The first story, The Lesson, is perhaps the most striking. On a dismal night, a lone vampire encounters the first of his kind that he has not shunned. The elder is waiting for morning, waiting for a new life, but it is the younger who truly finds one. Second is the story of a girl with a healing gift, The Gift of Hope, exploring the value of life and the depth of love in sacrifice. These are the most powerful of the collection. Two Story Haunting evokes the feel of a campfire ghost story, while The Boardroom has a sense akin to that of a modern slasher movie. The final entry, Fly is My Soup...
The first story, The Lesson, is perhaps the most striking. On a dismal night, a lone vampire encounters the first of his kind that he has not shunned....
The whole situation started not more than ten years ago. I was 18. I enrolled in a prestigious university, began Donna Lake's story. Then, she met Matthew Manchino, a smooth, suave Italian boy with all the right moves. At first life was good, marriage came and her life began, one that was full of hope. She had everything; a good-looking husband, a beautiful home, and her school--then it all changed. Drugs, arms dealing--they all became part of life and life wasn't as wonderful as Donna thought it would be. Each day went by, and each day was worse than the next. What was she to do? One day,...
The whole situation started not more than ten years ago. I was 18. I enrolled in a prestigious university, began Donna Lake's story. Then, she met Mat...
Everything seemed perfectly normal to Marg and Jack on that lovely morning when they were doing their spring-cleaning--until Jack emerged from the attic with a mysterious stack of papers.
"There was nothing out of the ordinary with the stack of papers, except that they were neatly bound, exactly like a manuscript with a heavier bond white front and back cover. The front cover had a rectangular opening on the upper end of it. Peaking out of the hole was the following words, all in a large, bold Arial type font: "
Collection II When Marg gets over the initial shock of finding yet...
Everything seemed perfectly normal to Marg and Jack on that lovely morning when they were doing their spring-cleaning--until Jack emerged from the att...
The whole situation started not more than ten years ago. I was 18. I enrolled in a prestigious university, began Donna Lake's story. Then, she met Matthew Manchino, a smooth, suave Italian boy with all the right moves. At first life was good, marriage came and her life began, one that was full of hope. She had everything; a good-looking husband, a beautiful home, and her school--then it all changed. Drugs, arms dealing--they all became part of life and life wasn't as wonderful as Donna thought it would be. Each day went by, and each day was worse than the next. What was she to do? One day,...
The whole situation started not more than ten years ago. I was 18. I enrolled in a prestigious university, began Donna Lake's story. Then, she met Mat...
Everything seemed perfectly normal to Marg and Jack on that lovely morning when they were doing their spring-cleaning--until Jack emerged from the attic with a mysterious stack of papers.
"There was nothing out of the ordinary with the stack of papers, except that they were neatly bound, exactly like a manuscript with a heavier bond white front and back cover. The front cover had a rectangular opening on the upper end of it. Peaking out of the hole was the following words, all in a large, bold Arial type font: "
Collection II When Marg gets over the initial shock of finding yet...
Everything seemed perfectly normal to Marg and Jack on that lovely morning when they were doing their spring-cleaning--until Jack emerged from the att...
