Fairy Action

Magic isn’t a myth. It’s just unreleased software. Twelve-year-old Artie Miller thought his dad’s job at Pendragon Tech was boring until he touched a glowing hilt in a restricted server room. In an instant, Artie is synced to the Excalibur Experiment, a legendary blade of liquid light that allows him to “hack” the physical world. But being the world’s first human CPU comes with a price. As the villainous Morg-Anne corporation deploys a fleet of high-tech droids to reclaim their property, Artie realizes that every “spell” he casts drains his own energy.

In this haunting, evocative fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she’s pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems. “An utterly unique, lyrical play on the Persephone and Hades myth for fans of...