Featuring the work of international authors including Andy Weir and JN Chaney, and comic creators that include British artists Stephen Baskerville, Sam Hart, John Ridgway and Lee Townsend, Parallel Truths is a multi-genre graphic novel anthology, currently seeking support on Kickstarter.
Parallel Truths, which will only be available through the Kickstarter campaign, brings together twelve writers and fifteen artists to answer this question in one 248-page, oversized multi-genre graphic novel anthology.
Most anthologies stick to just one genre, but Parallel Truths offer an electrifying blend of science fiction, horror, fantasy, romance, thriller, and more.
Presented by Las Vegas-based publishers Author Ventures, the team behind Author Nation (10th – 13th November 2026, Las Vegas) and Reader Nation (13th – 14th November 2026, Las Vegas) and featuring some of today’s most imaginative creators, each story opens a door to a different world.
The Premise: What If Another Version of Your Life Existed Somewhere Else? A better one… A worse one. A deadlier one…
Parallel Truths, edited by Legendary Entertainment’s Robert Napton, is a collection of stories about identity, memory, grief, ambition, love, and the roads not taken.
Creators include Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary; New York Times bestselling romance author, Eloisa James, creator of the Accidental Brides series; bestselling science fiction author JN Chaney (creator of Renegade Star Universe); award-winning comics creator Tony Lee, also a bestselling thriller author under pen name Jack Gatland (Tom Marlowe, Detective Inspector Declan Walsh).
Parallel Truths compiles twelve original stories combined into one oversized, show-stopping edition, featuring thought-provoking stories from bestselling fiction authors and stunning artwork from award-winning comic artists around the world.
Parallel Truths: A Multi-Genre Graphic Novel Anthology
The Stories
What If Another Version of Your Life Existed Somewhere Else? A better one… A worse one. A deadlier one…
Please note that in some cases – some more obvious than others – that art is not final
Science Fiction
Daddio
By Donovan Scherer & Nelson Dániel
Hunted for entertainment by trillionaire heirs on a live-streamed island, a disposable clone relives his own deaths until he realises the only way to win isn’t survival but breaking the game itself.
“Come see all the fun ways of wiping out clones for reality TV while Daddio the dog tries to survive all this human nonsense,” Donovan encourages. “Also, if you don’t back it, I’m going to hold it against you FOREVER. Go now! Back the thing!”
Observer Bias
By JN Chaney & Lydia Rasero
A scientist opens a portal to another reality – one in which he made a different choice and has a different life. A life that he’s always wanted. Or so he thinks.
Copy / Paste
By Paul Ian Cross & Andrea Mutti
Before high-risk surgery, a biological duplicate of Arthur McQuinn is created as insurance, but when a power cut causes a mix-up, one life is suddenly claimed by two men…
Shaft 81
By Lenore Ashwood, Stephen Baskerville & Ellie Wright
When a lunar miner with a worsening, secret physical anomaly volunteers for yet another descent into the forbidden depths of Shaft 81, she discovers she’s been unknowingly groomed as a subject in the corporation’s temporal-stability experiments. Forced to choose between diverging realities—one fatal, one monstrous, one hers—she takes the path “less traveled”, unleashing a fate both inevitable and terrifying.
Access
By Andy Weir & Lee Townsend
ACCESS is about a young girl with a superhuman ability to fit in wherever she doesn’t belong. It is classic Weir, exploring themes of being an outsider, leading to an unforgettable ending.
Horror
Driving Backward Down Route 302
By David Viergutz & Maan House
Stranded on a forgotten rural route, a group of passengers face living hallucinations drawn from their own secrets, until the road reveals that the most dangerous monster has been riding with them since the first stop.
Thriller
Witness
By Tony Lee & John Ridgway
When a London detective is called to investigate a woman’s death on the underground, a cryptic witness begins changing his testimony. With each new version, reality itself shifts around her, forcing her to question what’s true before a report can make any of it permanent.
Fantasy
Dead Reckoning
By Morgan A. Drake & Sam Hart
A ship’s navigator discovers she is steering two overlapping voyages – one carrying the living, one ferrying the dead. As both realities converge, she must face the truth that every course she charts condemns the same souls to drown, again and again.
The Curious Magic of Two Right Answers
By Lydia Sherrer, Javier S. Aranda & Werner Sanchez
When a spell goes catastrophically wrong, a wizard’s cat and a witch’s dog are thrown into a fractured reality where only by embracing each other’s impossible truths can they save their lost humans.
“The lineup of authors and stories are amazing,” Lydia enthuses. “And if you are a fan of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Universe, this is the only place you can get this brand new, never seen before LLHP short story starring Sir Kipling and Dak the Fae Dog in graphic novel form. Can you imagine? The LLHP Universe brought to life through colorful art! (it’s gorgeous, by the way).
“If you look very closely on the cover, you can spot SIR KIPLING! Can you find him??? They couldn’t keep him out. He’s a cat, so, you know, their efforts were always doomed to failure”.
Romance
Married in Haste
By Eloisa James & Hector Barros
When a drunken aristocrat abandons his bride at the altar, a reserved duke secretly takes his twin brother’s place, forcing the newlyweds to fake a love match before London society.
“When I had the chance to join this anthology, I gave them one of my most dramatic novellas,” Eloisa says, “the original story that inspired My American Duchess.”
First Knight
By Connie Brockway & Álvaro Sarraseca
In medieval England, a battle-weary knight returns from the Crusades searching for peace and finds instead the feisty — and bloodthirsty – wife-by-proxy he’d forgotten he even had.
Literary
Threads of the Heart
By Annette Grantham, Marika Cresta & Giada Marchisio
A woman trapped between grief and memory discovers that loss can become its own parallel reality.
The Collection
On offer are four reward tiers, so readers can choose what works best for their preferences. All tiers include the digital eBook edition. Physical items (the softcover and hardcover books) are also available as add-ons.
Be aware that shipping from the United States is, currently, very expensive – let’s hope they talk to a UK distributor such as GetMyComics to bring the delivery price down.
Publisher Author Ventures is a Nevada limited liability company established to manage author networking and education events, as well as reader events. While a privately held company, they are advised by the indie author community. The community they serve helps select the content and the development of professional conduct at their events.
• Parallel Truths: A Multi-Genre Graphic Novel Anthology: An exclusive collection of 12 original stories from Andy Weir, Eloisa James, Tony Lee, JN Chaney & more | Kickstarter closes 10.00am BST Friday 26th June 2026 | Check it out here
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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