The coroner confirmed that there were two puncture marks in the neck, and he felt that was where the blood was drained. He paused, as if he wasn't sure he was sane, or if he thought I would consider him insane.
He took me to the body and uncovered Candy's face, pointing to the neck. "Here's where the puncture wounds were." They were gone.
"Doctor, this is unbelievable, but I believe you. I saw them myself at the crime scene." A could hear the doctor breathe a sigh of relief.
"I don't understand it," he said. "We are in the stone age of science, but I can only think of one thing, and that's not science, that's supernatural - out of my realm of believability."
"I thought the same thing you are now, at the crime scene." But when I got home, I started thinking.
My great grandfather was a doctor by the name of Abraham Van Helsing. He claimed to have come across a vampire in his day - so my relatives like to tell. It made me interested in his notes. I need to find them.
"Your name's Yamamoto? but on the paternal side was a Van Helsing?"
"Sakamoto. And Van Helsing was on my maternal side - Picture bride and all, but it wasn't legal at the time, you know, between Whites and Asians. So, their daughter married a Japanese man, and their daughter, my mother married a man named Sakamoto."
"Oh, well. I didn't mean to pry into your family history."
"That's okay. I have a feeling I'm going to start prying into it myself."
In 2013, I published a novella, "Sword of the Undead," which is Bram Stoker's "Dracula," re-written with the vampire a Japanese lord, and the slayer, legendary swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. This blog is sort of the sequel. My thought processes on the character as I write the novel. It's about 140 years later, and Kageura is ressurrected. Jubei is still around, and once again, the two will battle. Other items related to the supernatural, both fiction and non-fiction will also be posted.
Showing posts with label victim. Show all posts
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Jubei's Entry: He's Back
I know I destroyed him over 100 years ago, and 250 years before that. But he keeps resurrecting. Since he placed his cursed injury onto me, I, too, must walk among the living after my time, but differently. I must do battle with those who feed off the souls of the living. It was at an intersection of a desolate area of Los Angeles. I was drawn there, but didn't know why at the time. Yellow police tape. I saw the victim - drained of blood. And I knew. It wasn't any other vampire - I instinctively knew - Kageura is back.
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