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Stay at Castle
Dracula…and Other Short-Short Stories
by Jim Nemeth
Genre: Horror Short Stories
Other tales of five score words include “Disgruntled,” where a joyous family Christmas celebration turns horrific when a little boy doesn’t get the toy he wanted; “Love Potion” relates what happens when a witch’s magic works too well. And in the title story, another young English traveler debates his decision in staying in Count Dracula’s centuries’ old castle.
“I’ll always love you.”
Sarah, disrobing in preparation for bed,
recalled the first time Michael uttered these words, mere days after she’d
slipped the love potion into his wine. She’d only half-heartedly believed that
the vial of liquid given by the wiccan witch could turn Michael’s barely
passing interest in Sarah to all-enveloping devotion!
Four years of bliss before Michael’s
untimely passing in a car accident.
They say that love never dies. Sarah had
never really believed that old adage until a few days after Michael’s funeral.
As she lie in bed, Michael stretched a
decayed arm across Sarah’s waist.
In 1993, Nemeth won first prize in a national magazine’s short story writing contest for which legendary authors Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch were judges. The award held special meaning for Nemeth, as Bloch remains his favorite writer and main literary influence. Nemeth is the author of two additional books: It Came From…The Stories and Novels Behind Classic Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Films and Robert Bloch: An Unconventional Bibliography, as well as being the webmaster of The Robert Bloch Official Website (robertbloch.net).
A long-time community activist, the author is particularly committed to the cause of animal rescue. He lives in the historic harbor town of Marblehead, MA.
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