Vala Diallo finds herself changing into someone that she doesn’t understand after a late-night visit from an unknown man. In her attempt to suppress a strange new thirst for blood, she commits an unforgivable act. Now she must hide what she is from those closest to her…while also trying to…
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It started off as what I thought was a dream… …but most would classify as a nightmare. He moved through my house silently…hard bottom shoes on wood floors with no sound. A thief in the night, he made his way to my bedroom. But he wasn’t after money or jewels……
Before things changed so drastically for me…I always prided myself on being a good person. I was environmentally conscious. Things like recycling and reducing waste were important to me. So much so, that if I saw trash or someone’s discards laying around…I’d take it upon myself to check for anything…
I’ve heard it said that people sometimes get premonitions before an event happens that changes them forever. But there was nothing to warn me. No racing heartbeat, no goosebumps, no strange crows or ominous clouds in the sky. In fact, the day that I received the visitor was incredibly gorgeous. …
I would have gone on believing that what happened to me was a dream if I didn’t wake up feeling so strange. I was hungry like I’d never been before. You hear people talk about being so hungry they could eat a horse…well I swear, I would have let a…
For two days, I tried to eat anything and everything… …desperate for something that didn’t make me feel like crap. Everything I ingested had the same result. It satisfied me temporarily… …but eventually hit my stomach like a diesel truck. Then I was hungry all over again. I…
I didn’t have to wait too long before Lizzie finally entered the room dressed like she was returning from handling some type of emergency. As if she read my mind… “I hope you haven’t waited long…I was working the ER downstairs.” I was so happy to see Lizzie, that my…
Even the smallest social faux pas in the past led me to reanalyze a situation over and over again for something that I could have done or said differently. Most of the time just thinking about whatever it was made me want to hide. What I had just done with…
I sat there on my couch for a while feeling a mixture of anger and fear. I was at a breaking point…I could feel it. At any moment, I could imagine the floor disappearing under me … and I could picture myself plunging into an emotional hell with no way…
My encounter with Dray left me tired and tense, but sleep felt like a distant friend. I knew it wouldn’t come easy that night. Hoping that some fresh air would help…I decided to get out of the house. But I didn’t want anyone…especially Dray or Lizzie to recognize me,…