Tasty Tales of Transformation

--Artwork by Sciamano240--Based off the animation "Intercourse With A Vampire" by Nevarky-- Halloween night and the air was spry with the laughing and screaming children caught up in the festive spirit of the holiday ritual. Lining the neighborhood blocks were costumes of every kind, each one drawing the attention of a pair of scanning eyes above which darted from one to the next like a child indecisive on which candy to pick from the candy bowl. Though this particular pair of eyes sought not candy, nor just any old person. Chantera the vampire sought only one human in particular. The one she believed to be her destined mate. She had just been unleashed upon the world by her mother and father, both giving their blessings as they sent her away on this hallowed night to seek out a mate and start her life on her own. For a vampire, being set free from the castle nest meant coming of age. She would have to consummate her love with another vampire to truly grow into her pote

--Artwork by Lunate-- I stand shaking in my underwear thinking I was ready for an early nap. I look down at the piece of paper within my hand that is crumpled on the edges and damp from a couple of my tears. It is honestly not much, just a couple extra bucks in the bank. I shouldn’t be this emotional. Yet, this is my life now I guess; has been for the last 2 years since getting out of that hellhole called a home. College may not be a saving grace for whatever is broken in me--and a lot is--but I’ll gladly take this. Treating myself with a nice meal, that is what awaits me. This is what I’ve been reduced to, a series of small victories. For such a shit day this is all it takes to send me over the edge towards negligible happiness. Again though, I welcome it and always will. I need it. Fuck you mom; this is one thing you can’t ruin for your daughter. Every scrap of independence I have now is free from your suffocating control and standards. All the things you did and never did fo