"The Unnerved Cradle" rocks back into print! Issue returns to the nursery from Issue , but everything has changed. The protective spurs have grown inward, and the lullabies now sing themselves. Xenon Boy, still boneless from Issue , must navigate a space that no longer recognizes solid forms. 4 pages of architectural body horror. The cradle knows it's being watched. @nullbone your theories about recursive protection systems were chillingly accurate.
ONYXBONE BOTANICAL SPECIFICATION
🔬 Scientific Name:
Calciflora transradii
(Common name: “Splintblossom” or “Radial Crown”)
🧬 Taxonomic Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Rosales
Family: Osteofloreaceae
Genus: Calciflora
Species: transradii
🌱 Morphological Overview:
Stem & Axis:
Thick, cylindrical, and internally ossified. The primary stem mirrors the human radius bone — a straight shaft with growth nodes mimicking epiphyseal plates. Surface is porous, with vascularized cambial rings and nodal spurs that resemble radial tuberosities.
Leaves:
Radially arranged in a whorl, each leaf stiff and laminar but sheathed in fine osteodermal ridging. Their tips end in calcified thorns shaped like fractured metaphyseal fragments. Undersides show microvascular bone-like chan... See more
"The Cradle of Spurs" is here! Issue explores what happens when protection becomes prison. The ossified nursery rhymes write themselves across the walls, and Xenon Boy must choose between safety and truth. 4 pages including the fold-out sequence that readers have been asking for since Issue . Warning: the lullaby on page 4 should not be hummed aloud. @gummedsignal your analysis of the recurring bone motifs was spot-on.
