Nothing has changed in a century
as I walk them each night. Perhaps
it is I who has not changed and these
eyes grow weary with each kill.
The blood, it no longer holds that
flavour which left me wanting more.
Now, as it crosses these lips, I no
longer taste its richness.
Perhaps it is I which has died each
night, with each kill, with each sip
I take from my victim’s well.
But, after all, what I am …
… nothing more than a creature
of the night. Born to darkness,
hastened to mortal death yet
still alive to feast upon the
red life that flows deep within
a mortal shell.
WEIRD RHODY is a short story collection featuring five strange tales all set in Rhode Island and written by five Rhode Island authors. The anthology is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, the Ocean State's famed author of pulp horror.
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