Lungflower

by Brian Martinez

An emotional, one-of-a-kind horror experience from the mind of Brian Martinez, beautifully visualized with artificial intelligence.

Ever since Victor’s fiancé left him he’s lived in a big, empty, decaying house all by himself. Work, home, work, home. Nothing matters anymore, life has lost all meaning. When he develops an unusual cough, he doesn’t even bother going to the doctor, figuring his suffering might end sooner.

But one day, just when he’s had enough of this life, he coughs something up. Something … alive.

An oddly beautiful story about monsters and the people that care for them, Lungflower is the first graphic novel written and visualized by author Brian Martinez, utilizing for the first time the strange, wonderful technology of MidJourney's artificial intelligence. You've never seen anything like this.

Genres: Graphic Novels

71 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 15, 2022

About the author

Brian Martinez is a science fiction and horror writer. He studied Film at Long Island University, and has been known to watch a John Carpenter flick on repeat until people grow concerned. He lives in New York with his wife Natalia and their pack of dogs.

Martinez is known for numerous apocalyptic works, including A Chemical Fire, The Mountain and The City, and the Bleeders series. He also writes and produces The Vessel, a Space Horror podcast on all major platforms. You can find him on Substack for exclusive stories and serials. https://bloodstreamcity.substack.com/

Reviews

[Gwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird

[James Lenstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know exactly why I am so fascinated with art generated by Artificial Intelligence. It might be because it analyzes several aspects of society and seems to understand them, while at the same time it misses part of what they mean, or the way it mixes everything you feed to it as if it were a fever dream or bizarre nightmare (which are my favourite type of dreams). This short graphic novel perfectly encapsulates all of that. It has a haunting storyline that is perfectly accompanied by dark, offputting and even grotesque art. The way the characters and objects aren't always consistent also matches the story, which is surrealistic and builds up in a disorganized yet mesmerising way. Will be checking more stories done this way, because even if it poses a moral dilemma, it also delivers images and art (yes, art) that depicts the darkest facets of humanity.