Silently the two men faced each other. Then Ernest hissed:

"Thief!"

Reginald shrugged his shoulders.

"Vampire!"

"So Ethel has infected you with her absurd fancies! Poor boy! I am afraid.... I have been wanting to tell you for some time.... But I think... We have reached the parting of our road!"

April 15, 2007 (The Independent / Ruth Elkins) -- A Malaysian state has closed down an exhibition on ghosts, ghouls and supernatural beings after Islamic clerics declared it detrimental to Muslims' faith.

-Lane-

My head tells me I've found a teacher.
My heart tells me I've found a friend.
My body tells me I've found a lover.
Why, then, should I fear your immortal kiss?

Is it because students graduate.
Or because friends grow apart.
Or because lovers cease to love.
And we have eternity to feel the pain?

Casandra
January 3, 2001

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