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[Due to a bug, this story has moved to a new home: https://www.wattpad.com/story/318690675]Jared Stern is going to die. That is, unless he can stop a vampire before the vampire gets his fangs in him... ✶✞ When righteous daydreamer Jared Stern chances upon the vampire Keen's murderous meal, he's thrust into a battle against a creature that keeps his secrets close. Stakes are raised as he commits to vampire hunting, and Jared quickly finds himself in up to his neck with their game of cat and mouse spiraling across the city.But there's more to this charismatic monster than meets the eye, and Keen, not easily deterred, takes an interest of his own in his would-be slayer. As he starts to reveal a human face, driving a stake through skin and bone proves harder than it looks in the movies.Can Jared stop a killer without becoming one himself? Is there any way to get through to a monster, or are some divides not meant to be bridged?Climb to the heights of New York City's skyscrapers and plunge to the sewers' dankest depths in a lively horror story with a deadpan penchant for puns. This is Star-Cross, Book I: Keen's Turn.Updates moonly.✶✞🥇 Best Opening, Paranormal | Strawberry Shortcake Awards 2022🥇 Best Antagonist | 2022 Rose Gold Awards🥇 1st Place, Supernatural/Thriller | The Seasonal Awards, Spring and Summer 2022 🥇 1st Place, Vampire | Campfire Awards 2.0🌟 Featured on @WattpadDarkFantasy Wattpad Ambassador list "The Bestiary" | 2023🌟 Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered Wattpad Ambassador list "Not This Road Trip Again" | June 2022Copyright © 2019 - 2025 Melaina BlancBanner by @lavendareyesThe cover and all other images were created by me or are public domain.https://melainablanc.com/https://www.youtube.com/@Star-Cross…

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So you have a podcast you'd like to promote? That's fantastic! Come along with me, as I painstakingly detail all the ways to not succeed in doing that. Not a podcaster? That works too. Everyone is welcome, to what should be a farce about the road to building an audience, but is too bonkers not to be true.★★★Copyright © 2022 Melaina Blanc.All images are created or owned by me or are public domain.https://melainablanc.com/…