Vampire

by Johnny Smith

The fifth story in the collection Timekeeping on Mars. Nearly 250 years after the events in "The Bicycle Messenger", humans are now forced to live under radiation shielding to protect themselves against the sun's lethal radiation. Plagues and epidemics have ravaged society which now forcibly transfuses a slave case of plague survivors to harvest their antibodies.

Nook

First published April 8, 2010

About the author

I am praying every goddamned day for the space aliens to come and save us from ourselves.

In the meantime, I drink in the various establishments and watering holes of Southeast Queensland and grow tomatoes --big fucking, slushy red ones that gush when you bite into them. On occasion, I write short stories.

Reviews

[MsBDiamondDiva1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, now that I read the summary the story makes sense. I really don't have anything good or bad to say about the story. Wait, I do have something on the fence...the language of the character...the author used the word "Dey" a lot and that kind of made me want to throw my Kindle across the room. :-(

[Elizabeth (Elzburg) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this when I was like ten years old or something because it came free on my iPod, and it scarred me. Tip, don't read this is you're a youngin. Also, WHY THE HECK WAS THIS FREE ON MY IPOD?!?! WHAT IF A LITTLE KID READS IT--OH WAIT

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for me.