Saints and Zealots Bleed the Same: Kinda Sorta Official Launch
Ellie’s world is full of darkness, and all that stands between unaware mortals and the monsters that feed on them is the Congregation of the Body and the Blood of Christ. Since her 18th birthday, Ellie has been fighting these monsters, killing the immortal creatures known as “deathless” to protect humanity and free the trapped souls of the corrupted. Unfortunately, as the end times draw near and secular society falls further from God, the forces of the Congregation are stretched thinner, making their job more dangerous.
Sent on a solo mission to take down a cult of immortal heretics, Ellie accepts help from a risky source: a coalition of local deathless, looking to rid their community of the cult and their leader once and for all. With few options and dangerous odds, Ellie is left with no choice but to team up with Avery Jones, a self-proclaimed killer of Congregation soldiers with an all-consuming hatred for the cult’s leader.
But as she works more closely with Avery, Ellie starts to wonder if everything she has been told about the deathless is true. In spite of her disdain for the Congregation, Avery is far more human than Ellie was led to believe. As the true motives of both the Children of Dawn and the Congregation of the Body and the Blood come into focus, Ellie is forced to reckon with the tactics her own church and an insidious cult share, and realise she may have more in common with a soulless killer than she would like to admit.
Where is the line between faith and fanaticism? What is it that really makes monsters? How can we tell if the people we follow have our best interests at heart, or if we're just pawns in their own self-serving plans? Asking these questions puts Ellie in a dangerous position, but it might be her only way forward.
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Chapters will be released as they pass muster, but I'll aim for at least one a month, ideally one a week.
For the moment I'm using Wattpad, but if anybody has a better recommendation let me know. Link to story will show up shortly.
So check it out if you're looking for a new take on vampire stories, featuring actual adult protagonists, most of them queer, and a lot of (hopefully) new interpretations of classic themes in the genre.
I made a cover so it feels more real, and motivates me to work on it regularly. And because it looks cool.
Content warnings under the cut, for those interested but not sure what to watch for.