Stories

Tag: vampires

  • Glamour Girl

    by Jill Hand

    A vampire walks into a bar. That sounds like a joke but it’s not. The vampire in question is me, Elizabeth Bathory di Mastrioni van Helsing y Menendez, Liz for short. I walk into a bar, sit down on a vacant stool, and the hot guy sitting next to me leans over.

    Yes! I’m thinking. That’s it, baby! Get nice and close. Oooh, you look good enough to eat! I can feel my fangs give a happy little tingle. It’s been awhile since I ate and I’m starving.

    Gazing into my eyes he smiles and goes…

    “Do you mind moving over so my girlfriend can sit there?”

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  • Our Heritage is in Our Blood

    by Jason Gibbs

    Lucy hated visiting Tom’s flat, mostly due to the risk of vampires.

    “Why do you have to live in such a dodgy area?”

    “Rent is cheap. Besides, it annoys Father.”

    “But what about …”

    “The vampires? Oh Lucy, don’t be ridiculous. You’ve been reading too many tabloids.”

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  • Flightless Rats

    by James Dorr

    “They used to be bats, you know. That was before they lost their wings.”

    “I beg your pardon?”

    It was going to be one of those kinds of conversations.

    “The story goes,” the man persisted, “that when Noah built the ark, he sent invitations to the bats, but that they refused. ‘Why should we ride on your smelly old boat?’ they said. ‘Even if there is a flood, we can just fly over it.’”

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