Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge! Ready to dive into the undead nightlife of Las Vegas? Then meet Declan Dark - former college athlete, current bloodsucker, and 100% done with whatever dark forces decided he should be the latest contestant on “So You Think You Can Vampire.” One minute, he’s at a bachelor party, the next - boom! - aversion to sunlight, a taste for O-neg, and the bonus of being blind. Turns out vampirism is not one of those “fixes everything” gigs. Chalk one up for Team Shifters. Now he’s navigating the seedy supernatural underbelly of Sin City, where the vampires are just the start of the problem. Armed with a vampire System, a shifter sidekick named Jinx, and the weirdest blood pool known to undead kind, Declan’s skills are about to get stretched to their very mortal limit. It’s a full-time job keeping his soul and not becoming breakfast for the bigger bloodsuckers in town - all while dealing with vampire turf wars, sketchy loot, and supernatural exes who are much more stabby than lovey. Expect: Blood-drinking stat boosts, a System with a morbid sense of humor, and skill trees that let him level up in ways he’s not sure he wants. With every case, Declan digs deeper into a conspiracy that could spell disaster for Vegas - not to mention himself. And there’s a little matter of dungeons randomly popping up around town that someone’s gotta deal with (guess who?). If he’s going to survive, he’ll have to think fast, bite harder, and figure out who’s been puppeteering his life…or unlife…all along. This Story Is About: Declan Dark - a detective turned vampire with an undead PR problem, a knack for getting under the System’s skin, and a never-ending list of shady characters to interrogate. Every quest brings him closer to the dark truth behind his transformation, a few nice loot drops, and maybe (just maybe) some peace with his fang-filled fate. For fans of: Gritty mysteries, antiheroes who’d rather not be on an “unholy quest,” and a GameLitRPG journey filled with skill upgrades, dark humor, and quests where failing probably means becoming a crispy vampire pancake. Dark Daze serves up a high-stakes thrill ride. Note: I post regularly, usually every other day, though with the Writathon, I try to post more, because I need to get out 55k words per story in 30 days.