After botching his first solo assignment, Valerian Frey is determined to prove he’s worthy of becoming a valkyrie. But his mission seems cursed from the moment Vespasien Kuromori sets foot in Corbeauvale. The new boy is infuriatingly charming, dangerously perceptive, and worst of all—he looks an awful lot like the raven-haired guy from Valerian’s cryptic visions. A guy he fears might be destined to be his soulmate.
But when the dark specter responsible for snuffing out his mortal life resurfaces in Corbeauvale, will Valerian be forced to choose between love, family, and everything he’s worked for? And when Norns are involved, do you even really have a choice?
Norse mythology and high school dance teams collide in this queer small-town romance.
Intended for readers age 16+
Neurodivergent storyteller Kat Vancil crafts stories about boys who kiss boys. Some take place on spacecraft racing through a sea of distant stars. Others take place in lush urban sprawls rich with the spices of a thousand far-off places that exist only in her mind. While still others take place in the halls of a coastal city high school that is and isn’t like any other in America. Over the last 12 years she’s done work for Amazon and Writer’s Digest, had her work sold in bookstores across the English-speaking world, and won an Ippy award for excellence in independent publishing.
Aleric is an Adventure Architect who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been making art, for probably centuries, honing his craft to help others grow their creativity and storytelling skills, and most importantly—have fun. As you traverse his works you’ll quickly notice that Aleric’s deep love of gothic horror and the macabre tends to seep its way into his creative projects, from the subtlest of details to nightmarish hellscapes. He’s most well known for his RPG coloring book, A is for Adventure, which features classic D&D monsters pwning adventures as well as expertly crafted maps, and adventure starting elements.