"For some of us, it's always midnight." Based on the book of the same name by renowned author Barry Gifford (Wild At Heart), the fourth and final issue of Night People is coming out on June 12th from Oni Press, and we have an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers ahead of its release!

You can see destinies cross paths and fates align when the kindly Arapaho White picks up young hitchhiker Marble Lesson on the interstate in our exclusive excerpt from Night People #4.

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Night People #4
Author/Artist: Chris Condon / Artyom Topilin
Publisher: Oni Press
Page Count: 32pp
Size: 7 x 10
Date of Publication: June 12, 2024

From acclaimed writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, The Enfield Gang Massacre) and rising star Marco Finnegan (The Keeper, Crossroad Blues) comes the final tale based on the novel by neo-noir icon Barry Gifford (Lost Highway, Wild at Heart) . . .

Marble Lesson is the only one who can make sure her estranged daddy stays on the wagon and keeps the new job he so desperately needs. But Wes's gig at a remote airstrip comes with some unexpected complications. Marble came to save her father—but can she survive on her own?

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  • Derek Anderson
    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.