Next Town Over is on a semi-hiatus due to my first kid and my eroded buffer. 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 square away motherhood and the first NTO collection (I’d be much obliged if you could help out with that, incidentally). This is it — I promise next week something will finally, sort of, happen in the story, too.
Black and Hunter will eventually return in Next Town Over Book 5: Wayward.
Well that’s some serious dedication to craft, at any rate. I thought he was going to sell his soul for something more Pygmalion-esque.
But, y’know, pens are good. Mmm, pens.
Nibble on the nibs. Is that what you mean by “pens are good. Mmm, pens.”?
Erin, I can see that the panel borders are a bit simpler with no flame outlines for Hunter and no gears winding their way along the edges and a monochrome color; but please don’t try to tell us that this is a lesser work! To me the story is the thing (marvelous) and the artwork superbly enhances the story. Thanks for something great.
Wow youre really asking for it arent you glassy?
that is an exceptionally bad deal.
heh ballpoint or fountain.
Took me a minute to figure out that the charm went into the fireplace and not out the window into a convenient pile of lumber.
Seriously though. Overreact much, glassy? What does this guy do when he’s out of toilet paper? Or bread?
Really enjoying this so far
Fox is right, this is just as good as NTO, just different
It’s good enough that it has to included in NTO Volume 2. (Volume 1 IS gonna make it.) I’m not sure where it should be but leaving Genevieve out would be just as wrong as everything her creator?/biographer/expositionist is doing. Oh, is there an actual story line that ‘the Author’ is writing.
Oh man, now he’s done it! he is DOOOOOOOMED!
This guy is too easy.
my soul, my soul, my soul for a cheeto
Looks like gods and devils don’t actually care it you believe in them after all.
The Author’s gonna be a histrionic riot when things go south. xD