vampires – Page 16 – Tale Told

Short: Knock, Knock

I knocked my knuckles against the coffin lid. "You up?" I whispered down to the corpse. There was a feeble tapping from within. "Wrong answer!" I said, throwing the coffin…

Holy Deluge

I screamed, wrestling with the steering wheel, the seatbelt digging into my shoulder as the car tilted onto one side. There was one, dizzying moment where I thought we might…

Short Story: Ole Joe

Please Read: Ole Joe There remains to me my sanity, which is more than what’s left to Ole Joe. Take some pity on him when he comes by. He wasn’t…

Short Story: Judas

Please Read: Judas Excerpt: I hear a click as I pry open the seal. Stretching two fingers forward, I pinch the false medicine, throwing the bag away. My hand trembles…

The Point is Moot

"Vampires sleep like the dead," I observed in a whisper. "They are dead," my friend corrected without modulating his voice. "Shh," I said, putting my finger to my mouth. We…

Short Story: Reunion with a Vampire

"Your beauty is still as deadly as the day I first saw you," I say. I watch her face. The eyes narrow a moment. I smile back at her. "Do…

Poem: Halloween, My Love

Please Read: Halloween, My Love I know it's not halloween, not even close, but it's my blog, so nany-nany-na-nah! I hear a murder laughing in the trees and smell the…

Musings in the Grave

From a young age, vampires intrigued me. It seems somewhat fitting then that like them I should lie here awake in a coffin, though, unlike them, I doubt I shall…

Poem: Evil Dreamers

Who dreams of deadly praise,he enters in my mazeof twisting corridors and branching pathsall leading to a blaze. Who dreams of what may come,he comes under my thumb,and takes communion…

Short Story: Seeking the Dawn

There's a darkness in my soul, something in harmony with the storm. As heaven pelts me with rain, I rejoice. It feels clean, this resonance, this release. My hot breath…