copyright-David Stewart
Daiyu ran as swiftly as he could, the pack of blood safely tucked under his coat.
Jingfei’s life depended on him.
Even as he felt his body weaken, he raced against the early morning rays, needing to get there in time.
He was no more than a block away when he felt his legs stiffen… He transformed into a pillar of ashes.
Inside her cozy little coffin, Jingfei smiled.
She swapped Daiyu’s SPF with good old moisturizer.
No more packed blood for her. She preferred to do it old school.
She closed her eyes with eager thoughts of tonight’s hunt.
© 2013 K.Z. Morano
The Eclectic Eccentric 
Nice! I love chilling stories like this!
haha thank you. the prompt was so hard, thought i’d amuse myself with my first vampire story ^^ lol
How mean!
lol indeed. one thing i realized today is that i take photo prompts quite literally 🙂
I tend to do that too, but I am trying to be less literal. Trying
I love vampire stories! Great take on the prompt.
thank you 🙂
That was great. That fourth sentence threw me for a loop at first though. I guess the moral is don’t trust vampires? 🙂
yep that’s a good lesson. ^^
Whoa.. Kz.. you really took the prompt to another level! I was having trouble writing anything for this photo.. Excellent job.. 🙂
you did great! ^^ thanks
I certainly didn’t see that one coming. Your story fits right into the vampires in my opening paragraph! 🙂
janet
haha yeah that’s why it made me smile quite broadly. vampires- you predicted it haha thanks ^^
Ah … this has the twist !!!
thanks for reading 🙂
Lurking…lurking…! Your writing is….like a superb steak, from Argentina…barely touched to the grill of course!
lurking haha i assure you, there’s nothing lurking in here that’s out of the ordinary ^^ your comment made me hungry ^^ thanks ^^
Vampires. Haha. good one.
thanks 🙂
Dear Kz,
An imaginative little vampire tale that reminded me of Let the Right One In. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
thank you, Doug. glad you liked it ^^
Reblogged this on Tea with a Pirate.
thanks for the reblog ^^
What a wicked little story! Great work!
thank you 🙂
Dear KZ,
Ick! Eek! Ech! And those are compliments, my dear. Nasty vampires. Good writing.
Shalom,
Rochelle
haha love your compliments 🙂 thanks ^^
swapped SPF for moisturizer. I love this. And preferring to get her blood old style. Wonderful. Very good stuff here kz.
never mess with how a lady wishes to dine ^^ lol thanks
Cold blooded; or should I say ‘hot blooded’ little demon that one…! 😉
haha can’t really fault the lady for wanting to dine old school 🙂 thanks
Very imaginative
thank you. happy valentines day 🙂
Just seeing the prompt here for the first time. Yowza! It is a hard one!! Very well done, kz. This works for a vampire tale very well. Imaginative story!
thank you ^^
Difficult prompt, I thought…good job…love vampires.
Scott
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/3734/
thanks Scott ^^
Good one 🙂
thanks ^^
Darn vampires get everywhere… great take on the prompt.
indeed they do ^^ thank you
unexpected ending as usual..with vampires this time:) well done
haha yeah my first vampire story ^^ i had fun. thanks 🙂
Dear Kz,
A great story told in an engaging voice. Vividly imagined.
C. Hase
thank you 🙂
Very nice!
thanks 🙂
Clever girl…
p.s. I meant you not Jingfei…
Happy Valentine’s Day… ❤
thank you ted. happy valentines day ^^
oh oh, what a vampire she is! Oh wait, she IS a vampire. Here he was trying to help too. 😉
Great story kz!
yep he was the disciplined one.. now she’s free to run wild ^^ thanks
Nice Kz…Loved the line about getting blood old style….
Tom
thank you ^^ i figured packed blood must be like juice in tetra packs compared to freshly squeezed –which is always better ^^
Tell Jingfei to stay away from the UK just now. She might find herself drinking horse blood thinking it’s human!
Great story. A cheeky vampire. Well written. I might have preferred the explanation of ‘the swap’ as internal dialogue.
thank you 🙂
I hope you understood my comment. There’s a scandal here in the UK about horsemeat being found in beefburgers and other products! Ann
i was planning to research on it. omg, that’s very disturbing! i better read about it..
Not for me, I’ve been a vegetarian for 20 years!
good for you. i’ve been trying but it’s so hard for me.lol i stopped eating chicken and pork but beef i can’t seem to quit >< i eat only grass-fed though. living in the province has its advantages
Well done on being aware of what you’re eating! It’s a good idea to know where your food comes from and that it comes from a local source. I grow various veggies and herbs myself. I’m growing my own potatoes this year.
Ann
Very clever – you made it crystal clear what was going on without actually mentioning vampires. Fantastic little tale.
thanks 🙂
Not your typical vampire story. Loved this!!
glad you thought it’s not typical. thanks 🙂
Great descriptions. I love how this starts off with a tone full of panic, then flips to the smile after he’s transformed into a pile of ashes. That’s what happens to anyone who tries to tell a female vampire what to do! 🙂
haha yeah, he should’ve just let the lady dine in old fashioned manner. 🙂 thanks ^^
Very good vampire story.
thank you ^^
That’s the creepiest version of this prompt I’ve read yet – congratulations! I hardly know where to start – I like the suggestion at the beginning that Daiyu is a thief running from pursuit and how we slowly realize that he’s really a vampire. I love the way you describe his desperation to help Jingfei and his horrified failure. And I absolutely utterly totally love the twisted end when you reveal that Jingfei set him up for destruction…and why she did it.
yup i guess Jingfei pretended to be weak and hungry ^^ lol thanks so much
Vampires! Creative take on the prompt!
thank you 🙂
Enjoyed the twist in this. Hope Jingfei doesn’t make too free with her hunting.
glad you enjoyed it. oh i think she will.lol thanks ^^
Jingfei could be singing “give me everything tonight” right now.. for so many different reasons of course! lol
I love vampire stories.
my first one 🙂 i had fun writing it, thanks ^^
ouch! Betrayal of the un-dead
🙂
this might have been pointed out already, but there’s a word missing here: “Daiyu ran as swiftly he could,” well done. love vampires.
LOL damn, no one noticed. not even me haha thanks Rich
glad to help
yeah can’t believe i kept rereading this and didn’t notice >< i read it more times than anyone and still… tsk.. lol
happens to everyone. i missed a word too, and luckily someone pointed it out to me. so i did the same thing.
Enjoyed this story, loved ..’she preferred to do it old school’ great line
Dee
Run faster Mr. Vampire! Don’t you know what that mean old sunshine will do for you? I was not sure about this either, but the second time it came clear. Nice one.