Author: Newsroom
MAY 2, 2025 (PORTLAND, OR) —THE BROODING MUSE: Book One & THE BROODING MUSE: Book Two are now available from Cherry Bomb Comics, introducing a harrowing new psychological horror epic created by Zack Slattery and Max Brody.
Years in the making, this series represents a dark and deeply personal vision, shaped through creative collaboration across continents. With art by Nik Poliwko, Manuel Martin Peniche (Shudder Magazine), Hernan Gonzalez (Gunbreed), and Issac Cordova (Ghost Rider), and lettering by Sarahy Ocanto (Super Dangerous) and Nicolas Lepka (Wendigo), the project unites talent from around the world to deliver a raw, cinematic experience.
Slattery and Brody poured themselves into every page—pushing boundaries, confronting fear, and embracing the chaos that comes with working globally across styles and visions. The result is a series unlike anything else on the shelf: violent, atmospheric, and unrelenting.
The Brooding Muse: Book One
In a world ruled by killers, peace is a fleeting illusion. When The Brooding Muse—a relentless enforcer—vanishes, chaos erupts. A rogue faction of assassins is closing in, desperate to reclaim their lost weapon, while three unlikely survivors, bound by blood and circumstance, fight to sever the strings of a violent fate.
Kayla, born from brutality, struggles to hold onto her humanity as every escape is crushed and every path forward drips with blood. Trapped in a waking nightmare, she is pushed beyond her limits—not just for survival, but for a final shot at freedom in a world determined to consume her.
A relentless psychological horror thriller, The Brooding Muse: Book One is a descent into paranoia and violence, where trust is a death wish, fear is absolute, and survival is never guaranteed.
The Brooding Muse: Book Two
The nightmare only deepens. The world of The Brooding Muse fractures, twisting into an abyss of paranoia and madness. The Raven watches. The Floating Fangs descend. And those who remain must forge fragile alliances—or be swallowed whole.
Kayla’s descent continues as the minds around her break, shattering under the weight of fear. Isolated and hunted, she must navigate a brutal landscape where deception is a weapon, trust is a trap, and every choice teeters between life and oblivion. Some will claw their way through the wreckage. Others will be lost to the void.
Unforgiving, nerve-fraying, and cinematic in scope, The Brooding Muse: Book Two drags readers deeper into a psychological horror labyrinth where the mind shatters, the body follows, and death is never the end.