Thank y'all so much for being patient and allowing me to take my little winter hibernation! It paid off big time, I feel refreshed and reinvigorated! I even FINALLY got through drafting Episode Six which I had been stuck on for over a full year, so I'm super excited to be over that obstacle and dive into Ep. 7 and beyond!

As you may know, I do new cover art for each episode, mostly because I want to try to improve my art as the story goes on, and partially because I apparently like to make things more complicated for myself :) The issue this time is that I think technically the cover art for Episode Five: "Broken Earth" might not be entirely what the app store considers "appropriate," so to ensure HBM doesn't get yoinked due to a partially-naked-Dark-Belle cover, I'm not going to actually put this cover up on the sites where HBM is posted. However! It will be up on my instagram and my tumblr (or patreon, which already saw this cover like a week ago because it gets everything early)! I am @likegemstone on all platforms~

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As for the end of the hiatus/the release of Episode Five, that will be happening on April 22nd! Regular uploads will resume then, three times a week (MWF) as usual! I have eps 5, 5.5, and 6 drafted and mostly edited, and I've already started on 6.5, so it should be smooth sailing for the next several months at least!

Thanks again, everyone, for your patience and for reading/commenting! You have no idea what it means to me, I appreciate it so so much!

Gem <3