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Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.

Posted in Vampire on Nov 1, 2022

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“October 30th” by Candela B

Submitted to Contest #65

The sound of my phone’s alarm slices into my consciousness like a knife through jello. The brightness sears my vision, flashing the date, October 30th. As if I could afford to forget that tomorrow is Halloween. And not just any Halloween, but the kind that only comes around once in a blue moon.Groaning, I swipe my finger across the screen to shut it off. I really don’t want to get up. I don’t particularly want to be awake, either. It’s pitch dark, my muscles are throbbing, and the sheets smell like stale sweat. Fuck, that’s right--I wen...

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“Promises” by Ari Jackson

Submitted to Contest #65

It was a horrible thing to know you. And a worse thing, to watch you go. In all, you weren’t so terrible, as I originally hoped you to be. Signed, Everett Greyhound. I want to remain a Greyhound, but the others say we’ve kept the name for too long. We will be Quincies now. Emily, Maddox, Harper, Jane. Lewis, Everett Quincy.  We’re moving into werewolf territory. The feud between us has been dead for centuries now, but it is always strange to be the least in a big place. We know people in Ettenberg. A family of wolves who will be our...

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“Little Red Riding Hood (Remix)” by Lakshay Kumar

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"Dad, hey dad, are you up?"  "Let me just sleep for two more minutes princess" "No DAD wake up, DAD, WAKE UPP!!" Little Red Riding hood shook her father like a horny teen shakes his damn cock. "Ugh, ok I'm up, I'm up, no need to yell" her father managed to sit up in bed "Good morning" Red Riding hood smiled. "Morning" he smiled back, fetching his box of esse lights from the bedside table. "What do you want sweetheart?" He said, blowing smoke on his daughter's face. She coughed and declared sincerely "Its granny's goddamn birthday...

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“Chupacabra The legend begins” by Lea Vida DEL MORO

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“Chupacabra is a mixture of two enormous beasts. It is originated in Latin America and spread out in the whole world including New Mexico. It is believed that Chupacabra is a hairless dog-like animal with the strength of a werewolf and power of a vampire.” The sun was already high in the sky by the time I’ve given my cat food to eat and then suddenly I heard something howling from the neighborhood. Sounds coming from a dog so maybe he is hungry I decided to put two pieces of meat in the tin can outside of our house and close the front doo...

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“Secret to Share.” by Nasreen M

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Humans can be the most dangerous animals when it comes to making and breaking the rules, as the time demands. When someone forbids a person to go in a particular place, that person would definitely go there to see why is that place forbidden for him. And then he has to face the consequences of it. Life is unpredictable, you never know when your life would take a scary turn for breaking a simple rule. My life has been about migrating from one foster home to another. I don’t know who my parents are, I ...

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“With great fun comes … something.” by Quin Parsons

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With great fun comes … something. So, yeah, let me tell you a little something about myself. The wife and I just moved here after we exsanguinated the previous neighbourhood. Haha, NO! I’m just kidding. We take care of our lovestock. That’s what we call them, our ‘lovestock’. Cuz’ we love’m, you know, our neighbours, I mean. So, yeah. Here we are … the hood seemed kinda dead when we first arrived, but maybe that was just a matter of timing. We love the dark, so we came in the middle of the night, you see. There was no one roamin’ the streets...

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“SUPREME” by Edoh Francis

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Chapter one Lagos, Sunday, March 11 "What does it matter what he looks like?" Mary tyson said into the phone, looking like hell the dark, primal lust drumming through her veins didn't bleed into her voice. She frowned absently at her control's odd question as she shifted the compact sat phone between chin and shoulder, and the binocs left an inch for a better view. A logos street and a shit load of swirling fog separated the two apartment windows. The lights over here were off. The lights over there weren't. Desire tightened her body and clo...

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“The Shack On The Hill” by Meer Jain

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"Halloween's coming!" cried Jasper as he glanced at the calendar on the fridge. "We can plan our costumes, draw a map, and-" "Yes," his mom said, "but Halloween's seven days away. No brainstorming right now." He slumped in his seat and ate his cereal. "Anyway, you're getting late for school.” Jasper took a sandwich from the table, and hurried with his bag on his shoulder. He grumpily walked to the bus stop. Suddenly a voice behind him shouted, “Heeeeeey, Jasper! A week from You-Know-What! What have you thought of by now?” “Hey, Liam. We’ll t...

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“212 Anima Street” by Rachael Clark

Submitted to Contest #65

Nora watched as the removal van pulled up outside her house, coming to a stop in her driveway. The driver opened the door and jumped down, landing in the garden. She hissed as he made his way to the front door, trampling the ground cover under his steel-capped boots.Shaking her head, Nora sped to the door, opening it just as the man reached for the doorbell. He jumped back in shock, Nora could hear his heart pounding in his chest. The sound was welcoming to her.  “You must be Miss Nora Blanchard,” he said, wipin...

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“We Don't Allow Their Kind in Our Neighborhood” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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The community meeting at Christine and Tom’s house was on the very of getting out of hand since the realtor informed Mrs. Tomlin that a pair of gentlemen had bought the old Kroger place at the corner of Wikkup and Strafford.  Looking at the prospective neighbors, neither of the gentleman seemed particularly threatening, but past history had proved that their kind had proved problematic, but city ordinances did not allow discrimination of any kind. Tom Gehring stated it quite clearly, “We don’t allow their kind in our neighborhood.” Wh...

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“The Graveyard of Betrayal” by Lydia Hallquist

Submitted to Contest #65

Police sirens wail, while the person on the emergency line is screaming "she is dying, she is dying". It goes dead silent, a mysterious whisper says "your friend is dead and you are next". Terrified the woman on the line was silent and out of nowhere a shilling scream was heard, the operator said, " Ma'am, Ma'am are you okay?" The line cuts out and that woman Meredeth Ryder was never seen or heard of again.     A young lesbian couple are going somewhere haunted. "Andromeda stop I'm driving!" Sydney says while giggling. Andromeda sa...

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“Fangsy” by Sage S

Submitted to Contest #65

The box clanked ominously when Kai set it down on the kitchen floor. “Careful,” Roan called from the other room. Kai rolled his eyes. “I heard that.” Kai stomped through the living room, passing Roan bent over a tangled pile of cords. “Stop listening to my eyeballs and get back to work, fangsy.” Roan threw him a rude gesture and Kai smiled, heading out to the car for another box. Across the street, one of their new neighbors waved. Waving back, Kai took a quick sniff. Flour, butter, sugar—she must’ve been baking. Faint floral perfume u...

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“The Vampire on Maple Street” by Victoria Hartman

Submitted to Contest #65

Sara walked through the suburban neighborhood of brick houses to take flowers to the neighbor that just moved in. The maple trees lining the neighborhood were brightly colored in the fall season. The old cobblestone sidewalk was hard to walk on because of the unevenness. The house was a dreary color of gray with bright red curtains hanging on the interior of the windows. The old wooden steps almost fell through when Sara stepped on them because of how old and rotten they were. When she rang the doorbell it did a kind of broken ring then brok...

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“Vamp In The Hood” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #65

Vinny had decided it was time for a change. He had lived in the heart of New York City for many years, and he just couldn’t take it anymore. There was too much crime, too much drug use, too many drunks, too much homelessness. People were dirty and disgusting and unfriendly. He had had enough.          Vinny set out to find a nice, quiet suburban neighborhood to settle down in. He wanted a simple life. He wanted to be able to make some friends and have them over for ...

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“Vessels” by Amanda Kelly

Submitted to Contest #65

     Raven aimlessly stumbled along the dirt path, rivers of tears flowing out of her bulging eyes. The salty teardrops beaded down her blemished cheeks, making paths through the dirt. The young girl crossed her eyes to see her bulbous nose, loathing every inch of it. Her frizzy grayish hair was unevenly cut and matted with dirt.     Raven’s bushy eyebrows furrowed in pure anger at her appearance. She ran her purplish tongue along her crooked, yellow teeth, more tears springing to her eyes and run...

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