June 16, 2007 (Corpus Christi Caller Times / Barbara Ramirez / ROCKPORT) -- An Aransas County jury on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 20 years in prison for shooting to death a Rockport-area woman he believed was a vampire. Nathaniel Chipps initially was charged with murder in the Aug. 15., 2006, death of 35-year-old Teresa Tracy McCartney, but a jury on Thursday found Chipps guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter.

Chapter 2

ALECK

(Lord of iLLumr)

What do you see, with camera in hand
Each pose of a memory, virtue and sin
Clicking thousands of times
For the one chance gaze of a time yet passed
Brushing golden hair, from star lined eyes
Lulling the beasts to slumber
Rise and fall, such titanic feasts
Soiled hands without the spectrum of light
Have you ever let another, hold the picture of you?
With every shot, each different angle
Not possible to capture such beauty
Crawl or Kneel, touch the lens
Fingers dipping into this soul each night

*walks out of the inn and looks up at Demon* Shall we? *smiles and motions toward the intruder and the dog...then, with impressive speed, he is suddenly behind said intruder and dog...and gaining very rapidly...in a moment he is close enough to see that it is a woman...*

Deadend
12 May 2001

They were all silent for a few moments as they looked around them with natural feelings of curiosity.