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Starfall Academy #1 — Reader Preview

The opening sequence of Issue #1, 'First Light', in vertical-scroll format. These panels are presented as styled story panels with their original narration, dialogue and visual direction — the same script the downloadable preview PDF contains.

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Panel 1 · Exterior — Night, 100 years ago

PANEL 1

NARRATION: One hundred years ago, a star got tired of the sky.

Visual: Wide silent panel. A single point of light grows, streaks, and falls toward dark hills. No dialogue.

Panel 2 · The Crater — Dawn

PANEL 2

NARRATION: It landed the way secrets land. Quietly, and changing everything.

Visual: Steam rises from a glowing crater. A single school bell, impossibly, sits upright at its edge.

Panel 3 · Starfall Academy — Present Day, First Bell

PANEL 3

NARRATION: They built a school inside it. Of course they did. Where else do you send children to learn about light?

Visual: The crater is now courtyards, towers and windows. Students stream in. The bell rings itself.

Panel 4 · Courtyard — Juno Arrives

PANEL 4

JUNO: Okay. New school. Normal day. Please be a normal day.

TAM (off-panel): It won't be.

Visual: JUNO PARK, 14, ember-orange scarf, telescope case on her back, stares up at the central tower — where one window is glowing in daylight.

Panel 5 · Courtyard — The Window

PANEL 5

TAM: That window was dark yesterday. I map this place. I know.

JUNO: …Why is it glowing like it knows my name?

Visual: Close on the tower window: warm light, and for one frame, the shape of a handprint — from the inside. WEX watches from the shadows, grey and smiling half a beat too fast.

The light is just waking up

Issue #1 runs 32 pages from here. Join the launch list for release news, or download the preview PDF with the full panel script.

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Questions, answered

What is this preview?

The opening sequence of Starfall Academy Issue #1, First Light, in vertical-scroll format: five story panels presented with their original narration, dialogue and visual direction.

Is this the same as the downloadable preview?

Yes. These panels present the same script the downloadable preview PDF in the Free Library contains.

How long is the full issue?

Issue #1 runs 32 pages from where this preview ends.

Where do I get the preview PDF?

In the Free Library — the preview PDF with the full panel script for the opening sequence is one of the free downloads there.