American Gothic: The Hand of Poe

Chapter Three: Beware the Trickster

May 28, 2025

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Hello y’all–

If it’s the last Wednesday of the month, you know it’s time for a heaping helping of devilish delights from American Gothic: The Hand of Poe!

It’s hard to believe that we’re already three chapters deep in this story, gentle readers! You know what that means? Next month we’ll have our first Hand of Poe edition of “The Purloined Letters,” our reader correspondence feature! We have quite a few hot takes on deck, but if you have a comment, question, fan-theory, or joke, hit reply to this email before Friday, June 6th! Please remember to mark your message as “OKAY TO PRINT” if you would like to see your letter featured next month.

Chapter three features a cover by one of our favorite illustrators here at The New Futurists: Greg Van Dyke! If you missed Greg’s Coastal Rougarou for last week’s The Supernaturalist’s Notebook, grab you a handful of salt and 13 pennies and go check it out.

I’d also encourage you to follow Odd School Studios on the ol’ IG. Greg and his creative partner Jacob Castillo are cooking up exciting projects like The State of Nowhere that you’re going to want to know about. Trust me!

For all of our paid and Visionary subscribers, keep scrolling after the break for a special preview of “Chapter Four: They Burn Witches, Don’t They?” from Ezequiel as well as a behind-the-scenes conversation with Greg about this month’s cover.

Now on to the main event! Remember that American Gothic is a horror comic and is not suitable for all readers. This chapter features depictions of gun violence, immolation, supernatural horror, blood, gore, physical violence, animal cruelty, and violence against women. Reader discretion is advised.