| After Midnight October, 1998 |
After Midnight is an anthology of vampire tales. Vampire tales? Yes. Vampire tales. You might ask why I decided to do such a thing. (Especially after my experience with angels...) Well, to tell you the truth, it was a fascinating challenge. Vampires have never been on my list of romantic heroes. (The idea of kissing a man who's been drinking blood is right up there with kissing a guy who's been chewing tobacco.) But, I discovered, from my research, that the modern tale of vampires was primarily based on 19th century literature. Prior to that, legends stated that vampires took their energy from their victim's life force, not their blood. Now that I could use. My story is entitled A Dance in the Dark. Enter a heroine who is impossibly ugly. All of the genetic errors of a hundred years have been visited upon her face. (No, we're not talking about her becoming beautiful by taking off her glasses and ruffling her hair.) Add a vampire who hides away from people in order to save them from his touch and the plot, as they say, thickens. I really did enjoy the end result, with Louisa learning to look past a mirror, and my vampire deciding to dare life. Oh, about the cover. It deserves a look, if nothing else. He has crimson eyes and she's falling out of her 60's dress. Want a screen saver of this oh, so strange cover? Click here. You can just see her silicone shift.
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