Blood Bias

In the rain-slicked streets of Ashwick, a decaying Atlantic port city, 24-year-old Leo Draven enters the brutal world of underground cage fighting to pay for his mother’s experimental dementia treatment. But when a rival fighter dies after their bout, Leo becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation. As evidence mounts—footage, medical reports, witness testimony—each piece seems to whisper a different truth. Claire McGowan-esque in its psychological acuity, this story reveals how the same evidence that could set Leo free is twisted by the prejudices of jurors, a corrupt fight doctor, and the wealthy patrons who bet on blood. The evidence speaks; it is the interpreters who are deafened by power.