{"id":110,"date":"2025-05-14T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samanthahund.com\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:48:54","slug":"current-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samanthahund.com\/?page_id=110","title":{"rendered":"Current Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Last Dawn [Querying]<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Last Dawn <\/em>is a dark literary fantasy for an adult audience. With the brutality of Empire of the Vampire<\/em>, the tragic ambition of\u00a0The Poppy War<\/em>, and the gothic emotional weight of\u00a0Wuthering Heights<\/em>, this is a female-led story where ambition is a dangerous game, fate is a noose, and love is the sharpest blade of all.<\/p>

Hetta has spent her life clawing for power within the Nightspeaker Coven, refusing to bow to prophecy, politics, or love\u2014 but fate doesn\u2019t care what you believe. When she\u2019s assigned to uncover the tomb of the long-buried Bloodling Kings\u2014\u00a0demonic\u00a0tyrants erased from history\u2014 Hetta\u2019s research draws the attention of the Protectera, the Coven\u2019s militant enforcers. She\u2019s forced to work alongside Silnan, a stoic lieutenant with secrets inked into his skin and a curse in his blood. Their alliance\u00a0begins\u00a0with suspicion and burns into something volatile, intimate, and dangerous. As ancient magic stirs and war presses in, every ruthless choice Hetta makes pulls her deeper into a destiny she was never meant to escape. She must decide what\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0willing to sacrifice before the last dawn rises\u2014 and she loses everything, including herself.<\/p>

The Last Dawn<\/em> is the first in an anticipated fantasy trilogy and Samantha is currently querying the project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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October Harrow is a burned-out writer who thinks she\u2019s landed a dream setup: an enigmatic sugar daddy who offers her rent-free life in Montmartre in exchange for weekly readings of her work.<\/p>

She expected comfort. Maybe a little culture. Instead she got a brutally honest, overbearing French literary critic with fangs. What begins as artistic freedom becomes possession. And worse\u2026 feedback.<\/p>

Her new patron, Bastien Renaud Saint-Cyr, is a centuries-old vampire with impeccable taste, brutal standards, and a talent for turning artistic critique into psychological warfare. Mentorship erodes into obsession as Bastien dismantles October\u2019s bad habits and her defenses\u2014pushing her toward the brilliance she\u2019s always wanted, at a cost she didn\u2019t expect.<\/p>

As October\u2019s work improves and long-denied success finally follows, the line between artistic collaboration and possession blurs. Bastien\u2019s rigid ethics\u2014never turning mortals, never keeping them\u2014start to fracture when their volatile dynamic turns intimate. October must decide whether creative greatness is worth surrendering control of her life, her art, and her future to a monster who feeds not just on blood, but on ambition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Farm (2024) historical fiction [complete]<\/h6>

One night in the summer of 1986, two people meet in a place that shouldn\u2019t exist. In a hidden haven beneath a San Francisco freeway, a girl tries to make sense of her path in life.<\/p>

Something Like Love (2024) psychological thriller [complete]<\/h6>

A man ruminates on domestic bliss in a story about loneliness, entitlement, and the terrifying things we call love when we\u2019ve forgotten what it really means.<\/p>

The Crossing (2024) fantasy\/fairytale [complete]<\/h6>

Marianne, the village outcast, falls under the spell of a charming poet who convinces her to leave behind her mundane life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Hungry Ghost and Other Stories<\/em> is a collection of short ghost stories intended for middle grade children.<\/p>

Each story explores deeper themes of responsibility, \u00a0belonging, and grief using the lens of the scary and unknown to confront these topics.<\/p>

There are three stories including;<\/p>

The Hungry Ghost<\/em><\/h5>

His new house is full of creaks and groans, but Timmy is absolutely not a scaredy-cat. At least, that’s what he tells himself. But one night things take a frightening turn when he hears a terrifying voice coming from inside his closet…<\/p>

Margot’s Monster<\/em><\/h5>

The summer before eighth grade, Margot finds herself very alone as she mourns the loss of her best friend, Misty. Preferring to wander the creek behind her house, she finds something extraordinary that makes her look at things a little differently. What if she isn’t alone after all?<\/p>

The Witchlings of Elmview Avenue<\/em><\/h5>

Bradley Shaw is without a doubt, the worst boy in the whole world–and the girls that live on Elmview are sick of it. During a sleepover, Georgia, Lily, and June decide to get their revenge. But what can three little girls do against a neighborhood bully?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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