Announcing: CONTEST for Blood Vengeance: Vampyre Issue

We’re going to have our first contest here at The Were-Traveler with the Blood Vengeance: Vampyre issue. First prize: $25 US dollars worth of eBooks from Amazon. If you live in the US, and you want it, I’ll get you a $25 Starbucks card, if you’d prefer a cuppa at your local cafe while you [...]

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Issue 3: Deadly Love

“Love me…or else…Die!” That’s the theme of this special issue for Valentine’s Day. The stories in this issue are about love. The kind that lasts forever. ‘Til DEATH do us part, and maybe not even then! So here are some stories the cynic and the sick creep in us will love. I have a special [...]

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S.W.A.L.K. (Sealed with a loving kiss), by Helen Howell

Maya grasped hold of the white envelope. No stamp. She turned it over and saw the initials S.W.A.L.K. scribbled across the flap and what looked like a smudge of blood. They must have cut themselves. She carried it into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and slit it open. ‘Be My Valentine’ the words shouted from [...]

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Carnal Nature, by Catherine Russell

Her eyes fluttered open to rest upon the lone figure. She stretched, long limbs partially entwined in silken sheets. Sweat from the previous night’s exertions still glistened on her skin. “Come back to bed, love,” she said, but the shadow remained fixed before the dawn-soaked window. She extended her legs once more, rising from the [...]

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Sleeping, by Quinn Smythwood

I wake knowing tonight is the night. As I prepare myself, I recall every fleeting glimpse of you: through the window that first night; on the streets as we hurried to your destination; in your bedroom, while you lay sleeping. We took it slow.  I’m simply old fashioned that way. But I’m ready now.  You’re [...]

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Breaking, by Quinn Smythwood

I know you’re scared of the dark. The lights are always on, even while you’re sleeping. It shouldn’t humanise you.  It does. Even after all that you’ve done.  Watching you sleep is both a blessing and a curse.  I’m ashamed of myself for not being able to hate you while you sleep; disgusted that you [...]

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Snapped, by Ramsey Lyons

She cried out, arched her back, closed her eyes, then sighed softly. She heard her lover collapse onto the pillow next to her. He was snoring already. He couldn’t help it, of course. None of them could. She had that effect on men. Each and every man that bedded her she fucked into the same [...]

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No Regrets, by Emily Wheeler

“I’m leaving,” she’d said. “I’ve met someone else.” Twenty years together, gone, just like that. It was untenable. “Who?” “You don’t know him.” Hiding her lover’s identity, fearing for his safety. “I won’t allow it.” She’d just stared. “Allow? That’s the problem. You’re a control freak. She’d gone, but he’d found them. The proof was [...]

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Damned If You Don’t, by Larry Kollar

She outlines the pentacle on her carpet with masking tape. “Look, you’re really cute.” Five candles, one for each point. “I don’t want to hurt you.” Light the candles, one by one. Greasy smoke fills the darkened bedroom. “But look, you’re only fifteen.” “If you don’t, I could say you did anyway.” “Oh, great. Damned [...]

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tick…tock, by Maria Kelly

‘tick tock….tick tock….’ The large wall clock used to be synchronized with the beating of my heart. It doesn’t sound like that anymore. First, it became more like ‘ti-tick to-tock….ti-tick to-tock….’ I used to be able to feel the measure of my wristwatch keeping the same perfect rhythm…could feel it tapping seconds out against my [...]

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