Tag Archives: vampire

PHIL BAYLES: Love Bite

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My friends mock me for constantly checking my reflection.

But they don’t know about the woman who gave me a hickey two nights ago. That my skin prickles in the sun, or that I cut myself while I was flossing this morning.

They don’t see that my reflection is fading.

Phil W. Bayles has lived in Paris and London, where he’s written everything from movie reviews to mattress adverts. These days he lives in Derbyshire with his wife, his daughter and his cat. His words have been published at 50 Word Stories and Twisted Ink.

HARMONY MOONEY: The Cost of the Bargain

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I haunt my old house these days. Last night, as bats flitted through looking for a way out, I went to check my reflection in my entryway mirror for the first time since I made the bargain. No one was looking back at me. I asked the bats to stay.

Harmony Mooney is a teacher and writer living on the North Coast of California with her husband, two cats, and two dogs.

STEVEN HOLDING: The Parasite Hides in Plain Sight, or: Don’t be Negative; You’re the Right Type!

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Unlike literature, some obsessions are far from romantic. Insatiable hunger. Unquenchable thirst. Such appetites hurt. A constant needling, waiting to be fixed. That’s what it is to be an addict. Late night, out to score, I bump into someone who’s carrying. Smiling now; my teeth, as sharp as any syringe.

Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. Most recently, his work has appeared in TREMBLING WITH FEAR YEAR FIVE from HorrorTree.com. You can follow his work at www.stevenholding.co.uk.

SK CHYNOWETH: Nosfertini

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“Ouch!” I yelp, snatching back my hand from the water.

Blood beads, oozing from two dainty wounds.

“Maybe there really was a mix-up,” wonders my wife, picking up the baby soap.

We never did call the hospital back.

Licking her lips, our daughter smiles sweetly up from the bath tub.

Dr. SK Chynoweth is a humanitarian aid worker and pracademic living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She writes micro-sagas and other stuff in her spare time. See more at sarahchynoweth.com.

ALISON CARROLL: Loveless at First Bite

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She’d stalked him for months.
Fantasized about the intimacy of his bite.
About eternal life.
She imagined the momentary pain, and the rapture of desire.

She followed him to his lair and awaited nightfall.
He emerged.
His teeth grazed her compliant neck.
Backing away, he muttered, “Sorry, not my type.”

Alison does not like vampires. They are not her type.

JO WITHERS: Mature, Passionate Recluse Seeks Similar

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She should have paid attention to the warning signs, but single men were scarce.

When he said his name was Count Christoph in a drawling European accent,

she thought he was being eccentric.

He didn’t smile much so she hadn’t noticed his dentistry.

In hindsight, she really should’ve swiped left.

Jo Withers writes stories and poetry for children and older, less interesting humans. Her middle-grade, sci-fi adventure will be published in 2018.

MARK FARLEY: First, catch your vampire

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Hunt them in dark castles or the bedrooms of virgins.
Dispatch with a blunt instrument. Avoid the heart.
Hang the meat high.
Allow to drain for three days. Do not let it near sunlight.
Salt well.
Slice with a silver carving knife. Serve immediately.
Burn the clothes.
Keep the fangs.

Mark Farley is currently enjoying trying to write a 50-word bio but suspects he may miscalculate. He loves writing short stories and has been lucky enough to see his work appear in several flash fiction magazines. He blogs his creative writing at mumbletoes.blogspot.com and often wishes he was better at poetry.

LIN JENKINSON: Be My Valentine

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Emma. Such a sweet young woman. And now he was going to make her his—forever.

Of course, she had no idea what he had become, seemingly overnight.

No matter, she would find out when he visited Valentine’s night.

But first he would take her out for a quick bite.

Lin loves flash fiction, mysteries, and thoughtful horror. Twists and humour are like spices that flavour a writer’s work. She is still waiting to be rich and famous.

LIN JENKINSON: Transformation

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When he awoke he was under the bed, the blinds were down and the room was in darkness. Was it day or night? There was a distinct iron taste—of blood?—in his mouth. He felt satisfied, giddy.

Running his tongue over his sharp canines, he knew.

It had begun.

Lin Jenkinson is a Canadian woman who has a penchant for iconic horror and flash fiction. She has been known to write poetry and non-horror but only on off days.

MOHAMMAD S BABAEI: Haunted

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Apparently I murdered my twin sister in cold blood.

Since then, every moment torments me with all the agonizing anguish of a psychopathic mind, which sets me adrift in an emotionless world. Yet I feel no compunction. She’ll understand my chilling thirst for blood.

Soon she’ll turn. A bloodthirsty vampire.

Mohammad S. Babaei is a computer programmer who endeavors to discover his bipolar self through literature. Visit his blog on programming at babaei.net.