Nyssa: A Dark Modern Fairy Tale

by James Curcio, Alexey Andreev (Illustrations), S. Jenx (Photographs)

"Beautiful!" -David Mack (Kabuki, Daredevil.)A dark, modern fairy tale, and a haunting view of Nyssa, mother-to-be of Dionysus. This tale is told through the eyes of a lonely video store clerk, and this interlude hints at what is to come in the ongoing Fallen Cycle.( also appears in the limited edition Words of 7 Lives In Transition.)

28 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2013

About the author

James Curcio is a transmedia artist and writer best known for exploring the intersections of myth, philosophy, and media. Among extensive art and media credits, he is the author of Join My Cult! , Party at the World's End, a mythpunk take on The Bacchae in an age of anonymity and rock stars, and the non-fiction, Narrative Machines: Modern Myth, Revolution & Propaganda.

Current projects include Tales From When I Had A Face, an illustrated existential fairy-tale, and BLACKOUT, a dark Futurist-Lovecraftian webcomic. Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice, an interdisciplinary anthology begun shortly after Bowie's death, was published by Intellect Books in January 2020. He is the editor of ModernMythology.net.