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Pub Date 7 Jul 2026 | Archive Date 12 May 2026


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Description

A broke vampire’s last ditch effort to escape the blood sucking monster of capitalism through an ill-conceived multi-level marketing scheme.

James Sugre has never been this broke before in his centuries of living. Down and out, he’s had a terrible string of luck investing in companies crippled by fraud and always late to the next crypto-fad. He spends most of his time in his coffin, too broke to go out in public.

As the video game industry reaches record-breaking heights, Sugre tries his luck one more time with his own game studio. When he encounters a game developer and self-professed fan of vampire lore named Lauren, Sugre becomes hopeful that his luck might finally be on the up-and-up.

But the market is rocky, and nothing is as stable as "un-death." Sugre learns the hard way that a dollar is worth more than a drop of blood. Trading immortality for cash, Sugre and Lauren create a—not entirely legal—business of turning humans into vampires for a fee. The business expands, but Vampire Nation has to protect their own investments, and Sugre learns the hard truth of the system he can’t escape.

A broke vampire’s last ditch effort to escape the blood sucking monster of capitalism through an ill-conceived multi-level marketing scheme.

James Sugre has never been this broke before in his...


Advance Praise

Praise for Michael J. Seidlinger

“Raw and alarmingly prophetic.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

"Seidlinger carves from our Age of Illness a brilliantly nihilistic nightmare." —Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall

"Do not, under any circumstance, read when you’re alone. One of the most disturbing novels I've read in years." —Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review

"Seidlinger pulls no punches in delivering gut-wrenching horror as he drives the novel to its bloody conclusion. Fans of Jack Ketchum and Samantha Kolesnik will want to check this out." —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Michael J. Seidlinger

“Raw and alarmingly prophetic.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

"Seidlinger carves from our Age of Illness a brilliantly...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781968043094
PRICE US$17.95 (USD)
PAGES 120

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