From Jason Stackhouse’s sculpted abs and country boy innocence; to Eric Northman’s male model gaze, deadly fangs and cold-blooded power; to Bill Compton’s seductive regal charm and bloodsucking impulses; to Sam Merlotte’s shape shifting, naked ass; to a regularly shirtless, clairvoyant lead character named Sookie Stackhouse who has the cutest little Louisiana accent –- there is so much to crave about True Blood.

And crave we bloodthirsty, True Blood fanatics do.

With the upcoming season's campaign slogan, "Waiting Sucks," HBO feels our pain for a taste of all things Bon Temps, which is why they are serving up “A Drop of True Blood” – six new mini episodes that will begin airing May 2.

The minisodes will run as attachments at the end of the encore presentation episodes of season two – the season of Maryann's barbaric and ritualistic, drunken, free love parties as well as an intense face off between the Vamps and fellow fangbangers versus the Fellowship of the Sun and their bible beating constituents. However, the droplets of True Blood storyline contained in the minisodes have never been seen and stand alone from previous seasons.

The six mini episodes also stand alone from the newest installment, season three, and therefore, will not necessarily provide any information about what is to come. So, I don’t think we’ll be finding out any information on Bill’s whereabouts before the premier of season three.

Instead, the bite sized episodes, which were all written by mastermind writer and director Alan Ball, will supposedly contain tidbits of information that will fill in gaps in the storyline, concerning everyone from Sookie and Bill to Jessica, Jason, Tara and even Pam, Eric’s assistant.

While the mini episodes will definitely fuel my thirst for season three, hopefully they will also curb my appetite until the premier on Sunday, June 13. At this point I’m just wondering -– How long is a mini episode? 5 minutes? 15 minutes? Half an hour (doubt it, but a girl can hope)? Either way, totally awesome HBO.

Check out the promo below.

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