Hey everyone!

I know I let it pass a long time before sending another one of these newsletters, but I’ve been dealing with some things related to the new comic book and the respective crowdfunding.

Which brings me to this!

We’ve reached the objective for the crowdfunding campaign! It was a lot of emotion, and I had to wait to see if I wasn’t dreaming (I got the email around 3:30 am and was half asleep when I read it…).

There are still two weeks to go, so if you are interested in joining the campaign, now without any risks, go for it. You can find the campaign page here.

And I just recall that I never got to show you the covers for the project, shame on me! I hope you can forgive me for this misstep…

This is the regular black and white cover, which will be the comic's main cover. It will be the one that we will have available for the most part. Even though it’s the “regular” one, it will be special in its way, being a wraparound cover. If you look carefully, you can see that Damian wove a tapestry with elements from the three stories in the book.

This colored cover is the crowdfunding campaign's exclusive cover. I’ll be honest, I’ll try not to sell this one outside of the crowdfunding, but due to printing costs, I might have some extras that I might make available at some fairs or events. I let Damian decide what he wanted to do in most of the artwork he did, but this one was the one he let go a bit more, even if, in truth, I can see a lot of one of the stories in this cover.

And finally, Damian’s poster for one of the reward tiers of the campaign. This is the first time I’m showing it to people outside of a small circle of friends. I really like the composition of this piece, and Damian truly outdid himself.

I’m still working on one or two things I would like to include in the campaign, a kind of addon rewards, but all of that will depend on time and money availability, unfortunately…

I’ve been writing very little, unfortunately. Most of the writing I did in these last few weeks was for a workshop I started like two weeks ago…

But writing these small bits for the workshop is helping me with some ideas I wanted to work on, and also made me pick up a book of horror prompts that I’ve been keeping on the shelf.

Apart from that and with the comic anthology done, I’m working on adapting an older short story into a comic script format. After that, I just need an artist to do it!

My book reading is a bit stalled due to the manga reading (see below). But I read “Jackknife”, a short story by Joe Hill, and it was a cool one, about a man who loses everything and tries to take some control but ends up even worse than he started. As I said, it’s a cool one, with some good elements, but decidedly not one of Hill’s best works in my opinion. I just ended the story wanting to know more, and if he ever revisits it, I’ll be sure to be there to read it, as there are a lot of things to be discovered in this one.

This short story is part of Amazon Originals and a series of five short stories by various authors called The Shivers. Next up, I’ll pick up “Night and Day in Misery” by Catriona Ward.

I’ve finished all the published Berserk volumes (except for the last one that came out) and decided to start another manga. This time, I picked up Claymore, which is about a group of half-human, half-demon warriors who hunt demons. They are all women, as men don’t seem to survive the process that transforms them into the killing machines that they are. I read three volumes, and I’m really enjoying it.

The Pitt is finished for its first season, and I must say that if this series doesn’t sweep all the awards, there’s something really wrong with the world.

It has been a long time since a series got me so involved and caring so much about what is happening. I researched procedures and medical jargon so I could be in the loop during the hour-long episode. I discussed what had transpired and what was going to happen next with the only person I knew who was also watching it.

It’s a medical procedural series, yes. But it’s more than that. It’s about people, humanity, fragility, and strength. It’s about the cost of life and what it costs to be alive.

The series direction, the acting, the music, and the writing. All is perfect. Noah Wyle proves all he can do as an actor, and with him as Dr. Roby, you can’t help but laugh and suffer with him, cry and despair when he does, but most of you can’t stop believing in him and putting your faith and yourself in his hands.

I wish I could see this again for the very first time.

The anthology being almost out and in my hands is the only thing I can think about, if I can be honest. So please just bear with it for a little bit more, ok?

And this is it for now!

Just let me know how you’ve been doing and what you think of everything I told you!

I’ll be back soon, and I promise it won’t take as long as this one did.

Until then, let the ink of nightmares flow.

M.

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