We just uploaded the entirety of our queer switchblade-and-sorcery web serial so farâ16 episodes, with more to come weekly on Thursdays! Fans of mature urban fantasy interested in two trans leads, give it a look!
Here's the full blurb:
When hard-bitten professional âratcatcherâ Caren Navarrete accepts the job of hunting down Lex, the mysterious ganglord who ritually slaughtered eleven Martial Magi in Philadelphia on the night of the winter solstice, itâs much more than just another bounty. Lexâs twelfth victim, for reasons unknown, was Carenâs childhood friend and former love, Luke Langitâso this oneâs personal.
Caren teams up with Ashton Grenville, an aristocratic teen-prodigy alchemist who is, in his own words, âa walking crime lab,â and together the pair scour the Philly magic underworld for clues that could unravel the mystery and lead them to Lex. They soon find themselves in a dangerous alliance with the refined-yet-ruthless Meillassouxâs Boys, a rival gang equally intent on bringing Lex down. Meanwhile, Ash follows a trail of breadcrumbs left for him by the mysterious and beautiful âValentine,â a colorful queer YouTuber who seems to share Ashâs interest in seeking out the forbidden Elixir of Life.
Caren and Ashâs investigation eventually unearths a web of corruption that winds all the way through the heart of one of the worldâs most venerable magic institutions, along with an ancient plot to incite the apocalypseâa plot that was already set in motion over three hundred years ago. The key to the transformation of the world lies with Carenâs own hidden pastâwith a lost half-sister, and a mythic power passed down from her precolonial Filipino ancestorsâas well as Valentineâs dark and painful secret, which Ash hopes he can uncover before itâs too late.