THE YEAR IS 199X,

Laura Leiha Deng befriends a mysterious and beautiful girl with sharp teeth named Carmilla, and slowly, something soft, delicate and rotten like white mold blooms between them.

A retelling of Carmilla, one of the the earliest pieces vampire literature ever written.

The director’s cut has an extended runtime of 114 pages (almost 30 more pages than the original book), with new art, previously deleted scenes, and refreshed dialogue. The first printing of soft was one of our final few Risograph books, and had the highest page count for a single book. It really pushed the limits of what we were able to bind, and would have been an extremely difficult book to reprint. Because of those production reasons, the book was not reprinted for many years, despite many people asking for it, and that is one of the authors favorites among their works. Now, 10-ish years later, we are very happy to have the chance to bring it back. We hope you like it too!

116 p / 130 x 180 mm / Softcover w/ dust jacket / 1 spot color interiors

“SOFT’s diary format creates an immediate intimacy -- perfectly paced with everyday sketches and relatable notes about friends, I felt helpless pangs in my chest watching Laura slowly sink into the blood soaked quicksand that is her relationship with Carmilla.

Mai’s art and writing is as charming (and disarming) as Carmilla herself, creating a sickly and sad portrait of young obsession, loathing, and the often isolating experience of being a gay teenager in love.”

- E.M. Carroll, Through the Woods and When I Arrived At the Castle