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Hello and welcome to the home of Blood in the Water, a serially published Halloween gothic horror/romance novella that will begin publishing October 1st 2023.

Blood in the Water follows the survivors of a vampire attack on the brig Kestrel in an undefined 1800s time period. With one human and one newly-turned vampire alone in the middle of the ocean, the two must learn to trust each other in order to stay sane and find any hope of survival.

New chapters will be published every Monday and Wednesday throughout October 2023 and into early November on RoyalRoad with links posted to this tumblr account for ease of access!

As a gothic horror, Blood in the Water contains some content that might be uncomfortable or alarming to some readers. Please read the content warnings (linked below) before reading.

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A ship at sea is beset by a vampire, leaving two survivors—one turned, one human—adrift in uncertain tides. A bloody beginning begets a shockingly sweet end. Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) interviews Carolina Cruz (they/them) about their horror romance novella Blood in the Water.

Spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) and Passengers (2016).

Carolina Cruz (they/them) is the author of the horror novella Blood in the Water as well as the fantasy series The Creed of Gethin beginning with The Unwanted Prophet. You can follow them @writingwolverina

#reblogging this here as well for archival reasons #podcast #right here write queer

The special edition hardcover of Blood in the Water comes out this October - it'll have black and white illustrations, a brand new cover design inspired by vintage gothic romances, and a new bonus short story that takes place after the canon ending.

My question is - should I add the bad ending in as well? Or should I leave that as exclusively available via the royalroad edition?

bad ending added into the special edition:

add it back in

leave it serial exclusive

other (leave in the tags or replies)

Voting ended onSep 1, 2024

#blood in the water #poll #cant wait to get the illustrations done and scanned #the new cover is done i just need to finish adding in the title #cant wait for yall to see it!!!

Resurrecting this account almost a year later just to post this meme

If you wanna read some real bisexual propaganda written by a real bisexual, you can now find it in a few different places in a few different formats:

Kindle/Paperback

Free to download on itch.io

Original web serial edition (with extra/alternate ending!) On royalroad

And, if you've read Blood in the Water and enjoyed it, consider leaving it a rating/review on Goodreads (or wherever you can!)

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Characters: Cort (he/it), Carmen (she/her)

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And with that, the poll is closed, and the winner iiiissss..... [drumroll]

The GOOD ending!

That was a lot closer than I expected it to be, honestly. If you voted good, congrats! If you voted bad, my condolences. If you voted at all, thank you so much!

Now that the official ending has been chosen, I have exciting news: the physical paperback format of Blood in the Water is now available!

Get the paperback edition here!

Otherwise, please continue to enjoy the character art and access to the free online edition!

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I keep not posting this one cuz I’m telling myself I’ll come up with a good caption but i have Not so you’re getting it as is

Characters: Carmen (She/her), Cort (he/it)

#no more waiting tbh anyyywwaaays #character art #carmen cortez weaver #james harcourt #blood in the water

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Character: Cort (he/it)

#character art #James harcourt #the boy!!!!#wanted to draw the teefs

New Chapter

Chapters 15 a & b: In which it is up to you to decide their fate...

Read the final chapters here

Find content warnings here

What is Blood in the Water?

Plus some additional news: In the author notes at the bottom of Chapter 15b there is a strawpoll link. When you are done reading, please vote on which ending you'd like to be the official ending in the paperback edition. Poll ends Nov. 20th 2023