A small-town supernatural fantasy washes ashore at Dark Horse
Dark Horse and Berger Books present a strange new mystery from G.Willow Wilson, renowned writer of Poison Ivy, Ms. Marvel Alif the Unseen and the Eisner-award winning Invisible Kingdom and accomplished illustrator M.K. Perker (Fables, The Dreaming, Mad Magazine). The two previously collaborated on the hit series Air, recently brought back to print in four volumes from Dark Horse and Berger Books and the graphic novel Cairo. Their new tale The Stoneshore Registeralso features letterer Richard Bruning. Set against the backdrop of a sleepy Pacific Northwest fishing town, The Stoneshore Register is a graphic novel that finds the ordinary in the extraordinary, and the mystery in the mundane.
When Fadumo, a young journalist on the run from her own past arrives to work at the Stoneshore Register, she is entering a far stranger place than she realizes. At first, the colossal stone giant overlooking the rundown, seemingly ordinary Pacific Northwest fishing town seems like the only remarkable element. But he is not the only strange surprise: changelings, selkies, cursed ships– the bizarre has a home in Stoneshore, yet no one gives it a second thought. But Fadumo doesn’t just want to cover these odd occurrences. She wants to dig deeper. And what she discovers is a land so steeped in mysterious history, it will change all who dare to explore it.
“I’ve always wanted to tell a very big story in a very quiet book,” said G.Willow Wilson. “The Pacific Northwest is the perfect setting for a story like this –- foggy, mysterious, full of old myths and new urban legends and little towns with a single main road. I’ve lived in Seattle for over 15 years, but I’ve never set a book in this region –– until now. I’m excited for readers to see what M.K. and I have cooked up in The Stoneshore Register.
“First of all, this is our reunion,” said M.K. Perker. “That’s very important to me. This emotional state I’m in is transcribed into the art. This book is about real people with a foggy future who live in a town which has a foggy past. I love making characters act. I’m not interested in explosions, big fight scenes nor car chases. But I love making drawn characters convey a story with their body language and facial expressions like real actors do. In the end, The Stoneshore Register turned out to be something I would love to watch in a movie theater or on TV. Or a novel I would love to read. And definitely a comic book I would love to draw.”
“There’s a special kind of magic that happens when G.Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker join their considerable talents together,” said Karen Berger. “I’m thrilled to be working with them (again!) on this captivating and thought-provoking story about two unlikely journalists and the unusual way of life in this magical fishing village. A tale of age-old secrets, wonder, and hope, it’s sure to resonate with readers for a long time to come.”
The Stoneshore Register 128-page (6.625” x 9”) trade paperback will be available at bookstores on July 22, 2025, and comic shops on July 23, 2025 for $24.99. Pre-order now from TFAW, Amazon, Barnes and Noble or your local bookstore, or visit Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.