I've been posting serial fiction to Hive for a while now, but so far most of the associated NFTs have been on Polygon (books and bookmarks). I've always wanted to do a Hive NFT, and 
So without further ado, here's the Episode One commemorative NFT art:
⭐ Get yours here! ⭐
🎴 NFT info
- 10 Editions, 9 for sale at my NFTShowroom Gallery
- Priced starting at
10 SWAP.HIVEfor #9 up to30 SWAP.HIVEfor #1 - Proceeds will go towards furthering the Hunting Midnight story
🎨 The art
This is a big mix of digital media! Some AI, some edited graphic elements from Canva Pro, some OG brushstrokes in GIMP.
👻 The backdrop photo depicts a swirling blue fog billowing out from the face of a grandfather clock, portraying the main thrust of Episode One's title: The Ghost in the Clock. This was generated via AI prompts with Midjourney.
🔵 The central circle art was a commissioned piece from illustrator Liz Mac—it is part of the original paperback and eBook cover of Episode One (those versions have been taken down in lieu of serial publishing the story here on Hive!). It shows the main character and narrator of the story, Alena Bisk, peering over her shoulder against the backdrop of a clock face with backward numbers—showcasing both the protagonist and antagonist together.
Other elements include:
- ⭕ repeating concentric circles of clock faces (layered worlds in the story)
- 💀 contrasting graphics of cutesy lil ghosts and mildly demonic imagery, attempting to capture the story's tone of "creepy yet charming"
- 🐝 the Hive logo, because this story now lives indelibly on chain :)
- 🔺 Red accents throughout, including the only set of clock hands and a special treatment of the second to last minute mark. I enjoy how the accents generally form an almost vertical line—this wasn't intentional from the outset but ended up as a happy coincidence.
📚 The story
- My roadmap post is probably the best place to get meta-information about what I'm doing with the HM on-chain fiction here on Hive (including ongoing token giveaways! 🎁)
- For a full index of the story parts, I have a post for that too.
- Just want to read the beginning and see if you like it? Start here.
- You can also read some Hive reviews... [1] [2] [3]
- Or have a peek at the synopsis below:
Impossible phenomena and a chaotic stalker lead her to a grandfather clock with backward numbers. The ghost inside believes she's there to help it escape, and offers to show her the world through its eyes. With one fateful glimpse, Alena ignites a journey that becomes much more than a trade of sanity for safety, and enters a long entrenched battle for the sovereignty of the soul.
The Ghost in the Clock is the inaugural episode of Hunting Midnight, a paranormal adventure series that shatters genre expectations by delivering as much charm as it does creepshow, as many smiles as it does spooks, and an unforgettably unique cast of villains and heroes.
Contains strong language, sexual themes and scenes of violence.
⚙️ NFT utility?
As of today, the Hive NFTs are simply collectables and a way to support to story. But since NFTShowroom does allow for unlockable files to be uploaded into collections, I can easily see a future where I:
- Compile episode notes, "deleted scenes," or other textual goodies into these NFTs locked zone
- Hold special raffles or grant special access to HM NFT owners (e.g. I already reward folks who join the HM readlist with juicy token raffles from time to time, so this could evolve to be an extension of that!)
I won't commit to anything like the above, of course. It all depends on how far this experiment with on-chain fiction goes!
Buy the NFT here
📓 Speaking of the readlist, I am going to ping them all in this post, as is tradition with Hunting Midnight related stuff. The following 'boilerplate' is found at the end of most of my story and contest posts:
📚 Readlist 📚
These users get pinged on new parts (and new art, apparently 😉) + earn occasional token airdrops!
Thank you for reading. I own the license for all images in this post unless otherwise stated.