giant Rebel starcruiser from Return of the Jedi, surrounded by its smaller escorts

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 11

big boat report 7/11/26: VENATOR and GEORGIOS

Two cargo ships on a calm sea under a blue, partly cloudy sky

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 10

she’s been yelling at me to finish this the last five minutes

Photo of a small black cat sitting in a doorway like an angry avocado

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 10

Cover of the unfortunately fictitious magazine Vizier Monthly. Against a red background, a pale man in black sits schemingly, surrounded by headlines
-"they never knew what hit them" Myzithra the Cruel Tells All
-You On Top: The Fierce New Secret to Success
-10 Signs Your Spymaster Is In His Treachery Era (Number 9 Will Shock You!)
-schemes to drive your lord wild
-9 poisons so subtle even you won't know how they died

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 9

what urban fantasy did I wake up in this time

Photo of a sign tacked to a telephone pole saying WE BUY SOULS with a phone number and a company name (Rabi_Towing Inc)

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 8

a punishment

Ink sketch of a huge wheel, its inner face lined with spikes of differing sizes, upon which a person is treading, propelling the wheel forward. Around the outer face of the wheel are niches containing other people, who are sequentially forced against the ground and pulled back up into the air

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 8

Chernobyl voice:

Screenshot of a Facebook ad showing a young man with a douche, with a distended abdomen, and bare chested in (apparently) a hospital bed. Caption: “is this the cost of bottoming?”

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 8

is it toxic yuri or toxic yaoi

digital illustration of a very muscular teddy bear embracing a hideous bug-eyed monster covered in waving tentacles, who sighs in contentment "Oh, Teddy..."

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 7

has this been done

“Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point” but it’s Mrs Bennet

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 7

Spoke to my friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He's still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes ... about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 7

I can’t get this paragraph about havarti out of my head I need to understand how one person can have cheesemaking so distinctive that you can say “this isn’t based on hers”

Screenshot of text from the wiki article on havarti: “Some sources, such as The Oxford Companion to Cheese, say that Nielsen invented Havarti cheese, while the Dansk Biografisk Leksikon states that the current Havarti is not based on her cheesemaking.”

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 6

yes

Photo of a pig with a wand and busily flapping bug wings, floating along on a cloud of fairy dust

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 6

a punishment

Drawing of a naked old man’s body, metal plates bolted over his eyes, his body supported uncomfortably upon dozens of poles carried by mostly crawling people many times smaller than himself. Dangling weights chained to his body make him even heavier

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 5

the “birthday” of your “nation” does not impress Fuchsia

Photo of a small black cat sitting on a chair with a sullen expression

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 4

“can we talk, one 10 to another?” “I’m an 11, professor, but continue”

Harold Hill and Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn from the 1962 film of The Music Man

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 3

Helena Markos spotted arriving at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding

Helena Markos from the 2018 Suspiria, a withered old woman in sunglasses

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 3

migration

Digital illustration of people on a hillside under a sunny sky watching an immense six-winged angel pass overhead. In the distance are other angels

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 3

big boat report 7/3/26: VENATOR

Photo of a cargo ship under cloudy skies

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 2

they are wizards

A woman in extravagant eighteenth century dress, including a huge poofy wig with birds on it and a gown dripping with lace and bows, pointing one hand upward with spiky rays shooting from her finger. Her face is obscured except for dark glasses

A short person in a very tall wizard hat (with a large aggressive bow) and a voluminous but tight-sleeved coat, holding their little hands together at chest height to produce a little puff of energy. Their face is obscured except for dark glasses

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 2

my plans for the fourth

Drawing of a Bronze Age ivory lid from Megiddo, depicting dozens of people arranged in rows with their arms in the air as if exulting. Some wear horned headdresses, others have two animalian heads, some are sphinxes, some are just plain human. Also a naked lady is there. Two at the top carry leafy branches. Two winged rosettes form the top row; four bovines form the bottom row. Scattered throughout are small rosettes.

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 1

people have asked me to put up more art at my desk

Comic wherein Tony the Tiger sits in a jacuzzi, arms propped on the sides, saying “more bubbles.” In the next panel, bubbles appear. The next panel zooms out to reveal Tony is in fact soaking in the Kool-Aid Man, who sits legs splayed with an ahegao expression, straining to produce the bubbles. “Ahhhh,” says Tony, relaxing. “That’s grrreat”

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jul 1

I THOUGHT THE SEAL WAS HOLDING A GUN

Photo of a banner on a lamppost showing a seal and a seagull in a vector art style. Both are holding transit passes but the seal’s is against a dark background and held so that at first glance, the position of its flipper and the highlights on the dark card could look like a tiny pistol

Jared Pechaček@vandroidhelsing· Jun 29

in conversation with @jedediahberry.bsky.social THIS WEEK 7/2 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park! come ask him lots of questions about wizards, towers, etc