Flow - by Paula Sevenbergen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Three adolescents at camp convince a naïve girl they can cure her "curse" (really her first period) if she does everything they say--only to be cursed themselves 10 years later.

When blood began to run down Dara Lund's legs at Nature Camp, she thought she was dying. Homeschooled by a protective dad after her mom's mysterious death, Dara wasn't told the facts of life. "It's the Curse," her bunkmates said, not revealing it was her period. "But we can lift it...if you do everything we say." So began their week of torment, making naive Dara do torturous tasks for their amusement. But now, 10 years later, as they embark on their careers, the three tormentors find themselves cursed--so they reunite to track down the likely source: a vengeful Dara. And they'll pursue her to the bloody end.

About the Author

Paula Sevenbergen has written for television (the Warner Bros. series STARGIRL) and comics (DC Comics), as well as essays and stories for THE WASHINGTON POST, BUST Magazine, MAD Magazine, and other publications. She has also served as an editor for MAD. An Iowa native, she divides her time between her home state, Los Angeles, and New York.

Claudia Balboni is an Italian comic book artist. She began her career in 2005 working in various animation studios as a storyboard artist and environment designer. In 2009, she shifted her focus to comics, starting as a layout and pencil assistant on Star Trek: The Movie Adaptation and other projects at IDW Publishing.

Since then, she has illustrated titles such as True Blood: French Quarter, Star Trek, Robyn Hood, and Grimm Tales of Terror, collaborating with publishers like Convict Comics, Take-Two Interactive, and Bugs Comics.

In 2014, she teamed up with writer Brian Schirmer and artist Jeremy Saliba on the creator-owned series Black Jack Ketchum, followed by Fairlady.

From 2020 to 2021, she illustrated the comic book series Killer Queens, written by David Booher and published by Dark Horse Comics. In 2022, she drew the first miniseries of The Addiction, written by Vincent Zurzolo and David Queen.

In 2023, she was nominated for an Eisner Award alongside David Booher.

Most recently, she has worked on other titles for Dark Horse, including He-Man and Ghostbusters. She is currently developing a new project with Mad Cave Studios and is beginning work on the second miniseries of The Addiction.