Lady Ducayne by Mary E. Braddon a free vampire horror story

Lady Ducayne by Mary E. Braddon is a story about what happens to the young women who work for the Lady Ducayne. These young women start out in good health but soon become pale, wan, and sickly. Strange bite marks appear on the bodies of these ladies. Are they victims of giant mosquitoes, or something much worse?

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In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night.  Dark poems tell of the painful and sometimes fatal relationships between mortals and vampires.If this sounds interesting, and I hope it does, please follow the link and buy the anthology for only $.99.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AERRMIM

Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe - horror poem

Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe is a short poem. The title says it all. Enjoy.


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  In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night. Some survive, others do not. Why not join them on their journey through the gates of hell, so to speak.

The Devil's Funeral by Edward Page Mitchell- free horror story

The Devils Funeral by Edward Page Mitchell is a story about the master of evil. There's a twist to this story that the reader might not expect. When dealing with the Devil, all deals are never final. And you thought the Devil was a man.

http://www.scribd.com/full/14968682?access_key=key-14884ho2z9usl6bvtikf

In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night.  Dark poems tell of the painful and sometimes fatal relationships between mortals and vampires.If this sounds interesting, and I hope it does, please follow the link and buy the anthology for only $.99.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AERRMIM

 

Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne - Free Vampire Horror Story

Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne is horror story about a man who goes to Dublin and meets a lovely elfin-like woman. She takes him on a wondrous journey, but in the end he pays a horrible price for it, with more than just his blood.

http://www.scribd.com/full/14968684?access_key=key-2mx4c3h14v80udny9o76

In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night.  Dark poems tell of the painful and sometimes fatal relationships between mortals and vampires.If this sounds interesting, and I hope it does, please follow the link and buy the anthology for only $.99.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AERRMIM

Count Magnus by M. R. James - free vampire horror story

Count Magnus by M.R. James concerns the investigations into the activities of a Count who was deceased 300 years ago. A little digging turns up more than was expected. In fact, a number of people involved in the excavation succumb to a curious kind of ill health.



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The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

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? Read the story and find out.

 

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My Red-haired Lover A - dark poem of vampire love by Neil Benson

My Red-haired Lover

 Bright red hair caught my eye.

A sly, fey smile drew me in.  Musky fragrance made me reel.

My mind was not my own.

She took my hand in hers,

and led me to her car.

As we drove into the night,

her fingers played with my thigh.

She led me into her home,

and pulled my face to hers.

Cool lips pressed against mine.

Her tongue caressed my mouth.

Hot passion burnt my soul.

She took me to the bedroom.

As her dress fell to the floor,

she pulled me to her breasts.

Soon my clothes were gone.

She stroked me with her hand,

then took me in her mouth.

My body became red hot.

To bed she pulled me down,

and eased me into her.

As ecstasy drove me mad,

her fangs entered my neck.

I cried out in pain and joy.

She whispered you are mine.

I said I was her slave.

Her lover for all time.

  In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night. Some survive, others do not. Why not join them on their journey through the gates of hell, so to speak.

The Other Side by Eric Starbock - free werewolf story

The Other Side by Eric Starbock is an unusual horror story about a young boy and his perilous encounter with werewolves. If only someone had told this young boy that things are not always what they seem.



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"I'm a two hundred fifty year-old vampire" excerpt from Dark Journeys anthology

Excerpt from A Problem with Werewolves. Dan's girlfriend presents him with an unpleasant surprise.

Monique stepped back, and her eyes captured mine. “I’m a vampire.”

A three-word statement of the impossible, I thought. I searched her face but failed to detect any sign that she was joking or subjecting me to some test.

“I’m a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old vampire. I was born in a small chateau not far from Grenoble. A distant relative attacked me when I was thirty years old and made me into an undead creature. After that horrible evening, I lost my husband and two daughters. They were eleven and seven.”

I couldn’t swallow, and my racing pulse thrummed throughout my body. Her serious manner didn't change. I looked at the remaining whiskey and downed it in one gulp. Though the room was chilly, perspiration formed on my forehead. This isn’t real, I thought.

  In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night. Some survive, others do not. Why not join them on their journey through the gates of hell, so to speak.

from A Problem with Werewolves in the Dark Journeys anthology

"Pulling the trigger on the shotgun after the werewolf has left to its feet and is descending toward your body with its extended claws aimed at your heart is a waste of time."
         Baron Adolph Rothstein in "Killing Supernatural Creatures."

I got out of the car, turned, and fired both barrels of the shotgun towards a blurred figure racing at me. The werewolf howled and grabbed its right hind leg. I reached for two more slugs as the beast hobbled toward me. I put one slug in a chamber but fumbled the other. “Idiot,” I muttered to myself and finally chambered both slugs. The top of the werewolf’s head disappeared when my shotgun roared at the creature. The beast’s forward momentum carried it into me. The body and the rest of the werewolf’s head hit my chest, and I bounced off the car. I lost my grip on the shotgun as I fell to the ground, and I experienced a sharp pain in my left shoulder. Temporarily stunned, I took a deep breath and .......more.

In Dark Journeys, short stories and dark poems describe perilous paths taken by mortals, vampires, and other creatures of the night. The stories and poems tell of the painful, and sometimes fatal, relationships between mortals and vampires.If this sounds interesting, and I hope it does, please follow the link and buy the anthology for only $.99.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AERRMIM

Posted by Neil Benson at 9:32 PM No comments:

Vampires exist with the aid of bad science.

Undead Vampires, ranging from Dracula, created by Bram Stoker, to the more urbane Lestat, created by Anne Rice, all share two basic characteristics. They are dead, and they need to drink blood from mortals to preserve their existence. They also share common traits with mortals. They stand, talk, move, run, and carry out 

all the essential physical activities.

How do vampires carry out their active physical existences? Humans, mortals, have complex biological systems that provide energy to the muscles, tendons, bones, that enable us to be physically active. Vampires are dead: their hearts don't beat; their lungs don't breathe; and their former biological energy producing systems are no longer functioning. Where do their muscles get energy? Dr. Katherine Ramsland wrote an entire book, The Science of Vampires, speculating about how vampires function and think. Dr. Ramsland could only speculate, because neither she nor anyone else has examined a "real undead vampire."

In the movies and in novels, vampires share blood with humans to turn them into vampires. How is this possible? Without hearts that beat, vampire are cold to the touch. In fiction, Vampires are usually impervious to the cold. If vampires are cold-blooded creatures and they are outside in freezing temperatures, their blood would thicken. To the best of the author's knowledge, no writer or movie director has ever addressed this issue. It's not a matter of unanswerable questions as much as it is an illogical possibility.

We've also seen, or read about, vampires turning into some dust or smoke. Transforming matter from one form, a solid, into another form, gaseous, requires heat or a specific chemical process. Except for a nuclear explosion, modern science has no means by which it can almost instantaneously turn a solid object into a gaseous one. Science has no explanation for the existence and activities of vampires. The illogical and unscientific existence of vampires are rarely if ever addressed in the novels or movies. Vampires came to life not by magic, or mystery, or even the supernatural, but with the pen and ink of writers and producers of movies. The reader, or viewer, supports the mysterious existence of vampires with more than a little suspension of disbelief. With the current popularity of vampire books, movies, and television shows, readers and viewers probably have little if any interest about science and the impossibility of vampires.