The Carcosa View

By Nathan Crowder

There is madness spreading on the streets of Cobalt City.

Thankfully the city has superheroes to protect it.

Arising from the chaos of a suburban rave turned deadly, the mysterious figure dubbed the King of Crows threatens to tear the city apart with his nightmare-manifesting, reality-warping abilities. Things in Cobalt City are about to get strange, which means MonsterSmash is on the case.

Composed of the cynical and broken quantum scientist Bog Witch, the one-quarter dead skateboarder Ghost House, and the tentacle-slinging daughter of two enemies of the state Kraken, MonsterSmash is uniquely qualified to tackle the weirdest things haunting Cobalt City’s streets.

But the King of Crows isn’t your average criminal. He might just be a minor god. And his agenda could rain down disaster upon the city if the heroes of MonsterSmash don't get it together in time to knock reality back into shape.

The Carcosa View is a stand-alone novella of mind-bending, weird heroics from Cobalt City creator Nathan Crowder that can also be read as a piece of the puzzle in the four-part epic Mad World Cycle.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DefCon One Publishing
• Release date: Mar 26, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224508471

Nathan Crowder

Nathan Crowder is an author, superhero geek, and award-winning karaoke singer living in the great Pacific Northwest. He has been frequently spotted in the rustic wilds southeast of Seattle poking around garden centers, talking to birds, or on the hunt for weird candy. He also once got in a fight with his much larger cousin over whether Green Arrow was a real superhero or not. Online, he resides on Twitter @NateCrowder or at www.NathanCrowder.com.

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