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Genevieve Valentine
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Writer. Bad-movie lover. She/her. Out now: TWO GRAVES from Image.
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"Other Kelly," published in Reactor, is a story about a Friend Group trying to determine whether to save their friend Kelly from her doppelganger, who's less of a mess. reactormag.com/other-kelly-...
Kyle was the one who got really obsessed, at first—not even when Other Kelly was there, just random moments where Marshall and I would be getting McDonald’s with Kyle at four a.m. and he’d look up from his fries like a meerkat and say “Fuck, I bet it’s killed Kelly already” and start typing so loud nobody could even talk until he was finished. He had a phone full of photos of people posing with their doubles. “Those doubles are people, asshole,” said Marshall once, a warning to shut up about it, but if Kyle was smart enough to take a warning he’d have stopped being a musician already, and he said, “How would you know—they show up on camera, doesn’t mean they’re a person,” and kept typing until Kelly texted back. (cont.) Marshall rolled his eyes, but it was true. In the group photo at New Year’s, Other Kelly was there, in the same thing Kelly was wearing (it fit her better), looking right into the lens. She wasn’t smiling, but still she seemed perfectly normal until you saw Kelly with her arm outstretched to take the picture, dress pulling at her shoulders, grinning like her skull was about to make a run for it, and realized that one of them was very wrong. (Eventually Kyle stopped texting Kelly. She was never dead. It was fine.) * Illustration by Mary Pelc: A young woman in a black bob is removing a night-sky-patterned mask from her face; beneath it, fire has consumed the woman's face. Pink smoke curls through the holes in the mask and billows out behind her.
December 31, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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This year was...a year, but I published two stories!

"Future Perfect" was published in Asimov's in June; it's about slow collapse, the limits of art, and Ring Around the Tuna.

www.asimovs.com/more-stuff/a...
A woman stands alone in a 1950s kitchen, wearing a dress and heels, as far as possible from an array of questionable food preparation on the counter. She is consulting a cookbook.
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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For new followers: I write! Novels, short fiction, comics, scripts, and occasional nonfiction.

Recent stuff:

TWO GRAVES, Image Comics: imagecomics.com/comics/relea...

"Other Kelly," Reactor: reactormag.com/other-kelly-...

All work: www.genevievevalentine.com
A collage of covers: Novels Mechanique, Persona, Icon, and The Girls at the Kingfisher Club; graphic novels Catwoman and Two Graves; short story cover for "Other Kelly"
November 11, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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I have a story out in the latest issue of Asimov's! "Future Perfect" is about performance art, isolation, the end times, and Ring Around the Tuna. www.asimovs.com/current-issu...
A woman stands alone in a 1950s kitchen, wearing a dress and heels. Before her stands an array of questionable food preparation. She is consulting a cookbook.
June 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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A story about being so screwed that the veil wants nothing to do with you, and the power of (terrible) friendship - "Other Kelly" is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/other-kelly-...
Kyle was the one who got really obsessed, at first—not even when Other Kelly was there, just random moments where Marshall and I would be getting McDonald’s with Kyle at four a.m. and he’d look up from his fries like a meerkat and say “Fuck, I bet it’s killed Kelly already” and start typing so loud nobody could even talk until he was finished. He had a phone full of photos of people posing with their doubles. “Those doubles are people, asshole,” said Marshall once, a warning to shut up about it, but if Kyle was smart enough to take a warning he’d have stopped being a musician already, and he said, “How would you know—they show up on camera, doesn’t mean they’re a person,” and kept typing until Kelly texted back. (cont.) Marshall rolled his eyes, but it was true. In the group photo at New Year’s, Other Kelly was there, in the same thing Kelly was wearing (it fit her better), looking right into the lens. She wasn’t smiling, but still she seemed perfectly normal until you saw Kelly with her arm outstretched to take the picture, dress pulling at her shoulders, grinning like her skull was about to make a run for it, and realized that one of them was very wrong. (Eventually Kyle stopped texting Kelly. She was never dead. It was fine.) * Illustration by Mary Pelc: A young woman in a black bob is removing a night-sky-patterned mask from her face; beneath it, fire has consumed the woman's face. Pink smoke curls through the holes in the mask and billows out behind her.
May 24, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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TWO GRAVES is on CBR's list of Most Underrated Image Comics of 2023!: "evolves from a simple story of revenge into a metaphysical mystery." www.cbr.com/incredibly-u...
A #8 list position titled "Two Graves Explores Death and Companionship Through Mysterious Characters," with a partial image of Annie Wu's cover of #1. Below it are creator credits for writer Genevieve Valentine, artists Ming Doyle and Annie Wu, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Aditya Bidikar.
January 10, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Delighted that TWO GRAVES is on ALA's Best Graphic Novels of the Year Reading List! (Especially chuffed about essayist shout-outs: @sarahmccarry.bsky.social, @esedia.bsky.social, @nkjemisin.bsky.social, Veronica Schanoes, and Stephanie Lai!) www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/bes...
Clipping from ALA's Best Graphic Novels Reading List - 2023 Nominations: "Two Graves Vol. 1: Wish You Were Here. Written by Genevieve Valentine. Art by Ming Doyle & Annie Wu. Colors by Lee Loughridge. Lettering by Aditya Bidikar. Essays by N.K. Jemisin, Stephanie Lai, Sarah McCarry, Veronica Schanoes, and Ekaterina Sedia. 2023. Image Comics. $12.99 (9781534399372). In this play on the classic story of Persephone, Death comes for Emilia, and they find themselves on a cross-country road trip with mysterious figures hunting them. Told from both Death's and Emilia's point of view, the story unfolds its mystery slowly across scenes." The cover of the first volume of TWO GRAVES; on a black ground, portraits of Emilia (drawn by Annie Wu) and Death (drawn by Ming Doyle) face away from each other, surrounded by elements of the road trip.
December 21, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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Looking to support small stores this season? Astoria Bookshop has signed copies of TWO GRAVES - my Death-and-the-Maiden road trip with @anniewu.bsky.social and @mingdoyle.bsky.social - with one of these handmade collage postcards inside! www.astoriabookshop.com/item/378xcMQ...
The cover of the first volume of TWO GRAVES; on a black ground, portraits of Emilia (drawn by Annie Wu) and Death (drawn by Ming Doyle) face away from each other, surrounded by elements of the road trip. A spread of postcards featuring individual collages made from original issues of TWO GRAVES. So much glue was involved and author was so brave about it.
November 25, 2023 at 5:07 PM
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The current pre-order postcard situation for TWO GRAVES. To get one: astoriabookshop.com/item/378xcMQ...
A spread of postcards featuring individual collages made from the TWO GRAVES comics issues
October 17, 2023 at 9:13 PM
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New project, new release date! TWO GRAVES (a Death and the Maiden competing-POV road trip drawn by @anniewu.bsky.social and @mingdoyle.bsky.social, written by me) will now hit comic shops October 18 and bookstores October 24!
The cover of the Two Graves graphic novel on a black ground. Along the top, whales drawn by Ming Doyle swim past; along the bottom, an Annie Wu rest stop with Cally the giant cement whale. Upper caption is Brenden Fletcher blurb: "A haunting masterwork." Lower caption is: "Death and the Maiden hit the road. Nobody gets out alive. Out October 24"
September 19, 2023 at 1:40 AM
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An ancient Greek vase painted with a two-man chariot: the charioteer, the passenger, and the horse look equally panicked
July 6, 2023 at 5:08 AM