Emily considered. “Depends on how strong you are, I guess.”
“Perhaps he will turn her. Make her strong.”
“She’s a child,” Emily said.
“Not such a child.” Vlad leered.
Emily flashed her fangs; she liked the way it felt. “Is that your insightful comment on the arbitrary age restrictions we like to place on our youth before we deem them ready to enlist, imbibe, or fornicate?”
“What we? You are no longer that ‘we.’ You are something new,” Vlad said. “To answer your question: I merely observe; comment is futile.”
“As is resistance,” Emily said.
“As, they say, is searching for a black cat in a dark room.”
“Especially if there is no cat,” Emily finished.
“Yet, there is always something to be found in the darkness,” Vlad said, as though that were the final word on darkness.
Emily supposed it was.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anne Stinnett was born in Los Angeles where she spent most of her first decade reading books and playing in traffic. Eventually, she learned the foolishness of frolicking amongst moving vehicles, but she is still a voracious reader of multiple genres.
After growing up in California, she moved around a bit, eventually landing in Albuquerque. She graduated from the University of New Mexico, with a major in English and a minor in Theater Arts.
She now lives in Palm Springs, California with her freeloader canine friends Sirius (yes, Black) and Midge, who occasionally allow her to get some writing done.
Colt Harper: Esteemed Vampire Cat, by Tyrolin Puxty
Colt Harper hates it when you pat a cat the wrong way. He especially hates it when you upload their faux pas to YouTube. In fact, he'll probably kill you for it. As a self-proclaimed master vampire cat, Colt never imagined he'd be sent to community service at a revolting community theater. Working with a nervous werewolf, a monster addicted to tickling and a human hunted by chasers wasn't on his to-do list. This is gonna suck.
The Last Condo Board of the Apocalypse, by Nina Post
Kelly Driscoll tracks down monsters for a living, but the job isn’t what it used to be. When a reclusive client hires her to locate a rival angel, Kelly’s search takes her to a downtown highrise that has become home to hundreds of fallen angels and dimension-hopping monsters. As the fallen angels take over the condo board, argue over who’s handling pizza delivery, and begin planning for a little shindig otherwise known as the apocalypse, Kelly must team up with an unlikely group of allies to find her target and keep the fallen angels at bay.
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