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Read an excerpt from Paul Cornell’s upcoming Tor.com Publishing novella, Witches of Lychford.

The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. A supermarket wants to build a major branch on their border. Some welcome the employment opportunities, while some object to the modernization of the local environment.

Judith Mawson (local crank) knows the truth—that Lychford lies on the boundary between two worlds, and that the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond imagination. But if she is to have her voice heard, she’s going to need the assistance of some unlikely allies…

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This July sees the release of Island #1, a new and much anticipated monthly comics anthology project helmed by Brandon Graham and Emma Ríos. But Island will be a different kind of #1, containing 100-plus pages of comics, prose essays, concept designs, art and illustration spreads, and more. Graham and Ríos have created a comics project that will be home to the unfettered imaginations and whims of an array of international artists and writers, including Michael DeForge, Marian Churchland, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kate Craig, Ludroe, Simon Roy, E.K. Weaver, Farel Dalrymple, José Domingo, Fil Barlow, Gael Bertrand, Lando, Amy Clare, Lin Visel, Onta, Malachi Ward, Matt Sheean, Will Kirkby, and others.

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An exclusive look at the first Island anthology, on AV Club.

I’ve written a prose piece for Island #1 – a memoir of Maggie Estep called RAILBIRDS. Emma Ríos provided gorgeous illustrations.