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True Believers is a full-length novel by Thom Dunn, based on his play of the same name. It’s a satirical tale of star-crossed lovers, aspiring comic book creators, crazed fanboys, cybernetically enhanced humans, women in refrigerators, real-life superheroes, and girls who dress like Slave Leia as their lives intertwine over a whirlwind weekend at a comic book convention in the early 2010s.
The book will be serialized on Medium throughout the month of April 2020. Here is the first chapter. Check back every day for more chapters!
“Ted-Buddy! Hey, I made it!” Chad says, hoping to keep the positive energy up. Last night’s encounter wasn’t quite as successful as he’d hoped, but it still put a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel that is Chad’s career. And judging by the beads of sweat puddling on Ted’s anxious brow, now seems like as good at time as ever to ingratiate himself. “Penn was just a mess today, and NJ Transit was all fucked up. I was gonna text you but I guess I lost your number so I sent you a DM on Twitter, but then I wasn’t sure if you were getting reception or — “
“Oh look at that we’re right on time.” Ted turns his back to Chad without even checking the time on his phone and stomps up the scaffold metal staircase to the stage.
