Heartburst and Other Pleasures #[nn]

In "Heartbeat," Rick Veitch delivers a striking, self-contained story set on the distant planet Epsilon Bootis, where Earth settlers clash with the native Ploo. With only vintage 1950s TV broadcasts as their link to home, a lone woman named Rimbaud—possessing the rare "Heartburst" ability to travel between worlds—seeks another with the same gift to rebuild communication. When Sunoco Firestone, unaware of his own talent, falls in love with Maia, a Ploo high priestess, their union ignites a war and a prison sentence, setting off a chain of events that will force him to confront both his power and his past. The story unfolds with emotional weight and surreal imagery, all drawn, inked, colored, and lettered by Veitch himself, with a cover by him as well.