Hunting Midnight (a serial story) • Index & Giveaway info 🔎🎁

This story is being serialized to the Hive blockchain before it is syndicated to Medium. It is an experiment in Web3 fiction! It is free to read and does not require any special Web3/crypto knowledge to access. But if you are interested in the Web3 stuff, engaging with the story offers some extra benefits :)

📖 Story parts

As parts become available, I will link them in the list below. You can also navigate the story from the story posts themselves. The releases will not follow a strict schedule, but I’ll aim to publish between three to five parts a week.

The story is told over several Episodes made up of relatively short parts (500 to 1,200 words). More info about Hunting Midnight and its associated giveaways are below this table.

🔖 Collect part ‘triplets’ as NFT Bookmarks by subscribing to my cent page.

Episode 1: The Ghost in the Clock

Wifi • Explosion • Book • Breakfast • Date • Lamppost • Taxi • Networks • Office • Halls • Five • Persimmon • Minutes • Seconds • Parks • Stages • Blankets • Split • Keys • Shroud • Bed • Cop • Hut • Grandstands • Feelings • Latch

Episode 2: Girl of Gold

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Synopsis

Alena moved to a small town to start a restaurant, not to tangle with a demon. But when the monster messes with her wifi, ruins her roommate’s date, and threatens to commit mass murder, she’s forced to put her plans on hold.

Impossible phenomena and a chaotic stalker lead her to a grandfather clock with backward numbers. The ghost inside believes she’s there to help it escape, and offers to show her the world through its eyes. With one fateful glimpse, Alena ignites a journey that becomes much more than a trade of sanity for safety, and enters a long entrenched battle for the sovereignty of the soul.

The Ghost in the Clock is the inaugural episode of Hunting Midnight, a paranormal adventure series that shatters genre expectations by delivering as much charm as it does creepshow, as many smiles as it does spooks, and an unforgettably unique cast of villains and heroes.

Contains strong language, sexual themes and scenes of violence.

🎁 Giveaways

• The Hunting Midnight giveaways run on a weeklyish schedule, on Hive only. Hive accounts are generally free or affordable to obtain!
• If publishing goes to plan, this will span almost all of 2023 (or more!) It’s a big story 😅
• Giveaways will be hosted in various Hive communities for greater exposure
• Entry mechanism: leave a comment that quotes a line from any part in the The Hunting Midnight story (not here! In the giveaway posts!)
• Each giveaway will feature: 🎁 Standard prizes for 6 to 10 winners, plus🎡 Spins on a bonus prize wheel for meeting certain conditions, such as being a member of the Scholar and Scribe creative writing community on Hive.
• Prizes will reflect the host community (e.g. DEC in Splinterlands, STARBITS in Rising Star). Check out one of the giveaways for my last publication, The Childseeker’s War to get a sense of how they work.
• Winners will be announced in the giveaway posts themselves (i.e. winners of #1 will be announced in #2, etc.)

You need a Hive account to participate in these giveaways! Get started here.