In a press release, DSTLRY announced SOMNA, an erotic folk-horror story from creators Tula Lotay and Becky Cloonan, who will both write and illustrate the new series which spins out of their story “What Blighted Flame Burns in Thee?” included in this week’s release of THE DEVIL’S CUT.

“Somna culminates from a decade plus reveling in the darkest mythologies of history,” co-creator Cloonan explained. “Being able to explore these lifetime obsessions alongside one of my favorite creators has made this a career-defining project.”

“I can’t express how excited I am to finally see Somna conjured into existence,” Lotay added. “Becky and I have been finessing this brutally dark and sexy journey for years, and there’s been nothing like it before in comics.” 

The publisher shared the following tease for the series:

Set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village, Somna follows one woman’s escape from the confines of her puritanical world. Ingrid is unhappily married to Roland, the town’s bailiff and chief witch hunter, who has embarked on a single-minded quest to purge the ‘heretics’ in their midst. After a prominent town leader is found murdered, accusations fly and no one is above reproach from Roland’s deadly crusade. Ingrid has her suspicions about who the real murderer is, but even as she searches for the truth, she’s pursued by a shadowy figure. Ingrid gravitates to the foreboding phantom in ways she can’t resist; does this otherworldly seduction hold the key to the mystery? Or will he damn Ingrid’s soul to the blackest circle of Hell?