Countdown to Midnight: Enter the World of Baron Midnight
- Dblkrose
- Jun 20, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
In twelve days, the clock strikes Midnight.
And when it does, something dark will rise from the bayou—drenched in shadow, born from blood, and carrying a sickle for those who thought their secrets would stay buried.
Baron Midnight isn’t just a book. It’s a reckoning. A supernatural thriller steeped in ancestral magic, Black wrath, and the haunting cost of generational betrayal. And it’s coming for everything they said we couldn’t touch.
What Is Baron Midnight?
Set in the heart of New Orleans, Baron Midnight follows Gabriel Saint-Croix, a criminology student whose search for the truth about his father’s death uncovers a conspiracy so deep it reaches into the grave.
Beaten. Silenced. Left for dead. But Gabriel doesn’t die.
He answers the call of something older. Something waiting beneath the dirt.
And when he rises… he’s not alone in his skin.
Why This Story? Why Now?
Because justice delayed is still injustice. Because grief doesn’t fade—it ferments. And because we’re tired of being patient while the guilty sleep well.
I wrote Baron Midnight as a love letter to our anger and our ancestors. To the ones who never got their names back. To the power of stories told in smoke and salt and shadows.
What You Can Expect:
A 12-chapter saga of horror, love, rage, and rebirth
Black Southern Gothic meets urban noir
Themes of ancestral power, institutional betrayal, and supernatural vengeance
For fans of Lovecraft Country, The Water Dancer, and Spawn
Want In?
Read the official Medium preview: Countdown to Midnight
Go deeper on Substack: Baron Midnight on Substack
Subscribe for exclusive launch access and behind-the-scenes updates.
Ask for an invite to the Black Spyder Publishing Discord—and join the Brood.Early access. Private lore. Reader rituals. This is where the shadows gather.
When the clock strikes midnight, you won’t be reading a story.
You’ll be witnessing a haunting.
Baron Midnight walks again.
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