A damaged brass bird. A locked winter nursery. A rescue beneath the City.

A night gardener brings a damaged brass inspection bird to Sera and Vicky’s bookshop. Its warning draws the partners beneath the City, where a sealed glasshouse and failing ventilation leave little time to reach the people inside.

Read or download the complete issue — PDF, 24 pages, 43 MB

Issue Two · The Glasshouse Below · Complete edition 1.0 · October 2026
22 story pages, plus front and back covers.

Cover of Sera Noir: The Glasshouse Below, by Michael S. Moniz.
The Glasshouse Below — Issue Two

Read the opening three pages

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Story page one: a damaged brass bird arrives at Sera and Vicky’s bookshop.
Story page 1 — Brass bird at the bookshop door
Story page two: Sera and Vicky hurry toward the winter nursery.
Story page 2 — Toward the winter nursery
Story page three: the partners approach the hidden glasshouse.
Story page 3 — The hidden glasshouse

Read or download the complete issue — PDF, 24 pages, 43 MB

Explore Sera Noir

Issue One — Last Carriage · The City — Atlas and Visual Setting Book · Meet the cast · Sera — Illustrated Worlds

Credits

Concepts, characters, world, art direction, and final selection: Michael S. Moniz. Script and artwork developed in collaboration with ChatGPT. Human-directed AI comic production.

© Michael S. Moniz. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.