FICTION

Psalm of Vampires, Chapter Two

Rude Awakening

Charles Bastille
13 min readApr 24, 2024

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Chapter One can be found here. Trigger warnings: grief and raw language

Chapter Two — Rude Awakening

I was thinking of Charly’s slovenly ways as I drifted off to sleep. The night’s previous hunt with Charly had been enjoyable until the end when he again got a little sloppy. On second thought, no. He wasn’t being sloppy. He had clear intent in this case. Let me explain.

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Charles Bastille

Author of MagicLand & Psalm of Vampires. Follow me on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/charlesbastille.bsky.social. All stories © 2020-24 by Charles Bastille