As she came to, Madeline was made oh-so-well-aware of cool blood and sharp pain at and just above her temple. Her body, knowing its priorities, grumpily informed her of her multiple injuries one by one before allowing h…
At this point, I find it necessary to explain the world in which these varyingly paranoid and apathetic supernatural beings exist. Vampires and werewolves are no longer the stuff of legend except in the most sheltered c…
When the official proceedings began, Madeline felt like she was at an AA meeting. The timid speaker asserted multiple times that they were not monsters, but people with a problem. He congratulated the assembled for see…
The meeting was held in a dark basement, and the cliché was stifling as Madeline and the others arrived. They took a roundabout way in getting there, crossing through alleys and over rooftops and even once through a tun…
Ahhh! Madeline listened hungrily to the tearing of flesh, the wet symphony of splashing, spurting blood, the unfortunate deer's last bleat for mercy. She dug her claws into the animal's heaving sides and it shuddered n…
Never has a clock moved time so reluctantly, thought Madeline. She, Dimitri, Leif, and Cyprian were squatting in their tiny hide-out room, she sitting as far from them as the cramped space allowed. When the hour came, …
"Christ, are you always this unstable? We'll need rhinoceros tranquilizers next time you're in a state." Well, damn, thought Madeline. Coming to, she saw the formica table tossed upside down in a corner, Dimitri's IV …
"I won't go back on what I said," said she, hesitantly. "Good." The young man's marble face crinkled into a crooked, charming smile that displayed like a toothpaste advert his healthy, pink gums and radiant teeth. S…
