Teaser Friday

Teaser Friday 6 — My Fair Vampire

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In this snippet, Dori barters for her dinner with a homeless man she meets, something she later will come to regret.

I reached in my bag and pulled out one of the bottles of wine.  His eyes moved quickly to survey what I’d produced and he licked his lips.  “Would you like to share this bottle with me?  I don’t like to drink alone.”  I reached in the bag again to pull out two plastic cups.

“Who am I say ‘no’ to such an offer?” he said then chuckled.  “You should never try to drink away your sorrows…not alone anyway.”  The chuckle made an encore and I had to laugh with him this time. Continue reading →

Teaser Friday 5 — My Fair Vampire

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And another snippet from My Fair Vampire in which our vampire Dori runs into Jude, a sympathetic vampire hunter, once again, though this meeting is not as encouraging as earlier ones.

I snatched up my purse and bolted out the door and into my little Hyundai.  The clock on my dashboard read eight o’clock, four hours before I’d agreed to meet Jude.  I prayed for a feeding miracle in those hours.

With a sigh of resignation, I headed for Midnight Rodeo.  By the time I got there, the crowd would have swelled to healthy proportions.  Who knew, perhaps I’d get lucky.  Maybe I’d meet someone so loathsome that I’d happily sink my fangs into him.  It could happen, especially if I got thirsty enough.  My backup plan was to go to the park early and look for some drunk I could swap a bottle of cheap wine for a feeding. Continue reading →