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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!
“So. Larfleeze, huh? That’s pretty cool.” Chad stares up at the cloaked Middle Eastern sorcerer towering beside him. Or is he Indian? Maybe he’s like Native American Indian. He might even be Hispanic. Chad wishes he could tell the difference. He knows he should, but hates that he can’t. Just like he can’t tell if Box is cosplaying as a Generic Dungeons & Dragons Character, or if this is how he normally dresses when he goes out on a Thursday night.
“Indeed,” says Box, never quite looking down at or making eyes with Chad at any point throughout their very awkward conversation. “The Avatar of Avarice is a fascinating character study in Chaotic Neutrality. Truly, he means no harm to anyone. There is no malicious intent about his actions, but neither can they be measured or weighed against the…
