| Characters |
Catherine Gore (introduction); Nick (introduction); Chloe (introduction) |
| Synopsis |
Nick drags Catherine to an S/M play party where they meet Chloe, to whom they are both attracted. |
| Script |
Ted Naifeh; Tristan Crane |
| Pencils |
Ted Naifeh; Tristan Crane |
| Inks |
Ted Naifeh; Tristan Crane |
| Letters |
Tristan Crane; Ted Naifeh |
| Notes |
The six-page story "The Woods" appears between the 8th and 9th pages of this story, as if reflecting Catherine's dream as she and Chloe sleep. |
| Reprinted |
in How Loathsome (NBM, 2004A series) #[nn] ([April] 2004);
in How Loathsome (NBM, 2004B series) #[nn] ([November] 2004) |
| Characters |
Catherine Gore |
| Synopsis |
A young version of Catherine is growing up in a one room shack with her widower father and her golden-haired sister Lillian. The adventurous Lillian gets lost in the wood one night, and once found sickens and dies. Catherine is haunted by a ghostly vision of Lillian, and when her father gives her his cross necklace, he, too, wastes away and dies. |
| Script |
Ted Naifeh [as Catherine Gore]; Tristan Crane [as Catherine Gore] |
| Pencils |
Ted Naifeh; Tristan Crane |
| Inks |
Ted Naifeh; Tristan Crane |
| Letters |
Tristan Crane; Ted Naifeh |
| Notes |
Falls between pages 8 and 9 of the main story, while Catherine and Chloe sleep. |
| Reprinted |
in How Loathsome (NBM, 2004A series) #[nn] ([April] 2004);
in How Loathsome (NBM, 2004B series) #[nn] ([November] 2004) |