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Oct 2020
42m 25s

The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow, Cha...

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Set in the years between Season One and Season Two, Blood is Blood is the first chapter of a new trilogy to be released on the hallowed days of the year. Nadine Rigg was born to a life of privilege and comfort. What happens though, when an inheritance brings its own dark gifts to your door?


CW: Death of parents, death by train, verbal assault, relational violence, train sounds, apparent murder by knife, gore.


Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Sound design by Steve Shell

Narrated by Steve Shell

Outro music: "God's Dark Heaven," written and performed by Those Poor Bastards


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