The Vampire of Plainfield by Kristopher Rufty

Author:Kristopher Rufty [Kristopher Rufty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Extreme Horror, Dark Fiction, Paranormal, Vampires, Ed Gein
ISBN: 1230000748995
Google: sjLUCgAAQBAJ
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Goodreads: 27207920
Publisher: Sinister Grin Press
Published: 2015-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

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Ed stood in the doorway of the summer kitchen. He leaned on the ax handle, the head on the floor bracing him up as he watched Dorothy. He’d placed her on an old door balanced on a pair of sawhorses, covered her with a blanket so she would no longer be naked, and wrapped a rope around her so many times, the little girl looked like a giant spool of thread that had sprouted a blond head.

He’d checked on her throughout the day. She hadn’t moved. Once he’d touched her cheek with his fingertip. It felt cold and slimy. Dead. Just as dead as she had been when he’d crammed her in his tool sack.

But he figured if she was going to wake up again as they did in the stories, it would be after sundown.

The dwindling light outside was a dark purple hue. Inside the summer kitchen, Ed’s lantern on his workbench spread a very dim flutter throughout the room. The corners were dark, as were the walls. The meager light seemed to hover around Dorothy.

He watched her. She remained still.

Still dead.

Would she wake up, thirsty for blood?

Ed raised the ax from the floor, letting it rest on his shoulder. The curve of the blade pointed up. If she did come back, Ed would be ready to lop off her head.

And if she stayed dead, he’d simply return her to the graveyard and bury her with the dead vampires.

He looked at her neck. The rims of the holes had dried into a crimson crust. Sure, he hated what happened to her, but when he thought back to the way she’d acted after realizing who he was, his remorse didn’t feel as strong. Still wasn’t right what Peter had done, and none of the mean words she’d said to Ed would make it right.

Ed stepped partway through the doorway, putting a foot on the top step. The sky was mostly dark with only a few spills of gaudy light showing behind the clouds. In a few minutes, the sky would be black. Stars already twinkled above like little sparkly dots, and the moon was a pale sliver among them.

He stood there, waiting until no more light remained. Once, he thought he heard Dorothy take a breath, but when he stared at her, he saw no sign she’d awakened.

The quiet whispery sound repeated. Ed jerked back, bringing the ax in front of him.

The lantern.

It was low on fuel. Whenever the supply got near the bottom, it would make soft hissing sounds like a gentle breeze rustling leaves.

Dorothy wasn’t waking up.

And Ed had wasted a day preparing himself for it.

Lowering the ax, Ed let out a long breath. His chest hurt as if he’d been holding it in all day. His stomach relaxed.

And the crap he’d been squeezing back dropped, and suddenly became a need that had to be taken care of. Keeping his ass pinched a bit longer, he watched Dorothy. She remained a still, dark shape topped with a golden glow of hair.

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