First published 2021
A woman browses an antique shop and picks up a weathered comic book with yellowed pages. The moment she begins reading, the comic's world forms around her. She finds herself living alongside characters from a different time period, experiencing their lives as her own reality. Each page she turns pulls her further into this alternate world. A mystery unfolds across different eras, defying normal rules of time and space. Romance mixes with peril as she navigates her new existence. The written word gains the ability to reshape what is real. She must navigate a reality where reading and living inside the story become the same thing. Her adventure reveals how stories and artistic expression connect to the heart of what makes us human.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, mystery, fantasy, graphic-novels, magical-realism
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, reality-warping, time-travel
Period: Bygone Era
108 pages · Paperback · Independently published