Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius - a Maidensong Magica Story

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High school is even weirder than Jade Everly could have imagined. After the Maidensong chose her to become JADE EVERGREEN, Portland's first magical girl, she's had to deal with slime monsters, hauntings, and a nosy student reporter. But not even her favorite girl detective books could prepare her for THE PERILS OF POLYBIUS!

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The first side story in the Maidensong Magica universe!

Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius is a new novelette in the Maidensong Magica queer magical girl universe, the setting of 2024's Magica Riot. It tells the story of a pivotal adventure in the early career of Portland's original magical girl, Jade Evergreen, in the year 1981.

This novelette is a tie-in with the upcoming Magica Riot sequel novel, Magica Riot: Full Bloom, but can also be enjoyed as a standalone magical girl story! Elements and characters from this novelette will appear again in Full Bloom in the present day.

Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius was written by Kara Buchanan, and features cover art and character design by Amber Dill.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Comic book-style action and combat with brief mentions of blood, 1980s period-appropriate language for trans identity, depictions of mind control and brainwashing.

ISBN: 979-8-9988762-0-2

Word count: approx. 16,082 words