I'm Writing Some Vampire Short Stories

Cover image for Tales of the Carpathian Vampire

Prior to completing and publishing Carpathian Vampire, …when you've never known love…, I plan to publish a set of short, short stories associated with the novel. I've used the creation of the stories to help me flesh out my characters and define the vampire mythology I'm using in my novel. I originally thought writing these stories would be a chore, but they have actually turned out to be quite interesting. And at times, a little sexy. Although my novel is set in and around Sinaia, Romania, and is from my protagonist's point of view, my short stories are all written from several different POVs and set in different locations, even some foreign countries. I like to use a little Greek mythology from time to time, and that's because my family genealogy does contain a couple of Greeks, although they are quite a ways back. My father used to tell me stories from Greek mythology at bedtime. I love my father and miss him terribly.

It takes a while for me to get my posts published because I write in a mixture of Romanian and English, and it takes a while for my translator, Dragos Tatarescu, to straighten it out. Please be patient with me.