December 2012 Bewitching Book Tour Magazine

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Midnight By Ami Blackwelder The world is no longer the way we remember. Few are even still alive to recall the days when midnight didn’t mean cowered away & hidden. Out of sight became our only way to survive since the...Century Vampires. If you want to live, trust no one. Dedicated to my FANGED FANS! ~Ami Blackwelder Century Vampires have only one rule: There are no rules. episode 1 By 2125 the world had been overthrown by monsters dubbed Century Vampires. Some kind of mutation in the human genome gave rise to the first ones, or so the scientists suspected. Vamps spent the first one-hundred years of their existence growing in number --some born, some turned --all deadly. They wreaked havoc for the past eighty-three years. Vampires ruled the Earth now... “Move your ass Mark!” Aura shouted from the mouth of the cave, where the rocks ended and the forest began --well, what was left of the forest after the constant brushfires of a world gone awry. “Just one more bomb. Those bastards are going to have a real awakening.” Mark slammed his last homemade explosive against the cave wall. Searching the walls with his vigilant eyes one last time, he took note of the wrinkled skin hanging from the ceiling. Like bats, the human vampires hung with feet clinging to the crevices. Their decrepit arms criss-crossed their chests. Rejuvenating themselves --well, that was what the humans called it. But how did they stick to the cave ceilings? Some humans speculated that vampire blood secreted some kind of sap through the pores of their skin. Others figured it was just pure evil that held them there. “Let’s go!” Aura shouted. Mark had a way of pushing himself to the edge. Aura wanted to make sure he didn’t fall over it.


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