brian
eskridge
Brian J. Eskridge is an artist, author, entrepreneur, and inventor whose diverse career informs his compelling storytelling. He wrote the 2013 science-fiction crime drama Razing Shadows and is developing new creative works like Raven’s Rhymes Reborn: Nursery Rhymes and Fables for the Emotionally Detached merging imagination with very unusual insights. With over 30 years in digital art and design, Eskridge has founded multiple businesses and earned recognition as a graphic artist and illustrator. A disabled U.S. Army Special Operations veteran and long-time Oregon law-enforcement officer, Brian lives on the Oregon Coast with his wife, two children, and loyal German Shepherd, Jaeger."
books
Raven's Rhymes Reborn
Coming fall 2026
Raven’s Rhymes Reborn: Nursery Rhymes and Fables for the Emotionally Detached, is a savagely satirical and psychologically rich examination of classic nursery rhymes, retold for the inquisitive and unflinchingly curious mind.
It’s a must read for all cynical adults who always suspected there was more to the rhyme than meets the ear. Each chapter conducts a literary autopsy of a well-known rhyme—first through a critical and humorous breakdown of its origins, meanings, and the truths it tries to bury. Then, in “Raven’s Re-Writes,” our author offers a bold, illustrated, modern retelling—unfiltered, unsentimental, and surgically honest.
Raven's Rhymes Reborn combines cultural analysis, dark humor, and a hint of irreverent parenting insight in a format that is as entertaining as it is enlightening.