Bitters: A Collection of Glbtq Vampire Stories - Paperback

by Wendy Rathbone (Author)

The author weaves GLBTQ characters seamlessly into her stories and uses the vampire theme to poetically explore some hard questions about reality, identity, and love. (Two of the stories contain explicit m/m scenes.)Unusual vampires people these pages. Orlando is a self-evolved vampire who does not realize how lonely he is until he meets the unique and enigmatic Carmel... Teror was born with an inability to feel emotion or empathy until he meets one of fourteen Aaron clones who have a special telepathic bond and they intend to extend it to him... Malachi is a vampire who feeds not on blood, but on light and love... Griffin is having an affair with a man he cannot see... One vampire lives in a mooncast shadow just beyond ordinary dreams... Jesse lives for lust and blood and does not believe in love, until one night that changes him forever... Charles and Barclay enjoy one last eclipse together...

Author Biography

Wendy Rathbone has had dozens of stories published in anthologies such as: Hot Blood, Writers of the Future (second place, ) Bending the Landscape, Mutation Nation, A Darke Phantastique, and more. Over 500 of her poems have been published in various anthologies and magazines. She won first place in the Anamnesis Press poetry chapbook contest with her book "Scrying the River Styx." Please visit her Amazon Author page for a list of all her publications. You can visit her blog at: http: //wendyrathbone.blogspot.com/ Her recent books include: The Moonling Prince Book 1 The Coming of the Dark: The Moonling Prince Book 2 "This Wish Tonight" Christmas Anthology (Mischief Corner Books). Lace, book 1 in the vampire fairy series, m/m romance. Scoundrel, science fiction m/m romance novel. "Beneath the Blue Dusk and the Sea," short story collection. "Turn Left at November," a brand new collection of poems. "Letters to an Android," science fiction novel. "Pale Zenith," science fiction novel. "Moltenrose," two stand-alone novellas in the Pale Zenith universe. "The Foundling," male/male romance novel, book 1 of the Foundling trilogy. "None Can Hold the Dark," book 2 of the Foundling trilogy. "The Lostling," book 3 of the Foundling trilogy. "The Secret Sharer," science fiction romance novella. "Unearthly," omnibus collection of 7 out-of-print poetry booklets. "The Vampire Diaries: The Myth," available from Kindle Worlds. "The Vampire Dairies: Deep in the Virginia Woods," available from Kindle Worlds. "My House is Full of Whispers," erotica short story collection. She lives in Yucca Valley, CA with her partner of 36 years, Della Van His