{"product_id":"the-confessional","title":"The Confessional","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Paige Hender. Published by Silver Sprocket. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 200 pages, Colour, 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this compelling debut horror graphic novel, a newly turned vampire yearns for salvation in the arms of the priest who uncovers her secret.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans, 1922. Cora Velasquez lives with her sister and her own haunted memories in a speakeasy run by a vampire coven. Unable to bear the weight of her damned soul, she turns to Father Orville Thibodeaux, a charismatic priest and the object of her hidden desires. Their veiled courtship becomes deadly serious when he discovers her nature, and proposes a way to both slake her thirst and save her soul. So begins the charged dance between an all-powerful but unsure young woman, and the mortal man who claims to hold her fate in his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gothic story of adoration, power, and manipulation, lushly told in Art Nouveau-inspired illustration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A so-fresh-it’s-still-bleeding take on the vampire story, set against the simmering backdrop of prohibition-era New Orleans, where the undead and holy men alike blur the lines between corruption and salvation. Cool, sexy, but infused with complex emotionality—I loved it!” – Ashley Robin Franklin, \u003cem\u003eThe Skin You’re In\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Confessional\u003c\/em\u003e is a sensual and delicious mouthful of blood.” – Madeline McGrane, \u003cem\u003eThe Accursed Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The art mixes gothic details with a charming, lithe Art Nouveau style and a muted palette of blue, pinks, and then a bloodier red. It’s a playful mix of raunch and gore that readers will enjoy sinking their teeth into.” – \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sensual, grisly and totally unique, \u003cem\u003eThe Confessional\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of a debut from Hender, who rightfully takes her place amongst other horror graphic novelists like E. M. Carroll in the gruesome hall of fame” – Lydia Turner,\u003cem\u003e Broken Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The lead may be undead but the visuals are brimming with life.” –\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe AV Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover; 200 full-color pages; 6.5’’ x 8\"; ISBN: 979-8-88620-061-4; SRP: $29.99; Release date: 03\/19\/25\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Sprocket","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51653672632650,"sku":"confessional","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_0586.jpg?v=1756304396","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/the-confessional","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}