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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!
There’s something freeing about the breeze that blows through her denim skirt as Kt Watts skates over the Williamsburg Bridge, peering down at the beautifully murky water below as she weaves between the early morning workers on their leisurely strolls. Even on the craziest days like the Starlight Parade, Portland can’t compare to the crowded streets of New York City and the metropolitan swath of anonymity that equalizes all the ants who live there, regardless of their color, shape, or size. She usually skates around Portland, too, but there she doesn’t have to put her Derby skills to use just to get to where she’s going. Who ever thought that all those years of jamming for the Break Neck Betties would come in handy for commuting?
