is it presumed forgiven, if you take someone back?
is it stupid if you take them again?
is it crazy to still care?
is it blind to think it'll never happen again?
will it ever happen again?
am i pathetic to want him once more?
am i right in wanting him to hurt in return?
am i strong enough to leave him?
do i really want to?
will you just do it again?
will i ever trust you?
will you always be with me?
would you even try?
maybe it's foolish
maybe it's crazy
maybe it's irrational
but is it love?

nature
calm, quiet, there
free, always-
the gentle filtering of light,
green through the leaves
a soft tickling of grass upon my ankles
the sigh of the wind through tree branches
the quiet, happy chatter of the birds
a soft spatter of color, flowers.
and now the soft, calming smell of dusk
the dimming light through my window
the soft purr and fur of a cat sleeping quietly by my side
and now the loving look in her eyes as she curls up on my stomach
and we stare out the window at the stars
and drift-
off-

Hammer brought screen chills to cinema audiences from the 1950s, and many films were made at various studios in Borehamwood. They made stars of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. However, 25 years before Hammer were splashing around Technicolor blood, another company dominated horror films in Hollywood - Universal.

In the Ukraine in March, 2005 Diana Semenuha, 29, was arrested after police discovered that she had lured street children to her home to drink their blood. She admitted to the deed. Apparently, she believed that this practice could thwart a muscle-wasting condition she had, but her crime appears to have a different agenda as well.

Volume I consists of chapters 1-65; note that there is no actual chapter 41, 42, or 43 in the story. Chapter 40: The Popular Riot. -- Sir Francis Varney's Danger. -- The Suggestion and Its Results is followed by Chapter 44: Varney's Danger, and His Rescue. -- The Prisoner Again, and the Subterranean Vault.