Happy #sludgepit to those who celebrate. Currently working on PHILAIMATOS, book 3 in the #dverse, a vtm inspired dark vampire universe. This book is a stand alone like LETIFER and SKIAMAKHIA and serves as the introduction to the next spiritual duology in this eight-part series. We're on to our Chicago vamps, but never fear: you'll see some familiar faces, for better or worse, as we keep this bloody ride moving.

I'm hoping to have the first 50 pages written by the end of the month and have no concrete publication timeline in mind just yet. This is my first from-scratch project since hitting burnout (everything else I've released up to now was already in the fully drafted stage), so I'm taking things slow and letting myself have fun with things.

And y'all? I'm having SO much fun with it.

💀 1933 Prohibition Chicago 💀 Vampire Fightclubs 💀 Faithlessness vs Desperation 💀 Obsession over Romance 💀 Vampire Politics 💀 Post WW1 Trauma

And my final entry for #sludgepit is PHILAIMATOS, the third book in the Dark Vagaries. This book begins our next duology and is set in the 1930s, exploring the hazardous existence of Sammy Poe, a rum-running speakeasy owner struggling to maintain autonomy in a Chicago characterized by organized crime, shady law enforcement, and other elements skulking about in the shadows. The city is on the brink of a war from which money and favors alone can't buy neutrality, and things only get worse as it becomes clear that Sammy is a target for more reasons than just his hard-earned illegal operation.

It's fortunate, perhaps, that he's got his own rogue element in his corner, but whether or not his vampiric companion James can keep away the jaws that lunge for him is a question yet to be answered.

PHILAMAITOS involves underground vampire fight clubs, organized crime, vampire political dynasties with dry rot baked into the foundations, and an achillean queer center relationship much more pragmatic than romantic, exploring the fine line between obsession, duty, attraction, and transaction. "Let me be your dog," finds new meaning in this story, for real.