1992-05-06

The Curse of the Hunter

The Velvet Vampire fanzine
Issue XVI, Spring 1992

This story was the intro to a longer piece about the vampire Juge LeBonne and his witch sister Katryn. It had a Western setting, with undertones of Near Dark-esque PunkVamp. In a series of rewrites over the years, the two protagonists have switched places, narrative roles, and even genders.

A version of the same piece was also used as the intro to my AI novel Death of a Head (unpublished).

1991-12-14

Lovepain of Eternal Night

The Velvet Vampire fanzine
Issue XV, Winter 1991

My first publication (as far as I can remember) was a short poem about a vampire who loved mortal women but refused to save them beyond the span of their natural lives. Probably quite adolescent--given my age at the time!