READ FROM BEGINNING | LATEST CHAPTER
this is your reminder that book 2 of Stardust, my sci-fi-horror web serial, has finally begun—with a stunning new cover by @saturnine-saturneight
⚠️ contains mature/triggering content ⚠️ uses color-coded text that may not be fully screenreader-accessible 🔗 full trigger warnings on the front page of readstardust.com
In a near-future, post-alien-invasion United States, July—a psychotic bisexual soldier—and Cas—a sardonic, pretentious tactician—have spent their youth underground, raised by a conservative paramilitary group in the barricaded ruins of NYC’s subway tunnels. When a spaceship crashes in Jersey, they cross paths with Aston and Sage—key players in the Dusty invasion—and join forces in a doomed attempt to assassinate President Remus Taner. Once the assassination fails, all four are plunged into a hellish nightmare where the line between reality and dreaming blurs to the point of no return, politics intertwine with what can only be described as magic, and the stardust that chokes their atmosphere seems to have more significance than they knew. At the center of it all is June—July’s twin sister, presumed dead, now reappearing under the guardianship of the Secretary of State. She wants her sister back. By any means necessary.
you might like Stardust if:
you like complex narratives, metafiction, and color-coding such as in Homestuck;
you liked Ender's Game and Battlestar Galactica, but feel weird about that because of how pro-military they are;
your brain chemistry was changed by the dream logic, emotional surrealism, and gendered anxieties that make up Revolutionary Girl Utena;
you really liked the first season of Arcane but are very mad about the second;
you are a trans person who's into the whole "sisterkissing" trend.
it's free. it's weird. it's extremely uncomfortable. there's an intense fixation on holes. everyone is trans. there's spaceships made of meat. a lesbian commits atrocities. multiple lesbians, to be honest, and multiple atrocities.
give it a try. what's the worst that could happen? :)
