Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories by Jim Butcher & Charlaine Harris & Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Jim Butcher & Charlaine Harris & Sherrilyn Kenyon [Butcher, Jim & Harris, Charlaine & Kenyon, Sherrilyn]
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction, Fiction anthologies & collections, Fiction - General, Modern fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Horror, Horror & Ghost Stories, Short stories, Mystery & Detective, Anthologies (multiple authors), Anthologies, Horror fiction, Horror tales, Horror - Anthologies, Humorous fiction, Short stories; American, Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Horror, Humorous, Horror stories, Horror - General
ISBN: 9781416567837
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2008-10-21T04:00:00+00:00

The young man who'd played the music and started the film had a new task. He was pouring the contents of a can of accelerant around the warehouse, making sure everything would be consumed. It would take a while for the fire trucks to get here.

Toddy hugged Deena and Purcell. "Thanks so much for helping out," she said, and hiccuped. She covered her mouth and giggled. "They'd had so much to drink," she said apologetically.

"It was a ton of fun. Sorry it turned out that way. I really hoped they'd see the error of their ways," Purcell said, not too sincerely. "I thought about using mind control, but I decided that really would have been cheating. They needed to earn their own redemption." He tried to look righteous.

"But you weren't counting on that," Mark said. Purcell shrugged. "I was pretty hungry," he admitted with a charming smile. "It's been a long time since Deena and I hunted and drank our fill. Got to be so careful these days! Now we're full, and the environment is safer." He practically glowed with virtue and Selim's blood.

They all left out the concealed back door and emerged into the cool night. Their cars were parked there, ready for their departure. Toddy and Mark's Prius looked a bit prissy next to the Collvilles' Lincoln. The couples bade each other farewell, and Mark took a package of papers containing their new identities from Deena's hands.

Toddy and Mark, both full and exhausted, exchanged only the occasional comment on their way to the airport. They'd reluctantly decided to fly to Sweden rather than take a boat. All their possessions were in storage, to be retrieved some day in the very distant future. They'd narrowed their home search down to three ecologically friendly structures designed by forward-thinking architects. Despite her anticipation of a great new chapter in their lives, Toddy still had regrets.

"I'm sorry I couldn't convert them," she said sadly as they waited to board. "I did everything I could."

"At least they're being recycled," Mark said.

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