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Vampire Trees (Part 17)

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All three are

 

starvation-thin

shockingly skeletal.

Continued tomorrow.

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Vampire Trees (Part 16)

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and eyes

 

 

two sparks

 

 

in his

 

 

bald,

 

skull-like

 

head.

 

 Continued tomorrow

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Vampire Trees (Part 15)

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 A ghoul

 

 emerges

 

 

from the shadows, 

 

teeth clicking

Continued tomorrow.

 

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Vampire Trees (Part 14)

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She is

 

 sky-clad

 and shameless.

 

Continued tomorrow.

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Vampire Trees (Part 13)

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 A witch

 

falls from the sky

 

and, tossing aside

 

her besom,

 

bows.

 

 

Continued tomorrow.

 

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Vampire Trees (Part 12)

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Where she stood 

 

 is now

a wolf bitch.

Continued tomorrow.

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Vampire Trees (Part 11)

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 Arriving at

 

 

the tree

 

she flickers.

Continued tomorrow.

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Vampire Leaves (Part 10)

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threads

 

 

her way

 

 

through the gravestones.

 

 

Continued tomorrow

 

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Vampire Leaves (Part 9)

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On a night in 

 

 

bleak October,

 

 

a woman 

 

in black

 

Continued tomorrow.

 

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Vampire Leaves (Part 8)

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The tree's

 

 

leaves

 

 

turn red with

 

 

menace.

 

 

Continued tomorrow.

 

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