The Streets Run Red. Hulderotica, #27

It's been long, difficult decades since Marrowmont's Maidens slaughtered the vampires among their citizens. Those who survived fled to Boston to regroup and rebuild. Newly turned Winter was baptized in stories of their ascendance and their right to reclaim the city that cast them out. With rumours of the Maw's escape, she's ready to prove herself to her sire, and further her maker's foothold in their clan, by being part of the first wave to assess what's really going on in Marrowmont.
But to do so, she'll have to navigate a world of glittering, corp goth decadence where power and wealth are the only law, and everything has a price. Winter is about to find out hers.7, 500 words. Standalone.