The Vamps and I, or How This Novel Came About
(Posted for Tony-Paul de Vissage by Linda Nightingale)
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These days, the vampire can be as varied as the humans on the planet, and it’s a very rare one indeed who hasn’t allowed himself to change with the times and avail himself—to some extent—of the technologies now present. Hey, the vampire hunters are certainly taking advantage of the Internet, etc., so why shouldn’t the vampires, also?
Which conveniently segues into mention of my newest release, The Vamps and I. I’ve done what I consider a pretty nervy thing with this novel…I’ve included myself as a character in it.
In the Foreword and also in the first chapter, readers will learn how a smart-ass adolescent named Tony-Paul happens, just by chance, to meet three sightseeing tourists at Savannah Beach.
They’re looking for something that doesn’t exist. He’s looking for…well, to tell the truth, at that stage of his life, TP didn’t know what he was looking for. The tourists, however, did help him find a goal in his as yet undetermined life.
Things got off to a bumpy start, but become better as it goes along, and twenty years later, it becomes a novel…
BLURB, The Vamps and I
You can meet some unusual people while walking along Savannah Beach’s shoreline…tourists, Seashell Collectors…vampires.
Ask Tony-Paul. He knows. Personally.
One night, while a teenager named he had an encounter with three sightseeing vampires.
That meeting evolved into this novel, highlighting episodes experienced by:
Marius, the elder brother. He can’t understand why the woman he loves doesn’t want to renew their affair. What does it matter if fifty years have passed since they last saw each other?
Isn’t true love eternal?
Valerius, the younger brother, running from an arranged marriage into the arms of a woman he could really love. Problem is, she’s human, all right to bite but not to marry.
What’s a lovelorn vampire to do?
Cousin Timon, who thought marrying the author of the world’s most famous vampire series was ironic but fun…until she wrote a novel proving the Undead exist. Now the leader of New Orleans’ nosferatu has to do something about that tell-all book.
Stop the presses!
Join Tony-Paul de Vissage as he relates these stories of three hapless vampires and how they found love, lost it, found it again, and fought to keep it.
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EXCERPT:
“Back, foul fiend!” TP crossed one forefinger over the other, holding his hands in front of him.
“What the Hell are you doing?” The one called Val demanded, jumping back with a hiss.
Timon reached out, knocking TP’s hands apart. “That won’t help you,” he snarled. “We’re Jewish!”
“Don’t believe him.” Val recovered, leaning forward to whisper rather earnestly, “We’re Russian Orthodox. Really.”
“Back foul fiend?” Marius started laughing when TP spoke and now got himself under control. “I haven’t heard that phrase in at least a century. Where’d you dig up that?”
“I-I heard it in a Dracula movie the other night.” TP looked a little disappointed at their reaction.
“Dracula.” Marius looked disgruntled. “The best example of bad press, if ever there was. He should’ve sued his publicist.”
“If you’re through dissing Dracula, would you tell me…Wh-where am I?” wavered TP. “What have you done to me?”
“Done to you?” They looked at each other and back at him. “Nothing.”
“Don’t lie. I know what you are. Exactly.”
“Okay.” Timon walked over to the fainting couch and slouched on it, legs crossed, hands behind his head. “I’ll bite.” He looked as if he’d like to do just that. “What are we? Exactly?”
“Y-You’re…vampires!”
“Vam…” He began to laugh, displaying those overlong eyeteeth. “You’ve got a sense of humor, kid, I’ll give you that.”
The Vamps and I is being release by Wordwooze Puvblishing
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vamps-I-Tony-Paul-Vissage-ebook/dp/B08NZ5YBLH/