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With her secrets revealed, Maeve must face Dolan's response along with her friends' skepticism.... Hello & Welcome to Hobbies Include Writing, the creative fiction podcast. Other than edits by the author each chapter you experience is virtually untouched. In fact, I haven’t even finished writing the story yet. You are part of shaping this unfinished story by critiquing my writing style, the characters and more via email and social media. Thanks to our Patrons, Ivie Montgomery and Jacqueline Lydic for supporting the show. Ivie has been so helpful in beta-reading these episodes in the Google Doc before they get to you and making comments that have helped me with editing. Jacqueline took part in our first live Q&A episode through the Patron Discord channel. The Founding Fans offer has ended for the time being, but you can still join them in supporting the show over on our Patreon. I could not possibly do this without patron support. Thanks also to our business partner in cross-promotion Black Ice Comics, a full-service comics store located in Houghton, Michigan with services and products available online. If this is your first time listening, I recommend you start back at Episode One and the setup of our story. We pick up back at Maeve’s apartment. Last night, in a fit of anger over Dolan’s controlling nature, Maeve revealed to her friends that Dolan is not her junkie cousin, but in fact a vampire bound by blood magic to feed off of her family, and her family alone. Skeptical, her friends decided to get shit-faced and deal with the revelation - and their hangovers - the next morning. Please enjoy the fifth installment of the paranormal long-fiction audio novel, Blood that Binds. You can download the episode by clicking the button at the top of this blog post, or through your favorite podcasting platform via one of the links at the top of the page. The PDF version is available at the bottom of this post. Be sure to like, share, subscribe and review! CONTENT WARNING Be advised, this audio novel examines toxic relationship dynamics and includes elements of abuse which may be upsetting to some listeners. This story contains strong language along with descriptions of blood, biting and vampirism. This story also includes characters with a variety of spiritual, gender, sexual and ethnic identities. This is intended to create an inclusive and diverse narrative with the understanding that no character can represent an entire identity or community. Any fantastical depictions of witchcraft are not intended to discredit anyone’s spiritual beliefs or practices. Links & Credits
SNEAK PEEK “Mind if I get this one?” Maeve follows the twisting array of tattoos up the woman’s forearm, picking up bright little demon and fairy faces, script and birds amidst a tangle of thorny vines. They bring her to a face she can see much more clearly in the bar than she could by the glow of a cigarette. Thick eyebrows stand out on porcelain skin above deep-set eyes heavily defined with black, smokey makeup. Maeve’s own eyes sparkle as she nods slowly, “Sure, never turn down a free drink.” The woman hands the bills to the bartender with a smile and gets most of it back in change, along with a whiskey and soda. Maeve watches the swish of long, ice-blonde hair as the woman turns her head, but quickly returns her attention to her drink for a moment as blue eyes fall back on her. After a short sip, Maeve raises her eyes again to meet the woman’s “Usually when people buy me a drink they also introduce themselves.” She challenges, then softens with a smile, “I’m Maeve.” The woman offers her hand, “Rona.” Maeve takes it briefly, “That’s a beautiful name.” She smiles, trying not to blush. "Please do not misunderstand my compliment," She thinks desperately, trying to press her intention out as warm pink energy through her fingers, "I am being so queer with you right now." With her third eye, she sees the energy snap and crackle with nervous static where their hands meet. Rona chuckles and takes her hand back, pulling out a stool to take a seat, “Thank you. To be fair, I didn’t pick it out on my own.” “Bet you picked those clothes, though.” Maeve counters, turning her body towards Rona and taking another sip of her drink. Rona swirls the ice in her untouched drink, “And?” Maeve nearly spills her drink as she pulls it away from her mouth and gestures emphatically to Rona’s entire outfit, “You look like a fucking badass.”
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