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Writer Scott Hoffman (Nostalgia, Wag, member of pop icons Scissor Sisters) and artist Alberto Ponticelli (Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Orc Island) has a new series coming out from DSTLRY in November that covers all the bases. WARM FUSION is described as a sci-fi horror mystery” so it has something for everyone, including a future New York ity stalked by biotech atrocities. And as the released cover images show, it will look very sharp! 

Half a century into the future, New York City has been devastated by crime, ongoing storms, residual radiation from a terrorist attack, and genetic mutations spurred by the medical innovations created in response. After a series of murders rip through the city’s brothels, an escort named Vin Young, who cosplays as the Brothers Grimm’s Snow White—and is one of the generation of deformed victims—pursues the killer, or killers, reluctantly joining forces with Jarrod Hannover, the lone cop assigned to the case. The two eventually arrive at a biotech megacorp developing a cellular metal called Warm Fusion—a pioneering technology meant to replace prosthetics limbs—and soon confront the sociopathic scientist Nicholas Fleischer, his monstrous alter-ego, Mr. Barnaby, and the hideous monster that he’s been secretly developing.

Warm Fusion combines the visceral body horror of David Cronenberg with the dystopian urban sprawl of Blade Runner, offering a chilling experience for fans of sci-fi benchmarks including Videodrome, The Thing, and RoboCop.

In a statement, Hoffman said that the book is a tribute to the body horror classic films of his youth. “Warm Fusion is a deep dive into the grotesque possibilities of biotechnology and its impact on humanity,” he says. “Alberto Ponticelli’s art is transportive, blurring the lines between flesh, machine, and everyone caught in the gutters between.”

“Working on Warm Fusion has been an exhilarating experience,” enthused Ponticelli. “The world Scott and I have incubated straddles horror and hope, and imagining the extremes humanity will warp itself into in the coming decades has been perverse and delightful.” 

WARM FUSION will be presented in DSTLRY’s signature perfect-bound Prestige format, with 48 pages of story encased in a spot gloss cover. 

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