SDCC 2024: DSTLRY Announces Folk Horror Anthology ‘Come Find Me: An Autumnal Offering’ Curated By Becky Cloonan
by Austin Gorton
At SDCC 2024, DSTLRY announced Come Find Me: An Autumnal Offering, a new folk horror short story one-shot curated by Somna co-creator Becky Cloonan. The creator also contributes one of the book’s chilling entries.
Debuting in October, Come Find Me unites Cloonan with six creators including E.M. Carroll (A Guest in the House), HamletMachine (Lucifer’s Garden), Vanesa R. Del Rey (Scarlet Witch, Redlands), Céline Loup (The Man Who Came Downthe Attic Stairs), and Molly Mendoza (Skip, Stray).
“Just like Somna allowed me to collaborate with Tula Lotay and create something subversive and unexpected, I wanted to cultivate that same feel with Come Fine Me. From a place of selfishness, these are my favorite voices in horror comics and uniting them has been a nightmare come true,” Cloonan said in a statement. “Much like my first contribution in DSTLRY’s one-shot, The Devil’s Cut, you may just see some of these stories set the stage for larger projects.”
In Come Find Me, Cloonan unearths a corpse with two coins laid over its decaying eyes. When an opportunistic thief robs the cadaver of its last possessions, a sinister curse erupts, dooming all it touches. HamletMachine presents a tale of a musical demon who makes Faustian pacts with unsuspecting victims, creating a symphony of human pain. Carroll, Mendoza, and Del Rey similarly tap into naturalistic romance and dread in this descent into folk horror.
“Following on the huge success of Somna, Becky is at it again with the sexy horror stories! It’s a testament to her stature in this business that she’s managed to assemble such a stellar lineup of established and emerging talent, and I feel very blessed that she’s asked me to be a part of it,” explained founding editor Will Dennis. “It’s going to be an amazing book!”
“Come Find Me is a landmark event in modern horror comics. Becky Cloonan and the creators she’s united have crafted a one-shot that is as thought-provoking as it is terrifying,” said DSTLRY co-founders Chip Mosher and David Steinberger in a joint statement. “This collection exemplifies DSTLRY’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of storytelling and offering readers unique, high-quality content.”
Come Find Me also offers a first look into the world of Cloonan’s next DSTLRY series and is available for pre-order today via DSTRLY’s exclusive distribution deal with Diamond Comic Distributors. It will hit shelves in local comic shops and digitally via www.dstlry.co this October.
