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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 03/09/2026

Come visit me at Table C-2. Use code LBCC20OFF for 20% off all non-VIP adult tickets and use code KIDS4FREE for free kids tickets. Long Beach Comic Con is September 5-6, 2026 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA! #LongBeachComicCon #LBCC #lbcc2026 #comics #indiecomics See less

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 22/07/2026

A great list! Def doing a lot of these. Also, pardon the personal plug, but I’m doing a Sunday panel on using public domain characters that is def geared toward indie creators. sched.co/2QfiJ

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 13/07/2026

I’m doing a panel. My first time moderating at @comic_con and I cannot wait! 🔥🔥🔥 sched.co/2QfiJ

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 02/07/2026

This afternoon, I dropped off my last batch of packages at the post office. All copies of BAD FUTURE, VOLUME ONE are out in the wild. Next steps for me, get comp copies out to my collaborators, and then, apply Con tables so I can sell these things. And oh yeah, start gearing up for Volume Two.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 01/07/2026

Here’s chapter 31 and Potion from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. The latches opened with a click. Marianas opened the case and stared inside. I expected wonder, maybe horror, at what he saw inside, but instead he just looked confused.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 05/06/2026

Here’s chapter 30, Impulsive, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “Coral, that’s ridiculous. We can’t have come from Leg-folk. We’d remember.” “Jemi said the Leg-folk artifacts were older than we thought. Maybe all this,”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 04/06/2026

Here’s chapter 29, ComicBook, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We were allowed to return to our lives. I knew Obri hadn’t kept his word out of some sense of honor or integrity. He just didn’t need us anymore. He had what he wanted, who he wanted.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 04/06/2026

Here’s chapter 28, Ethnic, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. Jemi let go of Reef’s arm. “Go outside,” she ordered Reef. “See if it’s clear.” When Reef hesitated. “You’ve held up your part of the bargain. Your parents will be fine.”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 02/06/2026

Here’s chapter 27, Fearful, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We had been talking about Reef. He was still in a corner of the lab by the big pool but well within earshot, especially in this “air” which seemed to magnify sound.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 01/06/2026

Here’s chapter 26, DoublePonytail, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We searched the Ridge wall for hours before I spotted a familiar trail of bubbles pouring from a gash in the wall face. “This way,” I beckoned Reef to follow.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 31/05/2026

Here’s chapter 25, Relaxed, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. I glanced, yet again, over my shoulder. Leagues of open water behind us, no place for any Red Sashes to hide, and no sign of anyone following us.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 29/05/2026

Here’s chapter 24, SocialButterfly, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “What do you want from me?” I asked Obri. Obri smiled as he answered. He picked up a piece of driftwood off a shelf and handed it to me.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 28/05/2026

Here’s chapter 23, Warrior, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. I let Obri put the helmet on me. For a moment, it was dark, the helmet blotting out all light. Then, with a flash, a world appeared before me.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 27/05/2026

Here’s chapter 22, VirtualWorld, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “How did you find us?” Marianas asked as the guards surrounded us. A guard laughed. “Are you kidding? They probably heard that cave-in back at the Seamount.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 26/05/2026

Here’s chapter 21, Peace, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. The giant angler fish, big as a trawler, emerged from the dark, its jaws opening, revealing rows and rows of slender, needle-like teeth. In a panic, I swatted at its glowing lure.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 25/05/2026

Here’s chapter 20, Diamond, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. The hull of the ship groaned as the giant octopus slowly constricted its arms around it. “Everyone, off the ship!”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 22/05/2026

Here’s chapter 19, Octopus, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. Marianas called over his shoulder. “Coral, we’re almost at the Rift. I need to slow down.” “We’re not stopping, Mari. We’re going in.”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 21/05/2026

Here’s chapter 18, Pirate, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. It would have been hard to herd a whole mass of Merfolk to their death, so the Council had altered a trawler to transport the condemned.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 20/05/2026

Here’s chapter 17, Emotional, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. Jemi sputtered, searching for words. “Why, why, why, that’s genius! Mari, why didn’t you tell me your sister was so smart?” “I never thought she was smart.”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 19/05/2026

Here’s chapter 16, ElectricGames from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We swam to the Rift wall. I thought we were escaping to the Shallows. I had no idea how we’d survive up there, but I knew if we stayed home, we’d get thrown into a Trench.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 18/05/2026

Here’s chapter 15, Pet, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay, Our patch of the Seamount was quiet. I thought it was odd until I remembered how late it was.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 16/05/2026

Here’s chapter 14, Cozy, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We darted through the tunnels. I lost track of all the twists and turns Marianas led me down. I hoped it was enough to lose our pursuers.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 16/05/2026

Here’s chapter 13, Cyberpunk, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “What do you mean, we can’t leave? We can’t stay! There are guards everywhere.” “And they’ve got my friends,” my brother said.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 14/05/2026

Here’s chapter 12, MerMaze, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. It took a while to adjust to the strange sounds coming from Marianas’s apparatus.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 14/05/2026

Here’s chapter 11, Superstar, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. The tunnel widened until I was in an enormous cave. The light, from walls coated with luminous algae, was dim but inviting.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 12/05/2026

Here’s chapter 10, Vibes, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. In the days that followed, things seemed to slip back into old patterns. I went with Mother to the kelp beds.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 11/05/2026

Here’s chapter 9, Sealife, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “I’m friends… with your mother,” the Man repeated after an awkward silence. “What?” I finally asked.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 10/05/2026

Here’s chapter 8, Mother, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. We held our breath as the figures approached. Had these strange, alien Merfolk seen us?

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 09/05/2026

Here’s chapter 7, Ghostly, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. The entrance looked ancient. Once an archway, its supports had long given way, creating a lopsided, precarious structure that looked like it would collapse if you looked at it too hard.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 07/05/2026

Here's chapter 6, Doodle, from ABYSSAL, paigeBarrArt.com based on the the prompts of MerMay. Reef didn’t have an answer for that, and while he was searching his brain for one, I grabbed Marianas’s wrist. “Come on, Mari. We’re going home.”

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 06/05/2026

I am both delighted and confused that out of all the Walk of Fame stars around Hollywood and Highland, my GPS has deemed Ray Harryhausen as the only one worth mentioning.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 05/05/2026

Here’s chapter 5, Symbiosis, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. I found another object, some kind of pipe, stuck in the ground like a flag pole, several fathoms from the top of the ridge. Another object is a short swim past that.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 04/05/2026

Here’s chapter 4, StarWarsDay, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 04/05/2026

Here’s chapter 2, Siren, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. Open water was for trawling and spearfishing, the ocean floor for farming and scavenging. Every square foot was needed to provide food; no one lived on the sea floor.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 03/05/2026

Here's chapter 3, Glossy, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with paigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. “Visiting Reef?” I caught Marianas on his way out of our home, shoulder bag slung across his chest. He sensed the accusation in my question and clutched his bag tighter, and he nodded.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 01/05/2026

Here’s chapter 1, Workers, from ABYSSAL, a novel I did with PaigeBarrArt.com based on the prompts of MerMay. You should be happy,” Mother said. “You always complain Marianas doesn’t pull his weight.” “That’s not true,” and it wasn’t, or at least not completely true.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 03/04/2026

Solid advice from today’s #ObliqueStrategy but I’m at at a loss. Any suggestions for discard worthy axioms?

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 16/03/2026

Whilst posting about the #Oscars I noticed I haven’t posted about my panel Sunday at #WonderCon. #WonderCon2026

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 14/03/2026

Never been to a Comix Reading but this flyer instantly won me over.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 06/02/2026

Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 01/11/2025

How do you do, fellow kids? I have made a meme.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 29/10/2025

🧵3/5 So join me, Carl Choi @ebkfromla.bsky.social Matt Knowles, Ernie Altbacker, @mcholly1.bsky.social Patrick Lugo @schwartzartllc.bsky.social @artebuen.bsky.social, @comickerpress.bsky.social @lorryjamison.bsky.social and, if you’re good, MAYBE even some surprise guests 😲.

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Andy Nordvall @andynordvall.com · 29/10/2025

🧵1/5 BADFUTURECOMICS.com : Announcement 📣 Join us tomorrow for a LIVESTREAM on Instagram to close out the @kickstarter.com campaign for BAD FUTURE, VOL. ONE.

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