The story so far: Armand and Juliet met in the wood, late at night. Their meeting seemed magical, and both felt instant connection. Armand has asked Juliet to follow him down a path through the woods.

Dancing Near the Fire: Part 3

I followed Armand like a blind beggar, following a seer.
He held my hand.
A light rain fell. Dark clouds filled the sky.
The path led into blackness.
Armand tugged at my hand, and I followed, meek as a mouse, asking no questions as we walked the dark twisting path.
I… Continue

Dancing Near the Fire: Part 2

Juliet. I whisper her name with satisfaction, savoring the sound.
Juliet.
I ask myself, am I her Romeo?
When I had my arms around her, I could feel the warmth of her breath, the fiery heat of her skin, the moist, warm sweetness that was the inside of her mouth.
She almost drove me into a blood lust.
Juliet... am I your Romeo?
Me. Armand…well Arnold Fisher to be precise. Arnold … a
name now lost to me.
Silly me. I laugh.
Who ever heard of a Romeo already dead?

I ha… Continue

Dancing Near the Fire

My grief was black like the starless night, and heavy.
It hung in my belly like runes, tossed upon a cold, stony floor.
All day my grief consumed me, crushed and squeezed me,
until I could barely breath.
Then, slowly, my grief melted like ice turning to water.
It turned into a burning pool in my belly, a burning hotness that spread outward, fanning into a flame burning beneath my skin.
This heat pulled me, like a magnet being pulled by the poles of the Earth.
It pulled, an… Continue

For the All Vamp Challenge

This was good. Too much of mainstream pop-goth and not enough real goth. But with the movie set in 2002 and not 1985 when the book was set you can't really expect much else.
I thought the cast was fair. I might have put someone else as Jessie but that's just me. Music was rocking, which is the main theme through al… Continue