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In "Jerry Mack," married minister Jerry Mack Wyatt is unsettled by a chance encounter with a former friend’s public coming out, prompting a quiet, painful recollection of a long-buried romantic crush from his youth. Written and illustrated by Howard Cruse, the story unfolds with restrained emotion, weaving memory and present-day reflection through a restrained, intimate narrative.

In "Billy Goes Out," Howard Cruse crafts a quietly devastating portrait of a man moving through the night, his steps tracing a familiar path from bar to backroom and back again. As Billy gets dressed and drifts through the city’s dim-lit edges, his internal monologue reveals a lifetime of longing and loss, each encounter layered with the weight of what’s been, and what never was.