★ A brand-new work by Matthew Dow Smith, the artist behind Marvel, DC, IDW, and BBC comics—and the creator of such acclaimed titles as “Hellboy,” “Starman,” “Magic: The Gathering,” “The X-Files: Origins,” “Doctor Who,” and “Nightcrawler”!
★ 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award-Graphic Novels & Comics Finalist！
★ This is a quiet yet wondrous coming‑of‑age story and emotional graphic novel, deftly blending elements of teenage growth, fantasy, and suspense. It follows a young girl as she gradually uncovers a past she never knew existed—perfect for young adult readers, especially fans of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Nimona.”
★ The book paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of the uncertain yet vibrant world of 18-year-olds, teeming with fairies, ogres, all manner of magic, and the entire nocturnal realm.
The series currently comprises two volumes: “The October Girl Book One” and “The October Girl Book Two.”

A moody, coming-of-age tale for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Pecular Children and Nimona, filled with fairies and ogres and magic galore.
Autumn Ackerman grew up believing in fairies and magic and princesses who defeated dragons, but now that she’s eighteen and facing a future stuck behind the counter of her small town’s coffee shop, she’s starting to wonder if this is all there really is to her life.
But then she meets her childhood imaginary friend, Barnaby, in the alley behind the coffee shop one night. Autumn’s entire world is turned upside down.
Drawn into the strange and mysterious world of the Night Folk, fantastic creatures that inspired all of humanity’s myths about gods and monsters, Autumn is about to discover that there is more to her world than she ever dreamed of as a little girl, and that world is far more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. With the help of Barnaby and Evan Fade, the tragic young boy who inherited the local bookstore, Autumn has to protect herself from the coldly terrifying Mr. Balloon long enough to discover the truth about the Night Folk and her own past.

Matthew Dow Smith
Matthew Dow Smith is a writer, comic artist, and screenwriter. He has collaborated with nearly every major American comics publisher, with his work appearing in such titles as Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy,” DC’s “Starman” and “The Sandman Mystery Theatre,” Marvel’s “Nightcrawler,” and numerous Doctor Who comics from IDW, among many others. He is also the writer and artist behind DC Comics’ “Magic Bizarre,” and he created the “X‑Files: Origins” comic series for BBC and BBC America, as well as serving as both writer and artist on the digital comic series “Johnny Chaos,” “Arch Enemy,” and “Emilia Shadows.” He previously wrote the third volume of Archaia’s “The Dark Crystal: The Origin Myth.” He lives on the U.S. East Coast. X-Files: Season 10comic series, which he co-created the was nominated for the 2013 Diamond Gem Awards in the categories of Best New Comic Book Series and Licensed Comic of the Year.

“This is a very special project for me. I’ve been conceiving this story for over thirty years, and now, thanks to my publisher, I can finally tell it,” said Dow Smith. “For the past three decades, I’ve been drawing comics about people in spandex duking it out—fun as that is, my mind has been teeming with figures in long coats, skeletal trees, and all sorts of odd little creatures. The kind of story I’ve always wanted to tell just couldn’t find the right outlet. But now, as more and more people are turning their attention to comics beyond spandex and capes, I can finally let all these ideas pour out.”