“Welcome to the Mound”
Bayou Mounds, Louisiana, was supposed to be a story of progress—glass towers rising from swamp soil, a booming job market, and government contracts that promised prosperity. But beneath the surface, something else was being built. Something the locals only whispered about.
They called it the Mound—a classified military facility surrounded by razor wire and silence. Inside, two scientists, Dr. Carlos Marsh and Dr. Bill Carroll, were on the verge of rewriting human biology. Their mission: to merge man with something ancient, something born from myth. The result was Project Death Claw.
But science has a habit of biting back.
When one of the doctors realizes what they’ve truly unleashed, he takes a desperate step to stop it—igniting a chain reaction that forever changes the city of Bayou Mounds. What spills into the humid Louisiana night isn’t just smoke. It’s evolution set free.
By sunrise, the lab is gone. The city will never be the same. And in the ashes of the Mound, a new kind of predator begins to stir.
Read the full Chapter One of Bayou Blood: Welcome to the Mound exclusively on our Substack page — and witness the birth of Project Death Claw.
