Johnny Decker Miller

Residing in Chicago with his wife and two children, Johnny Decker Miller is a writer, illustrator, and painter who draws inspiration for his work from folklore, comparative religion, iconography, magic and witchcraft. His written work has been featured in the journal WYRD from Three Hands Press and the anthology PILLARS: The Scalding of Sapientia from Anathema Publishing. As a visual artist, his work has appeared in CLAVIS: Occult Arts, Letters and Experience and the forthcoming book WITCH-IKON: Witchcraft in Art and Artifact. He has exhibited widely, creating public artworks for the Lollapalooza music festival and contributing to the set design of television shows such as The Exorcist.

Publications

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Saints of Magic (Forthcoming)
Three Hands Press, Daniel A. Schulke, Johnny Decker Miller, Saints of Magic, Forthcoming
Saints of Magic (Forthcoming)
Three Hands Press, Daniel A. Schulke, Johnny Decker Miller, Saints of Magic, Forthcoming

Throughout history, certain individuals held renown for their power over the spirits, the forces of Nature, and their supernatural powers, through the practice of the arts of magic.

Three Hands Press, Daniel A. Schulke, Johnny Decker Miller, Saints of Magic, Forthcoming
Anathema Maranatha
Three Hands Press, Martin Duffy, Anathema Maranatha, Johnny Decker Miller
Anathema Maranatha
Three Hands Press, Martin Duffy, Anathema Maranatha, Johnny Decker Miller

Far from being a religion defined by rituals of peace, and love and salvation, Christianity has a dark side which historically embraced the imprecatory arts—rituals of cursing and malediction.

Three Hands Press, Martin Duffy, Anathema Maranatha, Johnny Decker Miller
Dark Magic
Three Hands Press, Johnny Decker Miller, Dark Magic, Law of Contagion, H.P. Lovecraft
Dark Magic
Three Hands Press, Johnny Decker Miller, Dark Magic, Law of Contagion, H.P. Lovecraft

The writings of the celebrated American author of weird fiction H. P. Lovecraft are known for their groundbreaking innovation, particularly their treatment of ‘the other’ or otherness, incepting a palpable state of alienation in the reader.

Three Hands Press, Johnny Decker Miller, Dark Magic, Law of Contagion, H.P. Lovecraft
The Language of the Birds
Three Hands Press, Dale Pendell, The Language of the Birds, Divination, Johnny Decker Miller
The Language of the Birds
Three Hands Press, Dale Pendell, The Language of the Birds, Divination, Johnny Decker Miller

Chance, the great beloved of gamblers, lovers, generals and kings, has long held sway over mortal affairs. Whether assuming the form of the goddess Fortuna and her ever-turning Wheel, or the abstract mathematic of ‘randomness’ Her favor is universally sought, and Her displeasure feared.

Three Hands Press, Dale Pendell, The Language of the Birds, Divination, Johnny Decker Miller

Periodicals

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Fiddler’s Green: Volume 2 Number 4 - Idyl Hearts
Fiddler's Green, Alice Cao, Moritz Krebs, Bill Crisafi, Johnny Decker Miller, Aiden Yetman-Michaelson, Sigurd Peterson, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Kristopher Martin, Clint Marsh, Levannah Morgan, Neil Martinson, Laren Stover, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Josh Maybrook
Fiddler’s Green: Volume 2 Number 4 - Idyl Hearts
Fiddler's Green, Alice Cao, Moritz Krebs, Bill Crisafi, Johnny Decker Miller, Aiden Yetman-Michaelson, Sigurd Peterson, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Kristopher Martin, Clint Marsh, Levannah Morgan, Neil Martinson, Laren Stover, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Josh Maybrook

Our eighth issue, also known as “Idyl Hearts,” published November 2021. Fiddler’s Green 8 features copper titling, a cover drawn by Sigurd Persson, and 56 pages of art and magic.

Fiddler's Green, Alice Cao, Moritz Krebs, Bill Crisafi, Johnny Decker Miller, Aiden Yetman-Michaelson, Sigurd Peterson, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Kristopher Martin, Clint Marsh, Levannah Morgan, Neil Martinson, Laren Stover, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Josh Maybrook
Fiddler’s Green: Volume 2 Number 2 Woodcutter’s Moon
Fiddler's Green, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Karima Cammell, Adrienne Rozzi, David D'Andrea, Gerhard, Clint Marsh, Lara C. Cory, Johnny Decker Miller, Muz Murray, Nataša Ilinčić, Eldred Wormwood, Sean Fitzgerald, Kelly Patton, F.J. Bergmann, Alan Cynic
Fiddler’s Green: Volume 2 Number 2 Woodcutter’s Moon
Fiddler's Green, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Karima Cammell, Adrienne Rozzi, David D'Andrea, Gerhard, Clint Marsh, Lara C. Cory, Johnny Decker Miller, Muz Murray, Nataša Ilinčić, Eldred Wormwood, Sean Fitzgerald, Kelly Patton, F.J. Bergmann, Alan Cynic

Sixth issue, “Woodcutter’s Moon,” published 2 February 2019, with copper titling, a cover drawn by Matthew Glover of Sin Eater Illustration, and 52 pages of art and magic

Fiddler's Green, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Karima Cammell, Adrienne Rozzi, David D'Andrea, Gerhard, Clint Marsh, Lara C. Cory, Johnny Decker Miller, Muz Murray, Nataša Ilinčić, Eldred Wormwood, Sean Fitzgerald, Kelly Patton, F.J. Bergmann, Alan Cynic
Clavis: Volume 4 - The Green Key
Clavis, Marzena Ablewska-Lech, Tom Allen, Audrey Benjaminsen, Corinne Boyer, MArlene Seven Bremner, Santiago Caruso, Robert Steven Connett, Frederik Eytzinger, John Kleckner, Darius Klein, Andrzej Masianis, Janelle McKain, Johnny Decker Miller, Lee Morgan, Dale Pendell, Liv Rainey-Smith, Radomir Ristic, Catamara Rosarium, Harold Roth, Joseph Uccello, Madeline von Foerster
Clavis: Volume 4 - The Green Key
Clavis, Marzena Ablewska-Lech, Tom Allen, Audrey Benjaminsen, Corinne Boyer, MArlene Seven Bremner, Santiago Caruso, Robert Steven Connett, Frederik Eytzinger, John Kleckner, Darius Klein, Andrzej Masianis, Janelle McKain, Johnny Decker Miller, Lee Morgan, Dale Pendell, Liv Rainey-Smith, Radomir Ristic, Catamara Rosarium, Harold Roth, Joseph Uccello, Madeline von Foerster

The Green Key is the central arcanum of Clavis Volume 4, contemplating the intersection of the plant world with the occult arts, and is 112 pages.

Clavis, Marzena Ablewska-Lech, Tom Allen, Audrey Benjaminsen, Corinne Boyer, MArlene Seven Bremner, Santiago Caruso, Robert Steven Connett, Frederik Eytzinger, John Kleckner, Darius Klein, Andrzej Masianis, Janelle McKain, Johnny Decker Miller, Lee Morgan, Dale Pendell, Liv Rainey-Smith, Radomir Ristic, Catamara Rosarium, Harold Roth, Joseph Uccello, Madeline von Foerster

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