A preview of my piece for the Blood and Breath zine by @vermilionzines! I wrote a newsletter-esque piece about a diner run by a polyamorous trio of vampires.
Blood and Breath is all about queer vampires, and the proceeds go to the Move to Higher Ground project for the Quilete Tribe in Washington state.
Check out pre-orders here!
a newsletter page with an image of a white coffee mug with coffee being poured into it on the left side. On the right, atop a pale grey-green background, there is text that reads:
Six years ago, there was an empty lot at the corner of Washington and Park in downtown Los Angeles. The human authorities briefly proposed a plan to build a community center in the space, but never committed to the idea or provided the funding, leaving the land to sit vacant for years until a young, enterprising individual purchased it and built a 24 hour diner. Though not the community center the humans might have intended, Melody’s Diner is now a central hub of the paranormal society overlooked by mortals, providing meals, camaraderie, and safety in a time when monsters are still feared and hunted.
Providing good meals turns out to be particularly difficult when the entire supernatural community of Los Angeles, along with their plentiful and unique dietary needs, are all coming into Melody’s Diner. Melody and her partners, Felix and Thalia, originally planned for the space to be a small coffee shop, meant to cater to other vampires like themselves. Their Bloody Good Coffee selection is still a bestseller, though they soon expanded beyond such beverages and into a full line of diner fare.
