{"id":282,"date":"2025-09-09T14:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:44:51","slug":"buy-my-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/?page_id=282","title":{"rendered":"Buy My Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Our Sharp Lives: a Gothic novella<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-642x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-642x1024.png 642w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-768x1226.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-963x1536.png 963w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-1283x2048.png 1283w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carmilla is a vampire living with her ruthless creators in Victorian France. 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