Abstract Studios
Terry Moore, writer and artist
Things are starting to come together in this series. We have the current events which involve both Rachel and her friend, Jet, walking around and talking and interacting with other folks despite the fact that they are dead. We also have an ancient witch that only some people can see walking around and speaking in riddles to some while enticing others to commit horrible acts. There's also a demon who possessed a little girl and later Jet, at least for a little while.
Then there's also a Colonoial-era story line we've been getting glimpses of from time to time, providing some background for the town in which this all takes places. Apparently there was a large massacre of young girls, all accused of being witches. Their leader, Lilith, is the witch roaming around in modern times, and we know from her that she cursed the town for the deaths of all those young girls in Colonial times. We also know that she is set on destroying the modern inhabitants of the town in retribution for the massacre. But so far, aside from Lilith, there hasn't been a great deal of overlap in the two stories or an explanation of how Rachel and Jet are still ambulatory and seemingly normal, at least at first glance, while being quite dead. At least, nothing obvious.
That begins to change with this issue. A quiet dinner for Rachel, Jet, Rachel's Aunt Johnny and Johnny's friend Carol takes an unexpected turn. Rachel and the readers are given another flashback to the Colonial-era events, and this time, Rachel has less trouble making sense of those past events and how they relate to her today. This doesn't necessarily mean the end of the series is drawing near, but I do hope the answers keep coming.
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