rafael nicolás


21-year-old, award-winning journalist who writes about gay angels (and humans, sometimes) in his free time.


PRE-ORDER:

ANGELS BEFORE MAN:

Cover Illustration by Andie Lugtu (@siroc_co on twitter)

A Queer Retelling of the Fall of Satan


In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer is taught to love himself. Along the way, their friendship begins to bloom into something else. Maybe the first romance in the history of everything.But this God is a jealous one, and maybe paradise is not paradise.


Part cozy and slow coming of age, part fast-paced tragedy, with a little love story in between.

Lucifer and Michael by Andie Lugtu
(@siroc_co on twitter)


MORE ART:


Michael (left) and Lucifer (right) having a lil tussle by Rae
(@fathommore on twitter)

Angels Asmodeus (left) and Rosier (right) hanging out homoerotically by Alondra Colmenares (@Astherya_ on twitter)

Lucifer by valentina garcía
(@gatovtina on twitter)

Content Warnings:

– Blasphemy
– Off-page sexual assault with related internal monologue post-incident
– Abuse
– Self-harm
– Atypical depiction of grooming
– Animal death
– Sexual content
– Body horror
– Graphic depictions of violence
– Incestous term use
– Potential correlations to homosexuality being sinful
– Depictions of mental instability


These themes are light or absent in Part I. It isn't necessary to read Part II.