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DEPROG #4 out now!

DEPROG #4 out now!

Captured by the Adaptogentic desert cult and facing the very interdimensional bathtub ritual that killed her family, Tate once again finds herself alone against the manipulations of a charismatic leader. In this special extended finale, will Tate be able to use her deprog skills to overcome trauma and stop the latest sacrifice before it’s too late?

DEPROG #4 (OF 4) 
Written by Tina Horn
Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Colored by Gab Contreras
Cover by DaNi

Use the DIAMOND ID APR241414 to order your copy today and reserve the series from your local comic book shop.

About the creators:

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! will be out in 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival which she also co-edited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Lisa Sterle is the illustrator-creator of the iconic, bestselling Modern Witch Tarot deck, which has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Italia and Cosmopolitan. She is also the co-creator and artist of the  comics Witchblood, Squad, Long Lost, and Submerged. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, DC, IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios, and many others.

Gab Contreras is a comic book colorist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Lima, Peru. Her last works as a colorist include WITCHBLOOD (Vault Comics), DIRTBAG RAPTURE (ONI Press), TRVE KVLT (IDW), THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET (Image Comics), and MEZO: BATTLE AT COBÁN ROCK (AWBW). She has also worked on anthologies such as HELP: THE HERO INITIATIVE ANTHOLOGY, 2000 AD SCI-FI SPECIAL 2018, DEAD BEATS, ALL WE EVER WANTED, MAYBE SOMEDAY, EMBODIED, EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – 40×40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

DaNi was born in Athens, Greece in 1992 and studied sculpture in Athens School of Fine Arts. She began to produce a self-published series called Tales from the Strips that won the Reader’s Choice Award at the Greek Comics Awards in 2015, before working on some 2000 AD strips including Fiends of the Eastern Front and Judge Anderson and on Rebellion’s Scream! & Misty and Tammy & Jinty specials. Soon she was on the radar of the US industry, picking up work from IDW on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. More recently she has worked on the DC VERTIGO titles Sandman-The Dreaming, and is the co-creator of The Low, Low Woods for DC HILL HOUSE COMICS and Image comics series Coffin Bound.

DEPROG #3 out now!

DEPROG #3 out now!

With Les going undercover in the Adaptogentic desert bathhouse, Tate and Vera are staked out in a sleazy motel. As Les attempts to resist seductive hippie girls, Vera finally learns the backstory of Tate’s cult upbringing, which is weirder than anyone could have possibly imagined.

DEPROG #3 (OF 4) 
Written by Tina Horn
Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Colored by Gab Contreras
Cover by DaNi

Use the DIAMOND ID MAR241515 to order your copy today and reserve the series from your local comic book shop.

About the creators:

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! will be out in 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival which she also co-edited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Lisa Sterle is the illustrator-creator of the iconic, bestselling Modern Witch Tarot deck, which has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Italia and Cosmopolitan. She is also the co-creator and artist of the  comics Witchblood, Squad, Long Lost, and Submerged. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, DC, IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios, and many others.

Gab Contreras is a comic book colorist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Lima, Peru. Her last works as a colorist include WITCHBLOOD (Vault Comics), DIRTBAG RAPTURE (ONI Press), TRVE KVLT (IDW), THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET (Image Comics), and MEZO: BATTLE AT COBÁN ROCK (AWBW). She has also worked on anthologies such as HELP: THE HERO INITIATIVE ANTHOLOGY, 2000 AD SCI-FI SPECIAL 2018, DEAD BEATS, ALL WE EVER WANTED, MAYBE SOMEDAY, EMBODIED, EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – 40×40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

DaNi was born in Athens, Greece in 1992 and studied sculpture in Athens School of Fine Arts. She began to produce a self-published series called Tales from the Strips that won the Reader’s Choice Award at the Greek Comics Awards in 2015, before working on some 2000 AD strips including Fiends of the Eastern Front and Judge Anderson and on Rebellion’s Scream! & Misty and Tammy & Jinty specials. Soon she was on the radar of the US industry, picking up work from IDW on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. More recently she has worked on the DC VERTIGO titles Sandman-The Dreaming, and is the co-creator of The Low, Low Woods for DC HILL HOUSE COMICS and Image comics series Coffin Bound.

DEPROG #2 out now!

DEPROG #2 out now!

The hunt for Vera’s brother leads detective Tate on a desert road trip with her apprentice Les, where they are stalked by a figure with a mysterious tattoo. As Tate and Vera fall more in lust, they narrow in on their target: the abusive cult from Tate’s past.

DEPROG #2 (OF 4) 
Written by Tina Horn
Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Colored by Gab Contreras
Cover by DaNi

Use the DIAMOND ID FEB241353 to order your copy today and reserve the series from your local comic book shop.

About the creators:

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! will be out in 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival which she also co-edited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Lisa Sterle is the illustrator-creator of the iconic, bestselling Modern Witch Tarot deck, which has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Italia and Cosmopolitan. She is also the co-creator and artist of the  comics Witchblood, Squad, Long Lost, and Submerged. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, DC, IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios, and many others.

Gab Contreras is a comic book colorist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Lima, Peru. Her last works as a colorist include WITCHBLOOD (Vault Comics), DIRTBAG RAPTURE (ONI Press), TRVE KVLT (IDW), THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET (Image Comics), and MEZO: BATTLE AT COBÁN ROCK (AWBW). She has also worked on anthologies such as HELP: THE HERO INITIATIVE ANTHOLOGY, 2000 AD SCI-FI SPECIAL 2018, DEAD BEATS, ALL WE EVER WANTED, MAYBE SOMEDAY, EMBODIED, EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – 40×40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

DaNi was born in Athens, Greece in 1992 and studied sculpture in Athens School of Fine Arts. She began to produce a self-published series called Tales from the Strips that won the Reader’s Choice Award at the Greek Comics Awards in 2015, before working on some 2000 AD strips including Fiends of the Eastern Front and Judge Anderson and on Rebellion’s Scream! & Misty and Tammy & Jinty specials. Soon she was on the radar of the US industry, picking up work from IDW on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. More recently she has worked on the DC VERTIGO titles Sandman-The Dreaming, and is the co-creator of The Low, Low Woods for DC HILL HOUSE COMICS and Image comics series Coffin Bound.

DEPROG #1 out now!

DEPROG #1 out now!

Meet Tate Debs, a hardboiled hard drinking leather loving dyke detective with an office in the back of Los Angeles’s last video store. When a femme who may just be fatale hires Tate to infiltrate a mystical group that sounds suspiciously like the cult Tate escaped years ago, she must decide if Vera’s charms are worth being re-traumatized. Deprog is a new crime thriller from Tina Horn (SfSx) and Lisa Sterle (Witchblood) that’s John Constantine meets Jessica Jones with a kinky Midsommar twist.

DEPROG #1 (OF 4) 
Written by Tina Horn
Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Colored by Gab Contreras
Cover by DaNi

Use the DIAMOND ID JAN241553 to order your copy today and reserve the series from your local comic book shop.

About the creators:

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! will be out in 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival which she also co-edited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Lisa Sterle is the illustrator-creator of the iconic, bestselling Modern Witch Tarot deck, which has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Italia and Cosmopolitan. She is also the co-creator and artist of the  comics Witchblood, Squad, Long Lost, and Submerged. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, DC, IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios, and many others. 

Gab Contreras is a comic book colorist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Lima, Peru. Her last works as a colorist include WITCHBLOOD (Vault Comics), DIRTBAG RAPTURE (ONI Press), TRVE KVLT (IDW), THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET (Image Comics), and MEZO: BATTLE AT COBÁN ROCK (AWBW). She has also worked on anthologies such as HELP: THE HERO INITIATIVE ANTHOLOGY, 2000 AD SCI-FI SPECIAL 2018, DEAD BEATS, ALL WE EVER WANTED, MAYBE SOMEDAY, EMBODIED, EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – 40×40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

DaNi was born in Athens, Greece in 1992 and studied sculpture in Athens School of Fine Arts. She began to produce a self-published series called Tales from the Strips that won the Reader’s Choice Award at the Greek Comics Awards in 2015, before working on some 2000 AD strips including Fiends of the Eastern Front and Judge Anderson and on Rebellion’s Scream! & Misty and Tammy & Jinty specials. Soon she was on the radar of the US industry, picking up work from IDW on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. More recently she has worked on the DC VERTIGO titles Sandman-The Dreaming, and is the co-creator of The Low, Low Woods for DC HILL HOUSE COMICS and Image comics series Coffin Bound.

Open Call: Cold Anthology (Title TBD) with Death’s Head Press

COLD CALL

 

Open Call: Cold Anthology (Title TBD) with Death’s Head Press

Anticipated Release: January 2025

Death’s Head Press is putting together an anthology of cold/winter horror short stories.

Winter is a setting that lends itself to various horror tales, from survival tales to hauntings to slashers with buckets of blood in the snow. Humans long ago mastered survival in the cold, but what happens when one of the necessities (heat, shelter, food) is taken away? What if that lovely cabin in the woods comes with a helping of the supernatural or otherworldly? The stories can and should cover the wide spectrum of coldness. We aim to explore the what if of the cold.

The specifics:

  • Original stories not previously published.
  • Word count per story: 2,500 – 10,000 words
  • Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2024
  • Pay is $0.04 per word
  • Accepted parties will be notified by April 30, 2024
  • Submit stories to submissions@deadskypublishing.com
    • Subject line: Death’s Head Press Cold Anthology Submission (plus story title/author name)
    • Word Document formatted with 1” margins, 12pt font, and 1.5-double spacing

CRUEL ANGELS PAST SUNDOWN audiobook out now

CRUEL ANGELS PAST SUNDOWN is now available in audiobook! Written by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper (A Light Most Hateful, Queen of Teeth) and narrated by Jenn Lee (Queen of Teeth, White Trash & Recycled Nightmares).

New Mexico Territory, 1882: She comes to the Klein ranch at sunset, a strange naked pregnant woman dragging a cavalry saber. Annette Klein and her husband have built peace between their marriage and secret relations beyond, but their serenity dies in bloodshed tonight through a cannibalistic demon and a mad preacher. Annette barely escapes the bloodbath to the nearby town of Low’s Bend, where she might find safety with a shotgun-toting barkeep, two no-nonsense boarding room ladies, and the gunslinging bounty hunter who’s captured Annette’s heart. But hell is at her heels. If she’s going to survive until dawn, she’ll have to forget everything she knows about peace and mercy, and face a hollow malevolence more ancient and ruthless than she’s ever imagined.

Cruel Angels Past Sundown audio cover

Written by Hailey Piper, Narrated by Jenn Lee, Cover by Justin T. Coons

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