In 2014, I had a little bonus burst of holiday spirit in my writing. My Christmas story for that year, All-American Girl, was good. It’s always nice to go back to Siegel City. But that isn’t the only world I write in, and I wanted to spend some time in my other universe, The Curtain. The Siegel City tales are, of course, set in a superhero universe. The conceit of the stories behind The Curtain, however, is that this is a world where all monsters are REAL. Every kind of monster you’ve ever heard of, be they vampires as in The Release or that friendly giant that shows up in Warmth. Of course, not everyone necessarily BELIEVES that monsters are real, despite all the evidence to the contrary, but…hey, that’s what happens in a fantasy world, right? Anyway, the main characters in Baby New Year became fire-forged friends after helping to fight off a zombie attack in the novel Opening Night of the Dead. This story picks up on those guys some time later, as the dynamic between them is shifting. I do like these guys – Max, Brie, and Marissa. I may come back and tell more stories with them some day.
Blake M. Petit 