Free vampire, horror, and stories and novels that go a bit beyond. My vampire novel, Unholy Embrace, was published in April 2010 and Dark Journeys, my anthology of short stories and dark poems was published in November 2012.
The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling is a story about what happens in a time and place East of Suez where the veneer of civilization wears very thin. Strange religious ceremonies are held that turn a man into a beast much like a werewolf. A leper proves to be a formidable opponent. Can the narrator help his friend? Find out.
The Horla by Guy de Maupassant is a story about what happens when an evil creature enters a man's life and the devastation it causes. Some have called it a vampire story. You be the judge. The author's nuance's are classic.
If Cinderella was going to the ball, it's not any ball I want to go to. She looks like something Sam and Dean would be hunting. with all the paranormal shows on television, things are getting darker and darker. Except for Twilight, I might add. Are the vampires still running around in daylight wearing sunglasses? Nothing more horrifying than the sight of a family of vampires sitting around drinking tofu blood.
The Cask of Amontiallado by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the great short stories of all time. It is a tale of revenge taken in the most horrible of manners. In contemplating the dramatic nature of the revenge the readerr should not overlook the finer points of Poe's masterpiece.
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