Blending elements of crime noir with classic monster horror, FERALS #1 begins with the personal tale of Officer Dale Chesnutt, a lawman in the sleepy town of Cypress. Folks are turning up not just dead, but slaughtered in bestial fashion. His investigation leads him to a tantalizing woman… and a mystery that dates back centuries. “It starts with small town people, folks with their own little dynamic, and a small town cop who is a charmer, a womanizer, a screw-up,” says Lapham. “He suddenly is hit by the ‘stray bullets’ and finds himself in a whole new world that’s plenty dark and twisted.”