Exciting news! My novella is now listed on the Samhain Publishing website, and available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Below is an excerpt. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter One
The sharp scent of coal mingled with the frigid air and hung heavy in the London drizzle. Even for a vampire the thick smog made it difficult to navigate the streets swiftly. Normally Julian Hawthorne felt lighter than the dirigibles that floated above seeking higher, cleaner skies. But tonight, shadows shifted with the smoke and steam. There were no deep crevasses of darkness to slip into.
He snapped free the mouthpiece of his breathing apparatus and anxiously licked his lips. Fumes from the ever-present, noxious vapors were not dangerous to the undead, so no need for any pretense of a device that facilitates breathing. The contraption was simply to keep his acute senses from being assaulted at every breath. When on the hunt he relished the overpowering primal smell penetrating the soup of the atmosphere.
Julian slipped his exoskeleton face mask apparatus into his pocket and poised himself deeper within the alley, away from the gaslights of the street. Now to wait. Prostitutes were so easy. They would be the only ones out on a night like this. Them and the nefarious…such as himself. No one ever missed them when they were gone. Even their blood tasted more of death and decay than the purity of fresh plasma, pumping like a robust fountain from a healthy human heart.
Don't forget, release date is March 4, 2014, but you can pre-order on Amazon.com.
