Description:
All Frances wants is to start a new life with her new partner in the dreamy Pacific Northwest.
To get there, she's forced to join a "bro's trip" with her brother, Charlie, and his annoying best friend, Trent. But their journey is abruptly altered when a wrong turn forces the trio to spend the night in the rain-soaked Oregon woods. As luck would have it, they come across a beautiful, friendly stranger, who is eager to help them--but is her convenient arrival their salvation, or something else entirely?
Brief description: Ashley Robin Franklin (she/they) is a queer cartoonist and illustrator based in Austin, Texas. Ashley's originally from the Rio Grande Valley (that's south South Texas), and attended college locally at UT-Pan American, majoring in English lit. Ashley makes sweet and spooky comics with horror and fantasy elements for a variety of audiences and ages. She's the creator behind The Hills of Estrella Roja (Clarion Books, 2023), That Full Moon Feeling (Silver Sprocket, 2021), and The Skin You're In (Silver Sprocket, 2024). Her comics have also been published by The New Yorker, Pome Press, and The Nib. In her spare time, she can often be found reading, painting, admiring cool plants outside, and goofing off with her partner and two weird tiny dogs.
Review Quotes: "I never thought I'd be scared of mushrooms and the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest until now."
-Shelby Criswell, The Bones of Cody