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Yesterday, I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime meal. I won’t say too much about it here, but I will say this: one course was accompanied by a crab broth made by boiling the shells of the crabs that were used in a previous course. There was lemongrass, coconut oil, and galangal in the broth. It was the richest, truest flavor I’ve ever experienced. 

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Welcome to Idylhaven!

The trade paperback of my White Widow run is out now! It was such an extreme pleasure to work with Alessandro Miracolo and the whole White Widow team to bring Yelena to life. Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell the targets you're instructed to assassinate by the shadowy organization that trained you to kill! You can pick up Welcome to Idylhaven at your local comic shop or wherever you get your comics!

Currently Reading: Redwall by Brian Jacques

Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well…until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming—Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage horde—Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice—a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back…and become a legend himself.

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Featured New Release: Bright Objects by Ruby Todd

Sylvia Knight is losing hope that the person who killed her husband will ever face justice. Since the night of the hit-and-run, her world has been shrouded in hazy darkness—until she meets Theo St. John, the discoverer of a rare comet soon to be visible to the naked eye.

As the comet begins to brighten, Sylvia wonders what the apparition might signify. She is soon drawn into the orbit of local mystic Joseph Evans, who believes the comet’s arrival is nothing short of a divine message. Finding herself caught between two conflicting perspectives of this celestial phenomenon, she struggles to define for herself where the reality lies. As the comet grows in the sky, her town slowly descends further and further into a fervor over its impending apex, and Sylvia’s quest to uncover her husband’s killer will push her and those around her to the furthest reaches of their very lives. 

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—Gailey