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Vamp 21: Old Friends

Posted on October 3, 2011 by achouston

Fatigued and hungry for blood, Sam opens the door to her Somerville apartment and switches on a light. The others, Rina, Gil and Sandor, follow her in. “The suspense is killing me, Sam! What’s going on?” Rina cuts to the … Continue reading →

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Vamp 20: Black Running Shoes

Posted on September 12, 2011 by achouston

Rina, Sandor and Sam are jammed together at a small table in a loud Cambridge pub. They’d left work a few minutes early today with glum, defiant faces. Leaving early was their symbolic protest against Evan’s treatment of Gil. A … Continue reading →

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Vamp 19: Mission Accomplished?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by achouston

Dean Divers finishes the bad cup of coffee made in the small coffee maker in his motel room. He glances at the alarm clock next to the bed. The guy at the front desk said the mail usually arrives by … Continue reading →

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VAMP 18: Delayed Pastries

Posted on August 16, 2011 by achouston

The morning air is bracing as Sam dashes across the street where Lila’s Bakery is. She walks past the shop and down the block and turns into the branch office of a local bank. Good thing I brought the checkbook … Continue reading →

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Vamp 17: A Sudden Request

Posted on February 14, 2011 by achouston

It’s Saturday night and Zaira feels conflicted. She has successfully refrained from calling Sandor on his new Android cell phone, even though she’s been brooding over numerous scenarios of how he might be caught off guard, how he unknowingly (or … Continue reading →

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Vamp 16: A Phone Call

Posted on January 28, 2011 by achouston

Dean!? With her heart pounding, Sam quickly locates the story online and reads more. Passers-by were horrified at the sudden fall of a man onto the street from a midtown Manhattan residential building. Police have taped off the block while … Continue reading →

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Vamp: 15 Identities

Posted on December 10, 2010 by achouston

The small pub is full of loud happy noise. Rina waves to a couple of friends sitting at the bar as the foursome from BubbleTrendz heads for a booth. Sam wishes she could be alone with Gil here to puzzle … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo -> AnNoWriMo

Posted on December 1, 2010 by achouston

NaNoWriMo is officially over. Congratulations to all those who completed 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days! I cannot include myself among them. To date I’ve managed about 15,000 words for the first draft of Vamp. Many surprises (not … Continue reading →

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Vamp: 14 Developments

Posted on November 30, 2010 by achouston

“Great view, isn’t it?” Joel Anderson watches Dean Divers gaze admiringly out across lower Manhattan from the expansive conference room of blond wood and recessed lighting. Dean Divers, only slightly less blond and less tall than Joel Anderson, nods, then … Continue reading →

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Vamp: 13 Shots

Posted on November 23, 2010 by achouston

Evan is impressed by Sandor’s Python application. Sufficiently impressed that he wants to hire him. Evan talks to Dean and Dean tells Mary to make it happen. Sandor will share an office with Rina, the one located next to Evan’s. … Continue reading →

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