THE LATE SHOW MAY BE YOUR LAST.

Sunnydale, California, hosts more than its fair share of action and horror. It's understandable, then, that news of the long-closed Sunnydale Drive-In's grand reopening with a scheduled night-long festival of classic action and horror movies is met with disinterest or disdain by Buffy, Willow, and Cordelia. Only Xander, who has been spending his afternoons on the drive-in's work crew, is eager to enjoy the rewards of his effort.

Buffy is too distracted to sit and take in a movie, anyway. A frightening encounter with a werewolf ends with its vanishing -- not into the woods, but evaporating like a ghost before her eyes. Suspicious people in dated clothing and hairstyles are spotted throughout town but don't appear to be the usual vampires.

And most disturbing, a sleeping sickness begins to sweep over town, leaving those affected in a state of extreme drowsiness -- or a coma.

It's no wonder no one notices the distinguished-looking gentleman of indeterminate age. His name is Balsamo. At least, that's what he's calling himself this century. But Xander simply knows him as "Boss" and has been promised a prime parking space for the upcoming evening's spectacle....

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Posted by Vladimir Wed, 03/21/2007 - 01:28

 

Account of a vampire (Hungary)

From the Jewish letters (lettres juives), letter 137 -- We have just had in this part of Hungary a scene of vampirism, which is duly attested by two officers of the tribunal of Belgrade, who went down to the places specified, and by an officer of the emperor's troops at Graditz, who was an ocular witness of the proceedings.

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Vampyres (1855)

VAMPYRES

published in

Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Volume 10, Issue 59, April 1855
Pages 681-685

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Human?

what is human?
is it the great mind and will?
is it the emotions?
is it the civilization?
is it the tameness?
or is it the artistry?

is it the DNA?
is it the conscience?
is it the hatred?
is it the eyes,
looking deep into the soul?

well then i'd have to say that
i may have the blood, but i will
never have the Human Soul
i AM forever primordial
and forever HUNTING

J.S. Barnak
March 3, 2002

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Chapter 32: Decisions, decisions

*looks at LB as she walks up beside them...watches Demon put both the girl and her dog to sleep and smiles as he follows them back to the Inn*

Very interesting...very interesting indeed.

*as they enter the Inn DE walks to the bar and pours water into a glass and some into a bowl for the dog...then follows Demon and LB up to the girl's room...sets the glass on the nightstand beside the girl's bed and the bowl on the floor for the dog*

Can't have them mistreated, now can we? *smiles* At least not yet.

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Night Thoughts

I wish I could cut away the pain
like you cut away disease
To keep it from spreading
Because thats how it feels to me

loneliness and memories fester
warping and distorting
and poisoning they joy
I once had

I want to be rid of it
slice it away
like I do at myself
shown by wounds and scars

but it cant be cut away
and there are no pills to cure it
no secret solution or quick fix
only time will heal me

Koreena Venusvii Anchalis
August 3, 2001

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