Looking into the mirror
Determination clear
Horrible day
Horrible week
Horrible LIFE
Doomed to be the weaker
Beaten by drunken father
Raped by twisted stranger
She grips the blade tighter
So tense%2C so enraged
Cool shiney steel touches soft flesh
Quick flashes of reflected light
again... and again...
Sprays and streams of crimson flow free
her worries spill out over the floor
body falls as does her soul
final breaths rationalizing
They don't care...
They won't miss...

February 6, 2008 (Chicago Tribune) -- Before Barack Obama entered the cutthroat world of politics, it seems he was involved in a whole other kind of blood sport: hunting vampires.

Regretful
to say that he
was my shelter
and I was
his home.
When you're easy
this is
how it goes.

Joalby D Bleu
March 16, 2002

It's difficult to believe that it's been 50 years since Christopher Lee thrilled horror fans with his portrayals of the Frankenstein monster, Dracula and the Mummy in a memorable series of Hammer Films.

January 23, 2003 - Vampire fans are gathering in Germany in the hope of being voted Mr and Mrs Dracula. The competition is part of the annual three-day Vampire Congress, held in Fernwald forest, Hessen.