One Con Glory
Buy the Paperback Edition, $10
Buy the eBook Edition, $6
By Sarah Kuhn
Diehard fangirl Julie loves Buffy marathons, fighting about comic book continuity, and being left alone.
But more than anything, Julie loves Glory Gilmore, a mostly-forgotten C-List superheroine from the world of ’80s comics.
For years, she’s longed to reclaim the precious Glory action figure that’s eluded her grasp so many times before. And one fateful weekend, she has the chance to do just that.
Of course, no great quest is ever simple. Before she can triumph over the forces of loudmouth nerds and clueless Mundanes everywhere, Julie will have to deal with an avalanche of unexpected obstacles. In the midst of battles for videogame supremacy and frustrating encounters with a supremely irritating TV pretty boy, she’ll be forced to reconsider her fandom and reevaluate her life.
She might even have to talk to people.
Now available from Alert Nerd Press, One Con Glory is a twisty romantic comedy for the obsessive fangirl in everyone.
Featuring Glory-ous illustrations from Max Riffner, Pj Perez, and Benjamin Birdie! Cover by Chris Stewart!
Check out an excerpt, read Julie’s blog, or rate the book on GoodReads!
Praise for One Con Glory:
“Funny, sharp, and charming, Sarah Kuhn’s One Con Glory is as smart as it is smart-assed: not only is it fluent in geek-speak, it knows we’ve got more issues than just the ones in our longboxes. One Con Glory bears approximately the same relation to chick-lit novels that Spaced does to sitcoms: it is (to quote from the Six Million Dollar Man opening) better, stronger, faster. A frakkin’ fun read from a writer to watch out for.”
—Jeff Lester, The Savage Critics
“A fast and fun read.”
—Whitney Matheson, PopCandy, USA Today
“With its prickly (but lovable) heroine, tongue-in-cheek look at conventions, and genuinely heartwarming romance, One Con Glory has it all. Sarah Kuhn’s tale of emotional realization, of a childhood hero lost and found – sprinkled throughout with a healthy dose of pop geekery — is not to be missed.”
—The Book Smugglers
“I started laughing two pages into this book, and did not stop, although by the end I was also interjecting adoring coos… One Con Glory is sharp, witty, well-paced, feminist geek girl good times.”
—Karen Healey, author of Guardian of the Dead
“A surprising love story populated with unusual but endearing characters you can easily imagine meeting on the comics convention circuit. It’s like Notting Hill with cosplay. Also, Julie is totally right about Scott and Jean.”
—Caroline Pruett, Fantastic Fangirls
“Being such an enjoyable read, the normal thing to say would be, ‘It ended too soon!’ But, Kuhn knows the secret that so many don’t: when to stop. One Con Glory, like Firefly, Pushing Daisies, and NextWave, ends while it’s still fun and in my good graces. It will never jump the shark or abuse my fan loyalty.”
—Lisa Fary, Pink Raygun