ANNOUNCEMENT
I HAVE WRITTEN ANOTHER VAMPIRE BOOK IN SECRET
And by "written" I mean I've got about 50-75% of a first draft done and my momentum hasn't died yet, so I feel safe to start actually talking about this one. After like 2 years without finishing a major project, it was beginning to feel like maybe I'd lost my sparkle. Enter - 1980s goth vampire and new love of my life, Pete, and his human roommate Valentine Delgado. The idea occurred to me on a long drive on back roads while I was listening to my 80s new wave/post punk playlist, and thinking about vampires, as I often do. Somewhere in there, something started simmering and by the end of my weekend I was left with a very potent concept: Trans man buys a historic house and accidentally wakes up the vampire who's been hibernating in the basement for the past 40 years.
That happened in late April. By the same time in May, I had written 50,000 words and illustrated a full cover. I still didn't feel safe to announce it, because I've announced a few projects since 2023 and none of them have actually Happened yet, but this one has stuck. I can tell you this is a very special little book, to me. It draws on some of my favorite horror comedies (What We Do in the Shadows, Lisa Frankenstein, Your Monster) as well as my enduring love for the intersection between queer and alternative subcultures.
With the pace I'm going at now I feel confident in saying this book, titled BE MY RENFIELD, will come out fall of this year (2026)! Until then, I can't wait to share all the art I've got of the characters that I've been patiently waiting to post until I felt like I was really, truly ready.
