The reason why I've gone silent suddenly, even though this is publishing season, is because my day job got strange one me. Well, that's finally resolved itself and I'm pretty much without a job.
This will not affect the online publication of future Vexations volumes. You can expect at least Volumes 13 and 14 this year. Perhaps two more on top of those, but they're not entirely ready and due to my sudden fiscal crisis, I don't quite have the time to prepare two more.
There are about five volumes left in the full arc, so we're almost at the very end.
Thanks for sticking around everyone, I will keep everything updated.
Guess what my peeps! Just as soon as I can get my cab -- or "chariot" as Gary calls it -- back from the garage I'm headed down to the printers to grab Volume 13 hot off the presses!
So, if you can find me or one of my benefactors on Mill Ave tonight there will be booklets to hand out.
The story of how all this started to go down is a sad one too. I've been stretched thin by work, a little bit of illness, and a bit of melancholy, but this has fortunately not gotten in the way of this print.
I may end up having only 2-3 new volumes this year due to these complications, and the arc looks like it has about 5 volumes left (including 13.) So keep an eye out.
Note, I still have more side stories to publish, specifically the Arsenal stories that might see the light of day in print form if people are interested, such as The Byzantium Outcast and The Holocaust Star but meanwhile I am pouring most of my energy into Black Hat Magick.
I am posting this because volumes are supposed to come out during the middle of the month (before the 15th) and I haven't gotten it printed today, which means it'll miss this weekend...
Although, it will be printed before the 15th, but that's not the point.
However! ... How-evar, this should point out that it will indeed be available and in print next weekend.
Oh yeah, and ... I just got the box of comics. There are a very limited number. I am selling them personally (signed) $5 a piece. If you want one, contact me by whatever means necessary. Telepathy, magick circle, computer wizardry (e-mail), telephone phreakery. Whatever.
Alright. So, I am still waiting on the internal graphics, but once I have them I should be able to take this to print. This is my preliminary work on the cover that I've been fiddling with.
MILL AVENUE VEXATIONS Volume 13: Whispers in the Darkness
We've got some discussions to be had about what to do with Darlene, whatever oddities are going down in Phoenix and Tempe proper. And possibly some soul searching. So, I've got Patrick and Vex on the cover.
The back cover is some awesome artwork by my friend Lemmy, who I am crediting above. Go check her stuff out.
Buckle your seat-belts, everyone! The winter printing season is underway and we're in the final arc.
And remember, "Sometimes, you just have to shut up and drive."
Everyone go give this wonderful person props and read the review entire over at Morbid Outlook. (Then come back and say, "Hi, I read it!")
Don’t get the wrong impression, now. Mill Avenue Vexations is a fun work of fiction set in Arizona. It revolves around Vex Harrow, a Goth cab driver who uses magick to help others, particularly those who foolishly messed around with some magick book they found and had the bad luck of finding an authentic text.
She goes on plenty of side quests, interacting with individuals including a love interest, but Vex’s roundabout plot orbit consistently brings her back to the case of a crooked elder sigil, a bunch of students who thought they were performing a ceremony to improve their grades, and the weird horrors they invited into the world.
Dylan Madeley from Morbid Outlook Magazine my hero.
Guess what my peeps! Just as soon as I can get my cab -- or "chariot" as Gary calls it -- back from the garage I'm headed down to the printers to grab Volume 13 hot off the presses!