Next Town Over

Wayward Page 5

Erin — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Wayward Page 4

Erin — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Wayward Page 3

Erin — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Volume 1 Pre-orders

Erin — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:54:09 +0000

While I haven’t had time to work out a new, catch-all General Store of my own with all this kid and Kickstarter business, I did lash together a stopgap solution for Volume 1 preorders. Both the softcover and the incredibly sweet limited edition hardcover, with its cloth binding and foil-stamped slipcover, can now be prepurchased in NTO’s Big Cartel store.

Another huge thanks to the Kickstarter backers that bankrolled printing the books!

Wayward Page 2

Erin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Wayward Page 1

Erin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Genevieve Page 24

Erin — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Next Town Over was on a semi-hiatus due to my first kid, my eroded buffer, and the first NTO collection (thanks for your unbelievable support!) I didn’t want to leave the place sit idle during the indeterminate span, though, so I asked you what you wanted to see in the interim, and you overwhelmingly voted for a visually simpler short story I could keep up with updating while I try to square it all away. This has been it.

Farewell, Genevieve, for now anyway!

Next Town Over resumes next week, April 20th, with Book 5: Wayward. Here’s hoping I can keep up!

Genevieve’s Temptation: Excerpts

Erin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:11:29 +0000

A few readers have said they wish they could actually read the story the Author is working on in Genevieve. It’d be super fun to write the whole Genevieve series, but having that kind of time is a distant fantasy — not to mention I’m not sure I could maintain the melodramatic 19th century pulp style I imagine the Author writes in.

In addition to the little descriptive paragraph that appears in the last two pages of the comic, though, I did write two more extremely short passages. The first appears in the almost-legible shots of text in the comic’s first few pages:

“Stranger I may be, woman, but if you value your life, open this door!” But the villain’s voice remained jagged as rusting iron. Hearing the lock turn over, he chuckled at his own clever success — until the door opened and the long, slim, glinting blade of a silver cutlass was thrust through the aperture with Genevieve behind it. Narrowly it slid past him as he danced out of the way.

“You are devilish independent and no mistake!” exclaimed the vampyr. “Still with a wolf on your scent would you spurn my protection?”

“It is hard, choosing ‘twixt the bite of a wolf and a serpent.” She tossed her raven tresses defiantly, renewing her grip on the blade. “I am yet mulling it over.”

The second appears when the Author, already in ghoulish receipt of his three gifts, runs out of paper once again:

“In a nutshell,” said Genevieve, “Reilly, Donner and the Duchess are all members of a gang of illicit blooddrinkers! They prey on youths right here in Red Fork, shipping the poor unfortunate souls abroad in casks, disguised!”

“So it would appear,” harrumphed the Sheriff. “They may have been the very crooks we have been hunting even as we investigated the murder of Tawny O’Neil!”

“The Duchess has proven herself a liar, and she most likely lied about being in the hansome cab with Donnor when he was killed.”

“Yes. We’ve evidence to that effect, most assuredly.”

An idea dawned on Genevieve’s porcelain features. She then remarked, in an eager tone: “Wait for me here, Randall: I’m off to test a theory!”

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Erin — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Next Town Over is on a semi-hiatus due to my first kid, my eroded buffer, and the first NTO collection (thanks for your unbelievable support!) I didn’t want to leave the place sit idle during this indeterminate span, though, so I asked you what you wanted to see in the interim, and you overwhelmingly voted for a visually simpler short story I could keep up with updating while I try to square it all away.

Black and Hunter will return in Next Town Over Book 5: Wayward, on April 20th.

Genevieve Page 22

Erin — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Black and Hunter will return in Next Town Over Book 5: Wayward, on April 20th.