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Chapters (79)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. Twelve
  16. Thirteen
  17. Fourteen
  18. Fifteen
  19. Sixteen
  20. Seventeen
  21. Eighteen
  22. Nineteen
  23. Twenty
  24. Twenty-One
  25. Twenty-Two
  26. Twenty-Three
  27. Twenty-Four
  28. Twenty-Five
  29. Twenty-Six
  30. Twenty-Seven
  31. Twenty-Eight
  32. Twenty-Nine
  33. Thirty
  34. Thirty-One
  35. Thirty-Two
  36. Thirty-Three
  37. Thirty-Four
  38. Thirty-Five
  39. Thirty-Six
  40. Thirty-Seven
  41. Thirty-Eight
  42. Thirty-Nine
  43. Forty
  44. Forty-One
  45. Forty-Two
  46. Forty-Three
  47. Forty-Four
  48. Forty-Five
  49. Forty-Six
  50. Forty-Seven
  51. Forty-Eight
  52. Forty-Nine
  53. Fifty
  54. Fifty-One
  55. Fifty-Two
  56. Fifty-Three
  57. Fifty-Four
  58. Fifty-Five
  59. Fifty-Six
  60. Fifty-Seven
  61. Fifty-Eight
  62. Fifty-Nine
  63. Sixty
  64. Sixty-One
  65. Sixty-Two
  66. Sixty-Three
  67. Sixty-Four
  68. Sixty-Five
  69. Sixty-Six
  70. Sixty-Seven
  71. Sixty-Eight
  72. Sixty-Nine
  73. Seventy
  74. Acknowledgments
  75. About the Author
  76. Praise for Destroy All Monsters
  77. Books by Sam J. Miller
  78. Back Ad
  79. About the Publisher

The Get Along G’Aang—Juancy Rodriguez, Kathy Rodriguez, Kalyani-Aindri Sanchez, and Patricia Thomas—the bestest group chat on earth, bringing me so much laughter on the days when we need it most. My best friend, Walead Esmail-Rath, and Erica, and Lola Bee; bright lights in a dark world. My extended family at Picture the Homeless: hundreds of incredible humans, including Jean Rice, Nikita Price, Mo George, Francine Walker, Arvernetta Henry, Darlene Bryant, Rogers, Chyna, Doc, DeBorah Dickerson, Tyletha Samuels, Darlene Bryant . . . and of course Lynn Lewis. Y’all’s power and pride give me hope that even when we’re fighting monsters as big and scary as capitalism and racism, we can still destroy them all.

My family—Deborah Miller, Sarah Talent, Hudson Michael Talent, Eric Talent, Flavia Aleida Castillo, Jose Rodriguez, Tia Yani, Mama Tola, Maria Alejandra and Maria Fernanda, Bready & Dabriel & Carla & Zaiel and the Blackwells—Emilia & Michael & Leilani & Marie . . . and my husband, Juancy Rodriguez, the guiding light behind all the good parts. Only the mistakes have been mine.

In the process of promoting and touring for The Art of Starving, I was grateful to count on the support and hustle (and air mattresses) of Blair Overstreet, Matt Dunn, James Tracy, Juliette Torrez, Jessica Hilt, Esther Wang, Jonathan Fortin, and Michelle Matos.

I’m just generally a hardcore fanboy, and this book is shaped by some of my deepest passions. I had my mind blown by Sam Kieth’s The Maxx in its incarnation as an MTV animated series, and there’s a lot of its DNA in this strange hybrid creation. Pretty much everything I create has been influenced by my profound love for the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, but Destroy All Monsters owes a particular debt to season one of Legend of Korra. Ash’s gift is partially an homage to the character of Cass Neary in Elizabeth Hand’s masterful Generation Loss, which is why there’s a character named after her here. My love for Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories also inspired a character name. If you like this book, and don’t know those things, I hope you’ll check them out. They’re all way better.

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