Bloodleggers #3: Coming Home to the Mountains
Welcome back to the third part of Bloodleggers! In this episode you meet FBI Agent William Knox. William is on his way to Denver, where he’s been reassigned to investigate missing persons cases. We hope you enjoy the read! –W. J. Howard & R. J. Robyn Bloodlegger’s Blog On Twitter @bloodlegger Previous Parts “When you [...]
Let’s Talk Exorcism
What better subject to discuss during demon month than exorcism. This week’s topic is open to anything related to exorcisms. Do you believe in demon possession and exorcisms? What are your favorite movies or books related to this week’s topic? Have you known anyone you suspected of being possessed?
Self Help for the Undead
Put your creative hat on. This week we’re creating titles for self help books for the undead. Feel free to borrow from existing titles or come up with something unique. HAVE FUN!
Urban Legends’ Favorites
This week member Andy Bove asks, what are your favorite urban legends? Share them with us, and let’s take it one step further. Can you create an urban legend? Share it as well. An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or a contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of apocryphal stories believed [...]
Affair in Whitby by Carole Gill
“Louis! You must help me, I can no longer bear being in the same room with him!”

Ah! Words spoken by a hysterical woman; a cheating wife no less. This woman and the tale I shall now recount to you is quite a memorable one, to me at least. This is the tale of two men I came to meet—the woman involved was only incidental. The men however are far more memorable as you will see.

I begin by discussing one of them. A gentleman you have no doubt heard of. Sadly he was crazy. Yes, crazy. He was mad, driven nearly insane by his jealous nature. You see he still loved his wife. Yet despite that he had accused her on innumerable occasions of having affairs, which to be fair to him, she was sometimes engaged in. But there were reasons for this as she told me herself.

“He drives me wild, reading passages out loud from the bible! Even our child cannot stand it. I plead with him to stop but he will not listen, oh Louis what am I to do?”

I didn’t know. I had in my time come across murderous religious zealots, so fired up with their hate-filled agenda that they sent thousands to their deaths.
Vampire Vacation: Chapter 3
“Welcome to The V V Inn. I’m Vivian, one of the owners. I’m here to help make your stay an enjoyable one.” Turning my inner thoughts out, I project sensuality through every pore. Between my legs I’m dripping wet, which means I can smell my own arousal in the air. The other vampires can too, [...]
Horror Porn: Can We Take It Seriously
Back in June, Horror Movies website ran an interesting article titled Horror Porn: Can we Take It Seriously. They asked “In this age of all things real and extreme – unrated and uncensored – why is it we can’t collectively wrap our heads around the concept of more graphic sex in our films?” They start [...]
50 Words of Fun with Zombies
Welcome to a new monthly section that says goodbye to our monster of the month until next year. Going forward, on the last day of each month, we will post fun, 50 word stories and poems written throughout the month in honor of our featured monster. These shorts are both funny and horrific, and we [...]
Bloodleggers #2: Say Good-bye to Daddy
Welcome back to the second part of Bloodleggers! This week we introduce Regina Todd, our vampire heroine, although in this part and the next you’re meeting her two years prior to the actual start of the story, when she was still a human. You’ll also meet her uncle, Magnus MacKay, who is slowly becoming a [...]
I Used to Love That…
This week we’re looking into our pasts again. What are some of your favorite belongings from your childhood and/or teen years that you wish you had today? Or, what do you still have from way back when that you can’t part with?
Vampire Vacation: Chapter 2
My black spike heels sink into the carpet runner as I move down the hall. I stop in front of room seven and open the door, leaning in to check. Smelling nothing more than clean linens, furniture polish, and the lingering human scent of the maids, I move on. Dria, it’s done. The body is [...]
Choice of Weapons Against Zombies
This week is all about self defense against zombies. If you were to fight off a crowd of zombies, what would be your weapon(s) of choice? Would you be out for self preservation or helping to save your fellow non-zombie man? Share some of your favorite fight scenes from zombie movies. Remember, you can also [...]
Summertime Fun
This week we’re leaving out the horrific and talking about our best summertime memories. Was it the beach, vacations, summer camp, amusement parks, or just fun at home? Share your favorite summertime stories with us.
Hollywood Strikes Again by Randall Stone
Just as it did with the Vampire and the Werewolf, Hollywood decided that the Zombie, in itself was not horrific enough and needed, shall we say, some tweaking? Hence, all Zombies now are flesh eaters and the only way to destroy them is to sever, in some way, the neural network of the spine from [...]
Vampire Vacation: Chapter 1
I open the door to find a body at my feet. The rich smell of blood causes my canines to lengthen. Reaching out in the darkness, I flip on the switches. Light comes on across the room, illuminating the dead guy lying face down in front of me. The whole scene makes me wish I’d [...]
Worst Horror Movie Parents
A couple weeks ago I saw a fun post on Innsmouth Free Press, 10 Worst Horror Movie Fathers in honor of Father’s day. So I thought it would be fun to poke fun at not only fathers, but also mothers in this weeks discussion topic. So tell us who are the worst parents in [...]
History of the Zombie by Randall Stone
Zombie n. (in vodou) corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft: (colloq.) person who seems to have no mind or will. (Oxford Popular Dictionary) The story of the Zombie goes right back to the primeval mists of the past, so ancient, that it is difficult to place into a time frame. It’s origins however, are [...]
Monster of the Month for July is the Zombie
This month we’re celebrating the zombie and the creative people in the entertainment industry who have made us love them. To start the month, join the discussion here or on Vamplit Writers. What do you know about them and their history? Suggest literature with zombies Talk about zombie movies. Refer to the July tab to [...]
Bloodleggers #1: Making the Bones
Welcome, all, to the first installment of Bloodleggers. This week we go back in time with the prologue to the story. This exciting piece was written by R.J. Robyn, who had to endure my editing his work for the first time. He wrote about his first experience with me as his editor in the blog [...]
What Scares You?
This week’s topic was submitted by The Highwayman over on Vamplit Writers. He wants to know what scares us, really scares us still today as adults. I sure hope he’s not collecting our fears to use them against us, hee, hee, hee. I’d hate to wake up with spiders in my bed.

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