Avery Hill Publishing Triple Launch Party With Donya Todd, Karenza Sparks, Paul Cornell and Rachel Smith

We're thrilled to celebrate the launch of three brand new comics from our friends at Avery Hill Publishing! They've got a stacked end to 2025 with some amazing releases from the likes of Donya Todd, Karenza Sparks, Paul Cornell and Rachel Smith. All of them will be joining us for this triple launch party on Friday 10th October 2025, from 7-9pm. Here's what Avery Hill say about each of the upcoming titles:

The Witch's Egg by Donya Todd

It was a spiderweb moon
And the imps did wonder
What dark delights wouldst the cat-witch conjure

By the Sardine Queen, by salt and the devil, by blackwormy earth, and by the deep, dark sea, the catwitch Urfi conjures an angel to love her and have children with her. But angels aren't meant for love, and with the embryonic egg of their unborn children, Urfi flees from her partner's violence, enduring terrible trials to find a new and safe home in the faery forest.

As her children, Isobel, Batzel, and Mazel, grow up with her, they find the horrors their mother endured during her flight to the forest returning to their lives -- this time for the three of them to defeat for good. With secret magic, solemn bonds of friendship, and sisterhood, they can at last stand against the threat of the angels' terror and insanity in this dark fairytale of motherhood, magic, and apocalyptic romance.

A gorgeous intergenerational family story of promises made, promises kept, and a mother who would do anything to protect her daughters.

The Corus Wave by Karenza Sparks

Lorelei is just trying to finish her BA thesis. Then her research into an obscure star-shaped Devonian-era cephalopod fossil drags her into a scavenger hunt that indicates her subject may be hiding some of the central secrets of the universe. Or at least, that's what 19th century polymath Havius Corus thought.

Careening through libraries, churches, botanical gardens, and stone circles with her roommate Eddie (and their trusty cat Raisin, who travels with them via backpack), Lorelei explores the puzzles and the mysteries the polymath has hidden from the world . . . unseen in the architecture and the nature all around her.

Can Lorelei find the solutions to the secrets of fossil history? And will her thesis advisor think her hard work is a legitimate dissertation topic? Lorelei, Eddie, and Raisin are on the case!

Who Killed Nessie? by Paul Cornell and Rachel Smith

The Loch Ness Monster has been murdered . . . it’s Lyndsay’s first day on the job, but it’s up to her to solve the crime!

It’s Lyndsay Grockle’s first day as the manager of the Lakeview Hotel. Her boss has handed her the keys and departed for vacation. And then the convention attendees start showing up, each more peculiar than the last. Lyndsay’s a confirmed skeptic—so she’s surprised to be woken up in the middle of the night by her convention attendees, telling her that there’s been a murder . . . of the Loch Ness Monster. The guests at the hotel are all cryptids from around the world, and now one of them is dead. Which means that one of them must be the murderer.

And it’s up to Lyndsay to solve the case!

Join us for a celebration we won't be forgetting anytime soon on Friday 10th October, from 7pm. You can meet all the creators and get your books signed on the night, but you'll also be able to pre-order signed copies by clicking the book titles above. We even have a fantastic bookplate from Donya Todd to accompany The Witch's Egg that is exclusive to us. Check it out by clicking here.

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